Many acts are performing at Sonar, ____ as the Pet Shop Boys and Modeselektor.

Many acts are performing at Sonar, ____ as the Pet Shop Boys and Modeselektor.

• A. such
• B. including
• C. for
• D. and

Answer: (A)

Such as is used to introduce specific examples after a general claim. In this sentence, “Many acts are performing at Sonar” is a broad statement, and you want to name examples of those acts. Placing “such as” after a comma signals that the following names are representative examples, as in “Many acts are performing at Sonar, such as the Pet Shop Boys and Modeselektor.” The other options don’t fit: alone, “such” leaves the phrase incomplete; “for” isn’t used to introduce examples; “and” would just join items without introducing a sample. While “including” could work in some contexts, the natural, standard way to present examples here is with “such as.”

Such as is used to introduce specific examples after a general claim. In this sentence, “Many acts are performing at Sonar” is a broad statement, and you want to name examples of those acts. Placing “such as” after a comma signals that the following names are representative examples, as in “Many acts are performing at Sonar, such as the Pet Shop Boys and Modeselektor.” The other options don’t fit: alone, “such” leaves the phrase incomplete; “for” isn’t used to introduce examples; “and” would just join items without introducing a sample. While “including” could work in some contexts, the natural, standard way to present examples here is with “such as.”