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GMAT Sentence Correction

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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. noun - which

2. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

3. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

4. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
You have seen that plany many times
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

5. singular noun + additives + singular verbs
Jayne - as well as his friend - is coming for dinner - e.g. in addition to - along with - as well as - together with - including - along with
Do so is better choice
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
I will send you a report when I get it

6. 'If' used to introduce one condition
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
I will send you a report when I get it
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

7. Modifiers - noun example
A number of students are standing outside the office
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

8. 'when' refers to specific time period
I will send you a report when I get it
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)

9. collective noun + is (singular verb)
Army - audience - bevy - bunch - choir/chorus - committee - council - department - family - group - majority - party - school - society - team - array - band - board - cast - class - corporation - crowd - faculty - jury - minority - public - senate -
You have seen that plany many times
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency

10. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

11. Modifier
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
I will send you a report when I get it

12. noun - modifiers - verb
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
A majority of students are right
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

13. Use dash (-)
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

14. 'each other' used for two things

15. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

16. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
You have seen that plany many times
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A majority is always right

17. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
You have seen that plany many times
Give me fewer Frech fries
Army - audience - bevy - bunch - choir/chorus - committee - council - department - family - group - majority - party - school - society - team - array - band - board - cast - class - corporation - crowd - faculty - jury - minority - public - senate -
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

18. Use semi-colon (;)
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
To connect 2 independent clauses

19. 'going to' express a plan
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

20. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

21. preposition + noun
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

22. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body

23. Use 'like' to compare noun
A majority of students are right
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
He is one of the students who study here - Any of the members who disagree may leave the committee - This is one of the questions that are incorrect
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends

24. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
To connect 2 independent clauses
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

25. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
One of the chairs is broken
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

26. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
I will send you a report when I get it

27. noun - modifiers
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
A majority of students are right
Give me fewer Frech fries
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

28. Do it vs. Do so
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Do so is better choice
I will send you a report when I get it
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket

29. a majority of ... are
I will send you a report when I get it
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
A majority of students are right
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours

30. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural verb)
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
He is one of the students who study here - Any of the members who disagree may leave the committee - This is one of the questions that are incorrect
To connect 2 independent clauses

31. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
I will send you a report when I get it
Do so is better choice
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

32. much - amount - less + uncountables
There is less water
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

33. 'one another' used for more than two

34. 'Past Perfect Continuous' - action that started in the past and continued until another time in the past
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby

35. The number of ... + is
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
I will send you a report when I get it
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

36. a majority is
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
A majority is always right
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW

37. Use of has had and had had
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

38. Always use 'were' with 'would'
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
One of the chairs is broken
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

39. a number of ... + are
A number of students are standing outside the office
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

40. sometimes countable/ uncountable
A majority of students are right
To connect 2 independent clauses
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms

41. Use colon (:) to introduce list
There is less water
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

42. Either or/ neither nor - make the verb agree with the subject that is closest to it

43. 'Where' refers to specific location
One of the chairs is broken
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
Tim has several passenger cars (preset) - Tim has had several passenger cars (present perfect) - Tim had had several passenger cars before he decided to buy a sports car (past perfect)
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen

44. If ... - (then)
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

45. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
A number of students are standing outside the office
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class