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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. Modifiers - noun example
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
I will send you a report when I get it
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza

2. If ... - (then)
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT
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 -

3. much - amount - less + uncountables
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
There is less water
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved

4. The number of ... + is
A majority is always right
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

5. sometimes countable/ uncountable
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun

6. noun - modifiers - 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 -
Jayne - a laptop mechanic - came to my house yesterday
A number of students are standing outside the office

7. a majority is
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
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

8. 'Present Perfect Continous' - action that started in the past and continues into the present
Jayne has been waiting here for two hours
A number of students are standing outside the office
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
A majority of students are right

9. '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
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved

10. use 'that' and never use 'to' with 'order' - 'suggest' - 'demand' etc
A number of students are standing outside the office
Give me fewer Frech fries
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica

11. Use 'as' to compare non-nouns
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
Should be placed as close as possible to what it modifies - Only Jayne can eat the pizza
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day

12. collective noun + is (singular verb)
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms
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 -
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 excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy

13. 'one another' used for more than two

14. a majority of ... are
A majority of students are right
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
Do so is better choice
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

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

16. Use semi-colon (;)
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
Do so is better choice
I will send you a report when I get it
To connect 2 independent clauses

17. singular noun + additives + singular verbs
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing
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
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class

18. many - number - fewer - quantity - little + countables
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
There is less water
I will send you a report when I get it
Give me fewer Frech fries

19. 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
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
I will send you a report when I get it
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one

20. Singular subjects + 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
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
You have seen that plany many times
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

21. 'when' refers to specific time period
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
The number of students standing outside the office is increasing

22. Use dash (-)
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)
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS

23. Do it vs. Do so
The teacher recommend that Jerry be expelled from the class
A number of students are standing outside the office
One of the chairs is broken
Do so is better choice

24. One of the 'plural noun' + is (singular verb)
Each - every - anyone - everyone - someone - anybody - everybody - everything - something - whoever - whatever - either - neither - nobody - nothing - no one
One of the chairs is broken
I will send you a report when I get it
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

25. Use colon (:) to introduce list
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body
Neither Jayne nor his friends are sleeping in the lobby - Neither Jayne's friends nor Jayne is sleeping in the lobby
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
I need to pick up few things from my office: folders - stablers - and board pins

26. a number of ... + are
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 number of students are standing outside the office
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
You have seen that plany many times

27. 'each other' used for two things

28. 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)
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
There is less water

29. 'Past Perfect' - two actions taking place in the past with one before the other
You had studied Frech before you moved to London
A majority is always right
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma
Hair - light - room or hairs - lights - rooms

30. 'in which' - 'of which' - 'from which' do not need comma
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
There is less water
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
The group of which I am a member has been dissolved

31. 'Where' refers to specific location
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
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
The town where I was born is known for its fishermen

32. Always use 'were' with 'would'
If I were rich - I would buy a BMW
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
I will send you a report when I get it
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

33. noun - modifiers
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
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
They had been taking over an hour before Tony arrived

34. singular pronouns + is (singular verb)
Jack is travelling to Japan - the land of the rising sun
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
Just as reading is good for the mind - running is good for the body

35. Modifier
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
In an effort to do well in the exam - Jayne put ten hours of study every day
There is less water

36. preposition + noun
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
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
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
At home - In time - From Jayne - Wtih Terry - By running - under the table - during the class

37. noun - which

38. 'If' used to introduce one condition
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 -
Give me fewer Frech fries
If you study hard - you will surely do well on the GMAT

39. Use 'like' to compare noun
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 -
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

40. 'Present Perfect'- action that happend at unspecified time before now. e.g. experice or changes that has happened over time
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
You have seen that plany many times
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)
Anybody - anything - any - each - either - everyone - everybody - nobody - not one - etc

41. Non countable nouns + is (singular verb)
I will send you a report when I get it
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
Music - art - love - happiness - advice - information - news - furniture - luggage - rice - sugar - butter - water - oxygen - electricity - gas - power - money - currency
It was a historic event when - in 1947 - India achieved independence

42. One of the 'plural noun' that/who + are (plaural 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
Jayne and Mal - like their father Mark - are excellent players of cricket
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
After several days of deliberation - the Board made its decision: it was going to sell the company

43. 'will' express voluntary action or promise
I will send you a report when I get it
If you excercise - you will become healthy - If you excercised - you would become healthy - If you had excercised - you would have become healthy
Two men are point out each other's mistakes
A number of students are standing outside the office

44. 'going to' express a plan
He is going to spend his holidays in Jamaica
to peplace semi-colon (;) - e.g. -FANBOYS
I can't decide whether to study or to go out with my friends
1. 'which' should always come after comma 2. 'which' must refer to noun that comes immediately before the comma

45. 'whether' used to introduce several possibilities