Read the passage.


(1) The first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) Improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) The year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) Soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) In 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) That same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in California.


Which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3?


AInsert the helping verb had before the verb appeared.
BInsert the phrase in the United States to the end of the fragment.
CAttach the fragment to sentence 2.
DAttach the fragment to sentence 4.

Verified Answer :

i think the correct answer is c

The most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3 is:

C. Attach the fragment to sentence 2.

By doing so, we can establish a conection between in 1959 and the following sentence and, for example, introduce a comma or a conjunction to join both sentences. One possibility could be:

Improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959, when the first commercially made skateboard appeared.