Question

1. choose the best answer. which changes should be made to the following sentence? when making a bird house of bark more natural and well - liked by most birds be careful to use enough nails. change bird house of bark to bark bird house. insert parentheses beginning with more and ending with birds; add a comma inside the parentheses. change well - liked to wellliked. insert parentheses beginning with more and ending with birds; add a comma outside the parentheses.

Explanation:

To determine the correct change, we analyze the sentence structure. The phrase "more natural and well - liked by most birds" is additional information about the bark for the bird house. Parentheses are used to set off non - essential information, and a comma should be placed outside the parentheses to separate the main clause ("be careful to use enough nails") from the introductory part. Option A is incorrect as "bark bird house" is not the right phrasing. Option B suggests a comma inside the parentheses, which is wrong. Option C's suggestion to change "well - liked" to "wellliked" is incorrect as "well - liked" is the correct hyphenated form. So the correct option is D (the option that says to insert parentheses beginning with more and ending with birds; add a comma outside the parentheses).

Answer:

D. Insert parentheses beginning with more and ending with birds; add a comma outside the parentheses.