Question

Excerpt from The Care and Keeping of Big Cats Part B Kate McConnaughey

Like all other animals in captivity, zoo animals require occasional trips to the vet. The veterinarians that handle zoo animals are specially trained in exotic medicine, the diseases and conditions of animals not usually kept as pets. (16)Veterinary care usually is done at the zoo in a special health care building. That has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion.

3) Look at the underlined section marked (16). Choose the answer that best corrects this sentence, if appropriate.

A) Because veterinary care usually is done at the zoo in a special health care building that has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion.

B) Veterinary care usually is done at the zoo in a special health care building that has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion.

C) Veterinary care usually done at the zoo in a special health care building that has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion.

D) Correct as is.

Answer 1

B) "Veterinary care usually is done at the zoo in a special health care building that has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion."

Step-by-step explanation:

This choice completes the phrase by inserting the word "is" after "usually" to rectify the syntax.

Answer 2

The answer that best corrects the underlined section (16) is B) "Veterinary care usually is done at the zoo in a special health care building that has the special equipment needed to fill cavities in a tiger's teeth or perform surgery on a lion." This option corrects the grammar by adding the verb "is" after "usually" to make it a complete sentence.

Step-by-step explanation: