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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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1. Use semi-colon (;)
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
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
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
To connect 2 independent clauses

2. Use 'like' to compare noun
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
A majority of students are right

3. If ... - (then)
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
A majority of students are right

4. singular noun + additives + singular verbs
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
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
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

5. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
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
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
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

6. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
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
One of the chairs is broken
Do so is better choice
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes

7. Always use 'were' with 'would'
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
A majority is always right
To connect 2 independent clauses
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

8. 'going to' express a plan
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Two men are point out each other's mistakes

9. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
A number of students are standing outside the office
You have seen that plany many times
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

10. '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
To connect 2 independent clauses
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

11. preposition + noun
Give me fewer Frech fries
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
A number of students are standing outside the office
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

12. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
A majority is always right
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

13. sometimes countable/ uncountable
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
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

14. Use colon (:) to introduce list
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
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

15. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency

16. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends

17. Modifier
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
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)

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

19. 'one another' used for more than two

20. collective noun + is (singular verb)
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
You have seen that plany many times
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
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. Use dash (-)
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
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Give me fewer Frech fries

22. '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
One of the chairs is broken
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza

23. 'each other' used for two things

24. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
To connect 2 independent clauses
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
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 -

25. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes

26. noun - which

27. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

28. 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
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)
Two men are point out each other's mistakes

29. 'If' used to introduce one condition
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW

30. The number of ... + is
A majority of students are right
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
One of the chairs is broken

31. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
There is less water
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body

32. much - amount - less + uncountables
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company
I will send you a report when I get it
There is less water
A majority is always right

33. 'when' refers to specific time period
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 -
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

34. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
One of the chairs is broken

35. noun - modifiers
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

36. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Give me fewer Frech fries
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

37. Modifiers - noun example
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

38. noun - modifiers - verb
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
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

39. a majority of ... are
A majority of students are right
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
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

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

41. 'Where' refers to specific location
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
There is less water
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

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
A majority is always right
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes

43. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
I will send you a report when I get it
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during 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

44. Do it vs. Do so
Do so is better choice
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

45. a number of ... + are
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
A number of students are standing outside the office
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day