Explanation for Question 38 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat
Looking now at question number 38, 2 what we're trying to do here is just be as succinct as possible, 3 um, and make sure that our verb tense is correct. 4 So looking at this sentence, the curators used x-rays and computer models 5 to study the layers of mesh there's cotton and horse hair that makes up 6 James Cloverleaf gown. 7 So here, this is the verbal looking at make or makes up, 8 um, keep in mind that we have a plural subject here, 9 cause we're talking about layers. So because that's a plural, 10 we want to make sure that we are using the plural form here up 11 to make, which is not going to be makes that's going to be the 12 singular the plural is going to be make so we can eliminate 13 the no change option, um, in favor of choice B, 14 um, we'll and would make our, 15 not the present tense. Um, 16 and we're going for present tense here. Um, 17 because we're talking about to study the, 18 um, layers that make up the gown, 19 that layers are continuously making up the gown. 20 Um, since we can assume that nothing has happened to the gown, 21 the layers are continuing to make it up. 22 So we want a present tense verb and because B represents the plural present 23 tense, that's our correct answer over the no change option, 24 which is singular. So 38 is going to be choice B mate.