Sentence Structure

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Claudia didn’t enjoy following the news. No matter the topic, every reported story seemed to fall under a general pessimistic trend. 1 In every part of the world, troubling developments in politics. 2 Worried about economic markets and concerned about environmental changes. So, while Claudia kept watching the news to remain up-to-date about current events, she started to seek out happy news stories to balance out the negative ones.

NO CHANGE

In every part of the world, trouble developments in politics.

In every part of the world, there were troubling developments in politics.

In every part of the world, politics was developing trouble.

Explanation: 1. C, “In every part of the world, there were troubling developments in politics.”

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Claudia didn’t enjoy following the news. No matter the topic, every reported story seemed to fall under a general pessimistic trend. 1 In every part of the world, troubling developments in politics. 2 Worried about economic markets and concerned about environmental changes. So, while Claudia kept watching the news to remain up-to-date about current events, she started to seek out happy news stories to balance out the negative ones.

NO CHANGE

People were worried about economic markets and concerned about environmental changes

People worrying about economic markets and being concerned about environmental changes

By worrying about economic markets and being concerned about environmental changes

Explanation: 2. B, “People were worried about economic markets and concerned about environmental changes”

Result: