KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

(C)

Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors

When analyzing this sentence, it is helpful to mentally delete the additional information between commas. The word “for” at the beginning of the underlined portion is part of the phrase “required for taking.” However, saying “X is required for Y” suggests that you need X in order to have Y. That doesn’t logically work in this sentence. To make it clear that taking the training is necessary, the phrase should be “required to take.”

Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices

(A) and (B) start with “for,” (C) and (D) start with “to,” and (E) starts with “of.”

Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains

(A) and (B) can be eliminated for using “for” instead of “to.” (B), in fact, makes things worse by suggesting it doesn’t matter who takes the training, as long as it’s taken. (E) changes “for” to “of,” but that doesn’t fix the problem. If it’s said that “X is required of Y,” then the X part is the requirement, and this sentence should say that the training is a requirement. Eliminate (E).

(C) and (D) properly use “to,” but (D) unnecessarily puts the action in the past, and the word “of” does not belong. That eliminates (D), leaving (C) as the correct answer. To confirm, read it back into the original sentence:

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, to take youth protection training.
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imo C
All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.

Required to is the correct idiom in this sense .


A. for taking youth protection training
-- Wrong preposition

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken
-- Wrong preposition

C. to take youth protection training
-- Correct

D. to have taken of the youth protection training
-- Wrong tense ..

E. of taking youth protection training
-- Wrong preposition




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My answer is (C). It took me 31 seconds.

Expect to see: All parents are required to do something. Eliminate A, B, and E.

In (D): Perfect verb tense (have taken) is not justified. Moreover, "of" should not be there.

(C) is the right answer.

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.

A. for taking youth protection training -> for taking is incorrect. we need "to take".

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken -> It is passive sentence . Why do we say, "for making sure..." Incorrect.

C. to take youth protection training -> It is better use of "to take" followed by a training. Let's keep it.

D. to have taken of the youth protection training-> We don't need present perfect tense. Incorrect.

E. of taking youth protection training -> "of taking" is incorrect.

So, I think C.

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.

C. to take youth protection training.

Once we ignore the sentence which is between commas things gets easier for us.
Required to is the correct idiomatic usage.

I don't whether it is an idiom but one of the most common constructs used is "required to do something " and not "required for do something".
Keeping this in mind, the OA has to be C.

Options A, B and E are out because they have used the word "for" and in E's case "of".
Option D is out because of a tense issue.

Subjunctive rule : "command word" + "to" + followed by the verb

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.

IMO C

A. for taking youth protection training

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken

C. to take youth protection training

D. to have taken of the youth protection training

E. of taking youth protection training

Answer: C
Required takes "to" to suggest some action.
required to do something is the correct form.
The nonessential phrase separated by commas after required could cloud the judgement on concision.
Striking out that would help getting to correct answer.

for taking is not the right usage to go with required.
Eliminate A


It unnecessarily turns the sentence into passive, which is not required. for making is not the right usage.
Eliminate B


Seems right in place and makes sense.
Keep C.


to takes the simple present. Perfect tense usage is incorrect here.
Eliminate D


of taking is not the right usage to go with required.

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.


A. for taking youth protection training
Required for taking - Wrong usage

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken
Required for making - Wrong usage

C. to take youth protection training
No Remarks

D. to have taken of the youth protection training
Tense error

E. of taking youth protection training
Required of taking - Wrong usage

IMO C
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Required to is the correct idiom
Answer choice - C

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.


A. for taking youth protection training Incorrect

required to - correct idioms
infinitive form require

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken Incorrect

same as A

C. to take youth protection training Correct

D. to have taken of the youth protection training Incorrect

have uses redundant

E. of taking youth protection training Incorrect

same as A

All parents who wish to hold a leadership position in the Boy Scouts are required, regardless of whether or not their child is a member, for taking youth protection training.

Parents are required to do something

A. for taking youth protection training
'required for' is incorrect

B. for making sure youth protection training is taken
'required for' is incorrect

C. to take youth protection training
Correct

D. to have taken of the youth protection training
Simple tense is required

E. of taking youth protection training
required of is incorrect

Choice C is the answer.