GMAT GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Verbal: Sentence Correction 3

Question 1

Which sentence correctly uses 'that' vs. 'which'?

Accepted Answer

The report that the auditor submitted contained several errors.

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The report, that the auditor submitted, contained several errors.

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The report which the auditor submitted contained several errors.

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The report, which the auditor submitted contained several errors.

Question 2

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb after 'not only…but also'?

Accepted Answer

The CFO not only cut expenses but also increased revenue.

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The CFO not only cut expenses but also increasing revenue.

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The CFO not only cutting expenses but also increased revenue.

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The CFO not only cuts expenses but also will increase revenue.

Question 3

Which sentence avoids the incorrect use of 'being'?

Accepted Answer

Having reviewed all proposals, the committee selected the strongest candidate.

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Being that the committee reviewed all proposals, they selected the strongest candidate.

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The committee, being reviewed all proposals, selected the strongest candidate.

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All proposals being reviewed, the committee's selection was the strongest candidate.

Question 4

Which sentence correctly expresses a past counterfactual conditional?

Accepted Answer

If the company had invested earlier, it would have captured the market.

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If the company would have invested earlier, it would have captured the market.

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If the company invested earlier, it would had captured the market.

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If the company has invested earlier, it would have captured the market.

Question 5

Which sentence correctly uses a misplaced modifier: 'Exhausted after the long negotiation, the contract was finally signed by the lawyers'?

Accepted Answer

Exhausted after the long negotiation, the lawyers finally signed the contract.

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The lawyers, exhausted after the long negotiation, the contract was signed.

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The contract, exhausted after the long negotiation, was finally signed.

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After being exhausted, the contract was finally signed by the tired lawyers.

Question 6

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

Accepted Answer

By the time the auditors arrived, the CFO had already destroyed the documents.

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By the time the auditors arrived, the CFO already destroyed the documents.

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By the time the auditors had arrived, the CFO already destroyed the documents.

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By the time the auditors arrived, the CFO would destroy the documents.