11n 1909, President Taft built the first Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. ?Taft built the office because he want
ed his staff to have a center from which they could all work. 3A fire in the West Wing damaged the original Oval Office in 1929.
4President Herbert Hoover, however, restored the office after the fire. "Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of President Hoover and
served as the First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933. When Franklin Roosevelt became president, he moved the Oval
Office to a different section of the West Wing so he could easily enter the office in his wheelchair. President Roosevelt
completed the modern Oval Office in 1934, and it has stayed in the same place ever since.
Which sentence should be deleted because it is obviously irrlelevant to the focus of the paragraph?
es )
A)
Sentence 1
B)
Sentence 3
C)
Sentence 5
D)
Sentence 7
As per the question, sentence 5 must be deleted from the given paragraph as it offers information that is irrelevant to the context of the paragraph. <u>The central idea of the author is to provide historical details regarding the Oval Office that is built in the White House's West Wing and the details associated with president Hoover's wife are irrelevant and insignificant</u>. Thus, <u>option C</u> is the correct answer.
