High accuracy in SC is most to score 700+. This section is very tricky, but can be mastered with practice.
This section tests your knowledge of Grammar. Now, don't go crazy thinking that you need to remember whole of grammar from middle school. The good news is that the GMAT tests only a limited set of grammar rules.
A typical sentence correction question in GMAT ususlly test your knowledge in one or more of the below given topics:
-> Verb Tense
-> Pronoun
-> Parallelism
-> subject verb agreement.
-> Idioms
-> Misplaced Modifiers.
I suggest you to write these topics on a page and paste in in front of your study table. This will always remind you of the possible errors, you should see in a sentence.
The first step to master SC is, revise first 4 topics from your old grammar book. Idioms and misplaced modifier are new topics, and I will post more on these topics later.
Once you are done with your basics, immediately get a copy of Manhattan SC. Keep it as your reference book, and practice questions from the below recommended sources.
Recommended Books od practice
-> Offical Guide - 10th or 11th edition.
-> GMAT Verbal Review - The Official guide
-> 1000SC
We have put the 1000SC question with their answers on different pages. Click here to access the 1000SC discussion links.
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Sentence Correction
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
1000sc-555
555. One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other; the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.
(A) made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(B) made a comparison between the Federal Reserve and an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(C) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile as racing through a tunnel and which bounced
(D) compared the Federal Reserve to an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile that races through a tunnel and it bounces
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1000sc-554
554. One legacy of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as a person ages, their concerns change as well.
(A) the realization that as a person ages, their
(B) the realization that as people age, their
(C) to realize that when a person ages, his or her
(D) to realize that when people age, their
(E) realizing that as people age, their
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
1000sc-436
436. IRS provision 254-B requires that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on or before Jan. 31.
(A) that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on or before Jan. 31
(B) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on or before Jan. 31
(C) that an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees on or before Jan. 31
(D) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to their full- and part-time employees on Jan. 31 or before
(E) an S corporation with assets of greater than $200,000 send W-2 forms to its full- and part-time employees on or before Jan. 31
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1000sc-435
435. Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.
(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than
(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than
(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were
(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were
(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than
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434. International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
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