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Question

For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool, providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing an average of 2,275 gallons of milk each per year.


 

Option A:

providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing

Option B:

providing them with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces

Option C:

provided with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing

Option D:

provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces

Option E:

provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce

Difficulty Level

Hard

Solution

Option A is the correct answer.


Option Analysis

Concept tested: Parallelism, Tenses.

A) Correct Answer

B) Not parallel; providing vs milked

C) Not parallel; provided and milking.

D) An inappropriate shift in tense. “Provided” and “milked” are in past and produces is in present.

E) Inappropriate use of future tense; “H.Cows WILL produce”