298. Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.

(A) bringing
(B) and brings
(C) and it brings
(D) and it brought
(E) and brought

OG-12-Q-47

Solution:

Modifier*

A clear case of cause and effect. Since the second half of the sentence is the effect or sub-ordinate clause and the first half is the cause or the main clause the verb forms in the two parts should differ. The first half of the sentence has a non-ing form, ‘left’, the second half must have ‘verb+ing’ form. Thus, A is the best choice.

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