Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
play, and,
play, as well as
play
and
Explanation for Question 5 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat
Question number five asks us about the grammatically correct way to 2 construct this transition. Um, 3 the sentence right now where it's exercise play and exposure to green space have 4 all been linked to improved health. So we have this sentence. 5 We want to figure out where the commas need to go, 6 where the transition words need to go in order to make this correct. 7 So we're listing three things here that have been linked 8 to improve health. Um, 9 we have exercise play and exposure to green hill green 10 space. Excuse me. So what we want to do is link those three things 11 as effectively as possible. Um, 12 the no change option here, choice a is does exactly that exercise, 13 comma play, comma and exposure to green space combines these 14 three different features that have been linked to improve health. 15 There's no grammatical issues here, so we could go with a no change option. 16 Um, but let's work through the other answer choices as possible with choice B, 17 we see exercise play and, 18 and then a comment after, and is our main difference here. 19 It's not conventional to ever use that comma when we're listing out different objects 20 and using and to do so. It wouldn't make sense to take that additional 21 pause, exercise, play, and exposure to green space. 22 Doesn't flow quite as well. And you'll never really see that come after 23 and when we're doing a list like this. 24 So for that reason that calm at the end of and choice B is 25 out choice C uses as well a...