GMAT GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Verbal: Sentence Correction 2

Question 1

Which sentence correctly uses the subjunctive mood?

Accepted Answer

The board recommended that the CEO resign immediately.

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The board recommended that the CEO resigns immediately.

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The board recommended that the CEO resigned immediately.

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The board recommended that the CEO would resign immediately.

Question 2

Which option corrects the comparison error: 'The profits of Company A are higher than Company B'?

Accepted Answer

The profits of Company A are higher than those of Company B.

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The profits of Company A are higher than Company B's profits are higher.

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Company A's profits are more higher than Company B.

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The profits of Company A are higher as Company B's.

Question 3

Which sentence correctly uses 'fewer' vs. 'less'?

Accepted Answer

The firm hired fewer analysts this quarter than last.

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The firm hired less analysts this quarter than last.

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The firm hired fewer amount of analysts this quarter.

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The firm hired less number of analysts this quarter.

Question 4

Which version avoids the redundancy error: 'The reason the merger failed was because of poor integration'?

Accepted Answer

The reason the merger failed was poor integration.

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The reason why the merger failed was because of poor integration.

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The reason was because the merger failed due to poor integration.

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The merger failed for the reason of because of poor integration.

Question 5

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement: 'A number of applicants ___ waiting for the interview results.'

Accepted Answer

A number of applicants are waiting for the interview results.

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A number of applicants is waiting for the interview results.

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The number of applicants are waiting for the interview results.

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A number of applicants was waiting for the interview results.

Question 6

Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?

Accepted Answer

The market expanded rapidly; however, profit margins declined.

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The market expanded rapidly; but profit margins declined.

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The market expanded; rapidly, profit margins declined.

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The market expanded rapidly; profit margins, however declined.