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provided a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath
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the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best
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1. The information presented in the most recent
reports indicate that turbulent times lie ahead for
those who have invested only in Blue Chip stocks.
A. indicate that turbulent times lie ahead for
those who have invested only in Blue Chip
stocks.
B. indicate that turbulent times should lie ahead All about Adjectives
for those who have invested only in Blue
Chip stocks. 
C. indicate that turbulent times are laying ahead 
for those who have invested only in Blue
Chip stocks.
D. indicates that turbulent times lie ahead for
those who have invested only in Blue Chip
stocks.
E. indicates that turbulent times are laying
ahead for those who have invested only in
Blue Chip stocks. Grammar Basics:
2. Critics charge that Indian Cricket Association Adverbs
lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce
supply and increase ticket prices. 
A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to 
reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to
reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
C. lobbied for stadiums that had been built with
fewer seats to reduce supply and increase
ticket prices.
D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to
reduce supply and increase ticket prices. Grammar Basics:
E. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a Conjunctions
means of reducing supply so they could 
increase ticket prices.
3 The teacher gave example of the great 
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 3. The teacher gave example of the great 
personalities to show that everyone must be held
responsible for their actions.
A. to show that everyone must be held
responsible for their actions.
B. to demonstrate their belief that everyone
must be held responsible for their actions.
C. to demonstrate its belief that everyone must List of Common
be held responsible for their actions.
D. to signal how no one should be able to get Prepositions
away with committing acts of terrible 
negligence.
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E. to show that everyone must be held
responsible for his actions.
4. Each of the songs were great and the choice for
the best one among all three was very difficult
indeed.
A. were great and choosing the best one
among the three was very difficult indeed.
B. was great and choosing the best one among Grammar Basics:
the three was very difficult indeed. Verbs, types of
C. were great and choosing the best one
between the three was very difficult indeed. verbs and Examples
D. was great and choosing the best one 
between the three was very difficult indeed.
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E. was great and choosing the best one
between the three was very difficult indeed.
Sentence Correction: Concepts & Rules
Basics of Sentence Correction
Subject Verb Agreement - 1
Parallelism Error
Subject-Pronoun Agreement
Critical Reasoning:
Sentence Correction Exercise
Concepts & Tricks
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Modifier Errors
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Subject Verb Agreement - 2
Redundancy Error
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise

5. Unfortunately last night temperature dropped

suddenly , which will mean that the shoots
emerging from the soil will be killed by the frost Everything about
A. which will mean that the shoots emerging
from the soil will be killed by the frost
Nouns
B. which will mean that the frost will kill the 
shoots emerging from the soil. 
C. and this will mean that the shoots emerging
from the soil will be killed by the frost.
D. and the resulting frost will kill the shoots that
are emerging from the soil.
E. and as a result, the shoots will be killed by
the frost, emerging from the soil.
6. A large number of holiday seekers are choosing
to fly to remote islands in search of the perfect Grammar Basics:
beach; seeking sand, sun and palm trees, rather Interjections
than centers of entertainment.
A. ; seeking sand, sun and palm trees, rather 
than centers of entertainment. 
B. ; seeking sad, sun, palm trees and not
entertainment.
C. , with sand, sun, palm trees and no
entertainment.
D. , they seek sand, sun and palm trees, rather
than entertainment centers.
E. ; they seek sand, sun and palm trees, rather
than centers of entertainment. Phrases and
7. The board of directors requires that these reports Clauses
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 7. The board of directors requires that these reports Clauses
should be submitted before the end of the current
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quarter.
A. that these reports should be submitted 
B. that these reports be submitted
C. for these reports to be submitted
D. these reports submission
E. these reports should be submitted
8. The best way to promote creative thinking is not
to promise monetary rewards for ideas, but to
ensure that the person making the suggestion
receives recognition for his contribution.
Reading
A. but to ensure that the person making the Comprehension:
suggestion receives recognition for his Basic Concepts
contribution.
B. but to ensure that the person who makes the 
suggestion will be receiving recognition for 
his contribution.
C. but rather by ensuring that the person
making the suggestion receives recognition
for his contribution.
D. but rather ensure that suggestion-maker
receives recognition for his contribution.
E. but instead make sure that the suggestion-
maker will receive recognition.
9. It ought to be him with whom you share your
secrets, not me.
A. him with whom you share your secrets, not
me
B. him with whom you share your secrets, not I.
C. he with whom you share your secrets, not
me.
D. he with whom you share your secrets, not I.
E. him with who you share your secrets, not
me.
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Sentence Correction: Answers
1.DThe underscored portion of the sentence lacks
conciseness. This should be rather obvious. What
may not be as obvious, however, is the subject-
verb disagreement between "information" and
"indicate."
Choices A, B, and C can be eliminated because
they each begin incorrectly with the verb "indicate."
Choice E is wrong because it uses the incorrect
verb "lay" rather than "lie."
2.A'Fewer' answers the question, "How many?" (fans,
balls, hot dogs, seats) and 'less' answers the
question, "How much?" (soda, dirt, salt). This
eliminates answer choices B, D, and E. Answer
choice C is unnecessarily wordy and implies that
the stadiums had already been built before the
lobbying began.
3.EThe pronoun 'everyone' is singular and it cannot
take their with it. Thats why answer choices A, B,
and C can be eliminated. Answer choice D
changes the meaning of this sentence too much by
adding a strong emotional judgment and incorrectly
uses "how" to introduce the idea "no one should be
able to get away with committing acts of terrible
negligence."
4.B"Each" is singular, and so the underlined portion
should begin with 'was' rather than 'were.' Answer
choices A, C, and E can therefore be eliminated.
Answer choice D differs from B in that D uses
'between' and answer choice B uses 'among.'
'Between' is used only when one is talking about
two items. In the case of the 3 movies, the word
"among" should be used.
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 5.DThe word which does not have an antecedent
noun, and so the construction is incorrect in A and
B. Similarly, in C this does not have a noun to
which it refers. D is the best choice. In E the phrase
emerging from the soil is dangling.
6.EOptions A and B are wrong because the partciple
seeking cannot start with a semicolon. Option 3
changes the meaning by putting no 'entertainment'.
In options 4 and 5, a semicolon was required as a
new sentence starts from 'they'. That's why option
5 is right.
7.BSubjunctive constructions (wishes and demands)
do not need should. Thats why options A and E are
wrong. Options 3 and 4 are awkward in
construction.
8.AOptions C, D and E violate parallelism. It should be
"not to promise monetary rewards......but to .......".
Out of options A and B, A is more concise
9.CAfter the different forms of the verb to be, we use
subject forms of pronouns, except after the
infinitive where we use the object form.

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Verbal Reasoning: Concepts and Practice
Reading Comprehension: Concepts and Strategies

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