GMAT Sentence Correction

Instructions:

• Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. a majority is
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
One of the chairs is broken
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
A majority is always right


2. Do it vs. Do so
Give me fewer Frech fries
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
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
Do so is better choice


3. Modifier
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends


4. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
I will send you a report when I get it


5. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
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
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes


6. Use colon (:) to introduce list
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms


7. collective noun + is (singular verb)
You have seen that plany many times
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 -
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
A majority is always right


8. sometimes countable/ uncountable
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Do so is better choice
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
To connect 2 independent clauses


9. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
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
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved


10. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
A majority of students are right
Do so is better choice
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 -
Give me fewer Frech fries


11. Modifiers - noun example
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
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
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body


12. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
There is less water
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
One of the chairs is broken


13. much - amount - less + uncountables
Do so is better choice
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)
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT


14. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
A number of students are standing outside the office
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
Give me fewer Frech fries


15. 'when' refers to specific time period
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
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 -


16. 'If' used to introduce one condition
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT


17. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
To connect 2 independent clauses
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
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours


18. If ... - (then)
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
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
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 -


19. a number of ... + are
Do so is better choice
A number of students are standing outside the office
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes


20. Use of has had and had had
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
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
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 -


21. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

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22. preposition + noun
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
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 will send you a report when I get it
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen


23. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
A majority is always right
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


24. Use semi-colon (;)
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
To connect 2 independent clauses
One of the chairs is broken


25. noun - which

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26. 'each other' used for two things

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27. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
One of the chairs is broken
A majority of students are right
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class


28. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
You have seen that plany many times
A majority is always right


29. Use 'like' to compare noun
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
To connect 2 independent clauses
A number of students are standing outside the office
You have seen that plany many times


30. 'Where' refers to specific location
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from 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 -
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen


31. The number of ... + is
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
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
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing


32. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
I will send you a report when I get it
A majority of students are right
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS


33. noun - modifiers
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
A majority of students are right
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica


34. 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
A majority of students are right
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
You had studied Frech before you moved to London


35. Always use 'were' with 'would'
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
To connect 2 independent clauses
A majority of students are right
Give me fewer Frech fries


36. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class


37. 'going to' express a plan
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
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


38. noun - modifiers - verb
To connect 2 independent clauses
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
I will send you a report when I get it


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

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40. Use dash (-)
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS


41. 'Past Perfect Continuous' - action that started in the past and continued until another time in the past
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza


42. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural 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
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen


43. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
There is less water


44. 'one another' used for more than two

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45. a majority of ... are
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
A majority of students are right
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma