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GMAT Sentence Correction

Instructions:

Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. much - amount - less + uncountables
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
There is less water

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

3. 'If' used to introduce one condition
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

4. Use semi-colon (;)
To connect 2 independent clauses
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
A number of students are standing outside the office
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

5. Do it vs. Do so
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
Do so is better choice
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 teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class

6. Use of has had and had had
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
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)
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
A majority of students are right

7. 'going to' express a plan
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

8. 'when' refers to specific time period
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby

9. noun - modifiers - verb
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
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
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

10. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

11. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

12. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
I will send you a report when I get it
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
Give me fewer Frech fries

13. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
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
One of the chairs is broken

14. Modifiers - noun example
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
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
A majority is always right

15. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

16. 'Where' refers to specific location
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
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
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms

17. a majority of ... are
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
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)
A majority of students are right

18. Modifier
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
One of the chairs is broken
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza

19. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
Give me fewer Frech fries
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A majority of students are right

20. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
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

21. a majority is
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
A majority is always right
There is less water
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends

22. singular noun + additives + singular verbs
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
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

23. collective noun + is (singular verb)
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
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 -
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

24. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
One of the chairs is broken
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
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
Give me fewer Frech fries

25. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
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
One of the chairs is broken
Give me fewer Frech fries
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved

26. a number of ... + are
There is less water
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A majority of students are right
A number of students are standing outside the office

27. If ... - (then)
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
Two men are point out each other's mistakes

28. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural verb)
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
One of the chairs is broken
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
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

29. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
A number of students are standing outside the office
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

30. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
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
You have seen that plany many times

31. The number of ... + is
Do so is better choice
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A number of students are standing outside the office

32. Use 'like' to compare noun
Do so is better choice
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
A number of students are standing outside the office
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

33. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
I will send you a report when I get it
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
A majority of students are right
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

34. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
A majority of students are right
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

35. 'one another' used for more than two

36. 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
A number of students are standing outside the office
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

37. noun - which

38. 'each other' used for two things

39. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
There is less water
I will send you a report when I get it
A majority of students are right
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

40. sometimes countable/ uncountable
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
You have seen that plany many times
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms

41. Use dash (-)
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
A majority is always right

42. Use colon (:) to introduce list
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
To connect 2 independent clauses
A number of students are standing outside the office

43. '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
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby

44. noun - modifiers
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

45. Always use 'were' with 'would'
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW