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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 of has had and had had
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from 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)

2. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours

3. 'one another' used for more than two

4. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
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
Two men are point out each other's mistakes

5. Modifiers - noun example
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 -
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
A number of students are standing outside the office

6. Singular subjects + is (singular verb)
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
A majority is always right
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

7. Use colon (:) to introduce list
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
One of the chairs is broken

8. collective noun + is (singular verb)
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
To connect 2 independent clauses
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 -

9. preposition + noun
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
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)

10. Use 'like' to compare noun
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
One of the chairs is broken
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

11. Use colon (:) to introduce explanation or an example
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

12. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
Give me fewer Frech fries
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
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

13. Modifier
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
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
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza

14. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

15. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities

16. 'If' used to introduce one condition
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

17. Use dash (-)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
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 - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

18. sometimes countable/ uncountable
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
To connect 2 independent clauses
A majority of students are right

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

20. Do it vs. Do so
Do so is better choice
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma

21. much - amount - less + uncountables
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
There is less water
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
A number of students are standing outside the office

22. 'Past Perfect Continuous' - action that started in the past and continued until another time in the past
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

23. 'when' refers to specific time period
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
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

24. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

25. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
One of the chairs is broken
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I will send you a report when I get it
Give me fewer Frech fries

26. a majority is
Two men are point out each other'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
A majority is always right
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma

27. 'Where' refers to specific location
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
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 -
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

28. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
One of the chairs is broken
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

29. Use semi-colon (;)
To connect 2 independent clauses
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)
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
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

30. 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 of students are right
A number of students are standing outside the office
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

31. Always use 'were' with 'would'
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
To connect 2 independent clauses
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW

32. The number of ... + is
One of the chairs is broken
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

33. 'each other' used for two things

34. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
Give me fewer Frech fries
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes

35. noun - modifiers
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
A majority of students are right
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun

36. 'going to' express a plan
There is less water
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
The students are pointing out one another's mistakes
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

37. If ... - (then)
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
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
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

38. noun - modifiers - verb
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket

39. a majority of ... are
I will send you a report when I get it
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A majority of students are right
You had studied Frech before you moved to London

40. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
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 -
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
Give me fewer Frech fries

41. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
Do so is better choice
I will send you a report when I get it
You have seen that plany many times
Two men are point out each other's mistakes

42. 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
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
I will send you a report when I get it
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun

43. a number of ... + are
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived
A number of students are standing outside the office
A majority is always right

44. noun - which

45. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
There is less water
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
A majority of students are right
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day