Question

New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer airbag, which, unlike previous airbags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.(A) inflated, and making(B) inflated, so that it could make(C) inflated and made(D) inflated and make(E) inflated to make

Answer 1

Answer:

(E) Inflated to make

Explanation:

Option E is correct as it is grammatically correct, makes the text fluent and easy to read, and also indicating a cause and effect situation.

Option A is incorrect because it does not use parallel text structure.

Option B uses unnecessary extra words. Moreover, the phrase "so that it could make" implies that the sole purpose of inflating was to terrify the passengers (which is not the case).

Option C is incorrect. It, although uses parallel structure, but it has less stress on the cause and effect situation (inflating causes terrifying).

Option D is incorrect not only on grammatical basis (incorrect use of "make") but also for the same reason as option C.