Question

amelia earhart disappeared while _____ to traverse the globe in 1937.
which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of
standard english?
choose 1 answer:
a she was attempting
b she attempts
c she will attempt
o to attempt

Explanation:

1. The sentence describes a past ongoing action that was happening when Earhart disappeared, so we need past continuous tense.
2. Option B uses simple present tense which does not match the 1937 past timeline.
3. Option C uses future tense which is incorrect for this historical event.
4. Option D creates a grammatically incomplete phrase after "while" that does not clearly link to the subject Amelia Earhart.
5. Option A uses the correct past continuous tense "she was attempting" to describe the ongoing journey when she vanished.

Answer:

A. she was attempting