Question

Read the paragraph. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was born in Hyde Park, New York. He was the thirty-second president of the United States. He was the only president ever to be elected four times. FDR was the president during the Great Depression and World War II. He was the architect of the New Deal. The New Deal was a domestic program that provided economic relief and significant reforms in industry, finance, and housing. Which is the best way to improve this paragraph’s sentence fluency?

Vary the sentence patterns.
Shorten the sentences.
Correct the sentence fragments.
Fix the comma splice.

Answer 1

the correct answer is A

Answer 2

Answer: Vary the sentence patterns.

The word President was mentioned 3 times in three consecutive sentences in the paragraph. In a case like this, we need to vary the sentence pattern or structure to keep the reader interested and improve the paragraph’s sentence fluency.