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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. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
A number of students are standing outside the office
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

2. collective noun + is (singular verb)
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
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 students are pointing out one another's mistakes

3. preposition + noun
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
There is less water
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

4. Modifiers - noun example
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen

5. Use semi-colon (;)
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
To connect 2 independent clauses

6. noun - which

7. sometimes countable/ uncountable
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

8. a number of ... + are
A number of students are standing outside the office
There is less water
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

9. 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
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I will send you a report when I get it

10. 'Where' refers to specific location
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
I will send you a report when I get it

11. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
You have seen that plany many times
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

12. noun - modifiers
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 -
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
A majority of students are right

13. 'Past Perfect Continuous' - action that started in the past and continued until another time in the past
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

14. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
Give me fewer Frech fries
I will send you a report when I get it
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

15. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
There is less water

16. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
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
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

17. a majority of ... are
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
A majority of students are right
A majority is always right

18. a majority is
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
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 -
A majority is always right
A number of students are standing outside the office

19. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' 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
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
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun

20. Singular subjects + is (singular 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)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
There is less water
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

21. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

22. 'going to' express a plan
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

23. Use dash (-)
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)
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved

24. Modifier
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
A majority is always right
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
I will send you a report when I get it

25. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
You have seen that plany many times
One of the chairs is broken
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
There is less water

26. Do it vs. Do so
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
One of the chairs is broken
Do so is better choice
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

27. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
Give me fewer Frech fries
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
One of the chairs is broken

28. If ... - (then)
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

29. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Give me fewer Frech fries

30. Use of has had and had had
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 and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

31. 'one another' used for more than two

32. One of the 'plural 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 -
One of the chairs is broken
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
There is less water

33. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural verb)
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
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
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

34. Use 'like' to compare noun
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

35. '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
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

36. much - amount - less + uncountables
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)
There is less water
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
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

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

38. singular pronouns + is (singular 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)
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
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends

39. 'each other' used for two things

40. Always use 'were' with 'would'
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body

41. 'If' used to introduce one condition
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
I will send you a report when I get it
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

42. noun - modifiers - verb
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
To connect 2 independent clauses
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

43. Use colon (:) to introduce list
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
I will send you a report when I get it
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

44. The number of ... + is
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
One of the chairs is broken
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class

45. 'when' refers to specific time period
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
Give me fewer Frech fries
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved