Illogical Shifts

The following sentences contain illogical shifts in tense, person, or voice. For each, identify the type of shift—person, tense, or voice.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 24 of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    The nearly extinct giant pandas are being saved by the Wolong National Nature Reserve; this preserve dedicates itself to creating the right environment for the pandas.

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    C.

  2. Question

    Pandas eat only bamboo, but you do not get much nutrition from it.

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    B.
    C.

  3. Question

    They particularly like tender new shoots, but full-grown bamboo is also eaten by them.

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    B.
    C.

  4. Question

    They eat about one hundred pounds of bamboo a day, which was about half their body weight.

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    B.
    C.

  5. Question

    The Chinese government gives two giant pandas named Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling to the United States in 1972.

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    C.