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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 semi-colon (;)
To connect 2 independent clauses
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
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen

2. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
A majority is always right
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I will send you a report when I get it
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency

3. noun - which

4. 'one another' used for more than two

5. preposition + noun
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
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

6. a number of ... + are
One of the chairs is broken
To connect 2 independent clauses
A number of students are standing outside the office
I will send you a report when I get it

7. 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
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
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen

8. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
I will send you a report when I get it
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
A majority of students are right

9. 'Where' refers to specific location
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
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
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

10. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
One of the chairs is broken

11. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
Do so is better choice
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
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 teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class

12. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
To connect 2 independent clauses
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 group of which I am a member has been dissolved

13. 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)
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 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

14. Do it vs. Do so
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Do so is better choice
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

15. Use colon (:) to introduce list
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
A majority of students are right
You have seen that plany many times
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

16. The number of ... + is
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
A number of students are standing outside the office
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

17. 'If' used to introduce one condition
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

18. 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
Give me fewer Frech fries
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

19. noun - modifiers - verb
A majority is always right
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday

20. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
One of the chairs is broken
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
I will send you a report when I get it

21. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
Do so is better choice
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
Give me fewer Frech fries
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

22. Use dash (-)
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

23. Modifiers - noun example
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
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
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

24. '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
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

25. Use 'like' to compare noun
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
A majority of students are right
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket

26. Always use 'were' with 'would'
Do so is better choice
To connect 2 independent clauses
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
A majority of students are right

27. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

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

29. Modifier
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

30. 'going to' express a plan
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 group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

31. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
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
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza

32. much - amount - less + uncountables
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
There is less water
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 -
To connect 2 independent clauses

33. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Give me fewer Frech fries

34. 'each other' used for two things

35. collective noun + is (singular verb)
A majority of students are right
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 -
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

36. sometimes countable/ uncountable
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
A number of students are standing outside the office
One of the chairs is broken

37. noun - modifiers
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)
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun

38. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
One of the chairs is broken
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

39. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

40. 'when' refers to specific time period
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
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

41. a majority is
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
A majority is always right
There is less water
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

42. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural verb)
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
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
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

43. a majority of ... are
A majority of students are right
You have seen that plany many times
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW

44. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
There is less water
You have seen that plany many times

45. If ... - (then)
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
Do so is better choice
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy