GMAT Sentence Correction

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Phạm Đức Hoài
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1. Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh.

(A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as

(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with

(C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as

(D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with

(E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as


2. Modern critics are amused by early scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as an ethnographic treatise.
(A) scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as

(B) scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as if

(C) scholars, categorizing of Tacitus’s Germania as

(D) scholars who categorize Tacitus’s Germania as

(E) scholars who categorize Tacitus’s Germania if


3. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.

(A) to greater economic development and investing

(B) to greater development economically and investing

(C) of greater economic development and invest

(D) of greater development economically and invest

(E) for greater economic development and the investment of

4. More than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year, due to new mandatory recycling laws in municipalities across the nation.

(A) More than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year

(B) It is expected that more paper than ever will be recycled this year than previously and that is

(C) The paper expected to be recycled this year is more than ever

(D) The amount of paper that will be recycled this year is expected to be greater than ever

(E) A great increase in the amount of paper that will be recycled this year is


5. Because it dissolves glass, and so chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in lead containers.

(A) and so chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in

(B) so therefore chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid traditionally in

(C) so chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid traditionally in

(D) chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in traditionally

(E) chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in
 
My try:

1. Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh.

(A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as

(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with

(C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as

(D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with

(E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as


2. Modern critics are amused by early scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as an ethnographic treatise.

(A) scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as

(B) scholars’ categorizing Tacitus’s Germania as if

(C) scholars, categorizing of Tacitus’s Germania as

(D) scholars who categorize Tacitus’s Germania as

(E) scholars who categorize Tacitus’s Germania if


3. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.

(A) to greater economic development and investing

(B) to greater development economically and investing

(C) of greater economic development and invest

(D) of greater development economically and invest

(E) for greater economic development and the investment of


4. More than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year, due to new mandatory recycling laws in municipalities across the nation.

(A) More than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year

(B) It is expected that more paper than ever will be recycled this year than previously and that is

(C) The paper expected to be recycled this year is more than ever

(D) The amount of paper that will be recycled this year is expected to be greater than ever

(E) A great increase in the amount of paper that will be recycled this year is


5. Because it dissolves glass, and so chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in lead containers.

(A) and so chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in

(B) so therefore chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid traditionally in

(C) so chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid traditionally in

(D) chemists have been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in traditionally

(E) chemists have traditionally been forced to store hydrofluoric acid in
 
1B
2D
3E
4D
5E

đi ngủ cái :)| :D
note : anh Hoài làm nhiều cái multiple choice thì sẽ thấy bọn US có 1 đường để sắp xếp các câu trả lời, như kiểu theo thứ tự ấy :D. Sau này nếu băn khoăn, phải chọn bừa thì cứ theo đường đấy B-), dễ đúng lắm >:D<
bên em cũng có kiểu kiểu thế :D, chẳng biết nữa B-)
 
1C, 2D, 3C, 4D, 5E :-?

sozi chưa có OA :D
 
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OA here

1C, 2A, 3A,4D, 5E

tiếp nhé

6. Legend has it that when the Mohawk Joseph Brant was presented to George III in 1776, he proudly refused to kiss the King’s hand, inasmuch as he regarded himself an ally, not a subject.

(A) as he regarded himself an ally, not

(B) that he regarded himself to be an ally rather than

(C) as he considered himself an ally, not

(D) that he considered himself to be ally instead of

(E) as he considered himself as an ally rather than

7. Lower-level management function most effectively when they have thorough training and unimpeded communication with workers, supervisors, and one another.

(A) management function most effectively when they have

(B) managers function most effectively when they have

(C) management functions most effectively when they have

(D) managers function most effectively when they have received

(E) management functions most effectively when it has

8. Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.

(A) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it

(B) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it

(C) Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it

(D) Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it

(E) Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is

9. Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.

(A) Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.

(B) Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.

(C) Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia.

(D) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.

(E) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.

10. The horse, ridden by the experienced jockey with the broken leg, had to be destroyed.

(A) horse, ridden by the experienced jockey with the broken leg, had

(B) horse ridden by the experienced jockey with the broken leg had

(C) horse with the broken leg ridden by the experienced, jockey had

(D) horse with the broken leg ridden by the experienced jockey, had

(E) horse with the broken leg, ridden by the experienced jockey, had
 
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C D E D E?

Bác Hoài post nhiều nhiều phát, phần này em đang yếu :"> Mà cập nhật answer keys nhanh đi bác chứ ko cứ muốn sửa :))
 
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6E 7A 8E 9D 10E?
 
Chỉnh sửa lần cuối:
6C 7A 8A 9D 10E

Hello miss Anh. Aren't you ignoring meh? I'm asking for help :-s
 
Võ Thanh Trọng Nhân đã viết:
Are these the keys from your book(s)?
Nhấn để mở rộng...

Phạm Đức Hoài đã viết:
OA here (white color)

----->1C, 2A, 3A,4D, 5E <----
Nhấn để mở rộng...

Trang muốn làm một ngày bao nhiêu bài :D anh có khoảng 1000 questions SC đấy. Hay là làm các bài trong OG 10th edition nhé, có explaination :D
 
đêm qua buồn ngủ chẳng xem kỹ ==> sai hết :(
em thấy hay anh Hoài làm cái confer lên, kêu gọi thí sinh và post câu hỏi, rồi thu tiền vào cửa+tham gia B-).
 
Pardon me I'm slow. What the heo is OA :-/ And what are the answers to questions 1 to 5? And what are the answers to questions 6 to 10?

GMAT grammar is.... :(
 
white color
----->1C, 2A, 3A,4D, 5E <----

bôi đen là thấy
 
11. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.

(A) occurring when a child

(B) occurring when children

(C) that occurred when a child

(D) that occurred when they were children

(E) that has occurred as each was a child

12. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.

(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size

(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's

(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

13. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.

(A) acting as sentinels and to sound

(B) acting as sentinels and sounding

(C) to act as sentinels and sound

(D) to act as sentinels and to sound

(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

14. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.

(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns

(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns

(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns

(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

15. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

(A) as old as any of their supposed

(B) older than any of their supposed

(C) as old as their supposed

(D) older than any of their supposedly

(E) as old as their supposedly
 
Hic, có bác nào giải thích dùm câu 3 phát. Em chịu.
 
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Võ Thanh Trọng Nhân đã viết:
GMAT grammar is.... :(
Nhấn để mở rộng...

The difference between TOEFL and GMAT SC grammar -

Erin đã viết:
This is such a common question that I decided to make a new post for it.

Both TOEFL grammar and GMAT Sentence Correction grammar are both based on Standard Written English (SWE), but the difference comes when we are answering these questions. When we answer GMAT SC questions, we need to think about meaning, ambiguity, redundancy, and other things; when we answer TOEFL grammar questions, we are normally looking only for a grammatically correct pattern (save those questions, for example, in which we must choose between "although" and "because").

For example, some GMAT SC questions make you choose between "in which" and "where/when" (which many students learn are equivalent), but we never have to do that on the TOEFL.

Examples

Look at the following example of a TOEFL-like question:

New York, which is the largest city in the United States, serves as the center of commercial for the country.

Okay, before we proceed, let's get the correct answer out of the way--commercial should be changed to commerce. This is a word form question--"commercial" is an adjective; "commerce" is a noun, and we need the noun form here to function as the object of the preposition "as."

Now, here's how to tackle the problem:

First, we should understand that TOEFL asks us simply for what is correct; GMAT asks us for what is best. There's a big difference. So, if you know we're working at the TOEFL-level of SWE (Standard Written English), then you would first notice that "commercial" is definitely wrong, and you would choose your answer confidently. However, some people, if they are confused about which level of SWE we are working at, might spend some time thinking about whether "which is" is redundant. It is in fact unneccessary in this sentence, but we need to remember this: if it's grammatically correct, it's acceptable on the TOEFL. Knowing that should ease your burden a bit, I think.

Now, GMAT SC wouldn't give you exactly the same question, but they could test the same grammar point in a similar way. And the way GMAT would test it, I think it would be obvious that they were targeting redundancy/superfluity. Here's what this question would look like were it to appear on the GMAT Sentence Correction Section:

New York, which is the largest city in the United States, serves as the center of commerce for the country.

(A) which is the largest city in the United States
(B) being the largest city in the United States
(C) because it is the largest United States city
(D) the largest city in the United States
(E) larger than all American cities

D is the answer. I don't want to get into why in this thread (not the point of the thread), but you should see clearly that GMAT is focusing on this grammar point in this question.

Finally, we should remember one more important thing--the TOEFL is designed to target trouble areas for non-native speakers; GMAT SC is designed to target trouble areas for native speakers. Many of the errors you see on the TOEFL are very simple ones for native speakers, and are not challenging at all. GMAT SC, on the other hand, can be challenging for native speakers.
Nhấn để mở rộng...
 
GMAT grammar is... :D... interesting. I'm intrigued. A nice post by Erin hehe
 
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