Explanation for Question 39 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat
We're at question 39, we're going to be trying to present the active tense 2 of the verb, the most active construction here that we can. 3 Um, the sentence right now reads having come to a fuller understanding of James's 4 work, how to present it in the best way to museum visitors was what 5 the curators had to determine. So here, 6 the main subject is the curators. They're the ones who have to determine how 7 to present the content to the museum visitors, 8 um, and having to determine is the main verb. 9 So had as the main verb here. So we want to make this sentence 10 as active as possible. So we're going to do subject first and then the 11 verb. So the curators had to determine subject verb. 12 Um, so that's the most active construction we can do here. 13 That's going to make see our correct answer. Um, 14 and if you read out the other answers to yourself in your head, 15 a, B, and D, they all sound a little bit wordier than necessary. 16 They're a bit more confusing in general. 17 We want to try to construct sentences where we have the subject and then 18 the verb to make it as clear as possible for our reader. 19 So because of that logic choice, 20 C is the correct answer for 30.