Verbal Missed Questions

The sentence incorrectly adds the present participle being to the modifying phrase present as a little girl. Eliminate choice A as well as any obvious repeaters. Since B repeats the error, eliminate B. Now evaluate the remaining choices individually looking for reasons to eliminate each. For choice C, a little girl which is singular, is not parallel with many young women which is plural. Eliminate C. Choice D fixes the original error and makes no new errors, so keep D. Choice E also has parallel construction error with a little girl. Additionally, E unnecessarily changes the verb tense to the past perfect had been present. Eliminate E. Choice A: No. Being present is the wrong tense. Verb Tense. Choice B: No. Being present is the wrong tense. Verb Tense. Choice C: No. A little girl which is singular is not parallel with many young women which is plural. Parallel Construction. Choice D: Correct. Choice E: No. A little girl which is singular is not parallel with many young women which is plural. Parallel Construction. The correct answer is choice (D).

Carol Gilligan's research suggests that by the time they reach early adolescence, many young women have lost much of the confidencebeing present as a little girl. -being present as a little girl -being presented as a little girl -that was present when a little girl -that was present in them as little girls -that had been present when each was a little girl

The underlined portion of the sentence contains a noun that follows a comma, so check to see that the noun is correctly modified by the phrase before the comma. The participial phrase carved from a block of Carrara marble incorrectly modifies the noun Cardinal Jean de Billheres rather than carving or Pieta. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Because each answer choice is worded differently, there are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B is written so that the participial phrase carved from a block of Carrara marble incorrectly modifies Michelangelo rather than carving or Pieta. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice B. Choice C fixes the modifier error by using the participial phrase carved from a block of Carrara marble to correctly modify Michelangelo's Pieta, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice C. Choice D fixes the modifier error by using the participial phrase carved from a block of Carrara marble to correctly modify Michelangelo's Pieta, but it is written so that the participial phrase adorning St. Peter's Basilica incorrectly modifies Michelangelo rather than Pieta. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice D. Choice E fixes the modifier error by using the participial phrase carved from a block of Carrara marble to correctly modify the Pieta by Michelangelo, but it is written so that the participial phrase adorning St. Peter's Basilica in Rome modifies Michelangelo rather than Pieta. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice E.

Carved from a block of Carrara marble, Cardinal Jean de Billheres commissioned the carving of the Pieta by Michelangelo to adorn St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in 1497, establishing Michelangelo as a prominent Renaissance sculptor and can still be viewed in the Basilica today. Cardinal Jean de Billheres commissioned the carving of the Pieta by Michelangelo to adorn St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in 1497, establishing Michelangelo as a prominent Renaissance sculptor and Michelangelo was commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres to carve the Pieta adorning St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in 1497, establishing Michelangelo's career as a prominent Renaissance sculptor, which Michelangelo's Pieta, which established the artist as a prominent Renaissance sculptor, was commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres in 1497 to adorn St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and Michelangelo's Pieta was commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres in 1497 and established Michelangelo as a prominent Renaissance sculptor, adorning St. Peter's Basilica and the Pieta by Michelangelo established the artist as a prominent Renaissance sculptor, adorning St. Peter's Basilica in Rome after being commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres in 1497 and

Since the comparison words more... than are underlined, look for a comparison error. The sentence compares producing heat [by cooking ranges that consume fossil fuels] to natural gas rather than to producing heat by natural gas. Since only similar items can be compared, this is not the correct comparison, so eliminate choice A. There are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B fixes the original error by adding the word does, which correctly compares producing heat by fossil fuels to producing it by natural gas. Since this choice makes no additional errors, keep B. Choice C does not fix the original error and the introduction of the word which now introduces a phrase that modifies magnetic resonance. Since magnetic resonance is singular and produce is plural, this creates a subject-verb agreement error. Eliminate C. Choice D, fixes the original error but the introduction of the word which results in the same subject-verb agreement error as is in choice C. Eliminate D. Choice E does not fix the original error and the change in structure results in a phrase that forms a list and an incomplete thought. Eliminate E. If it is unclear which grammar rule the sentence is testing, another strategy is to look for changes in the answer choices. In this case, choices A, C and E end with than natural gas and B and D end with than natural gas does. Check to see which items are being compared.

Even in this age of conservation, cooking ranges that consume fossil fuels are far more common than those that rely on magnetic resonance,producing heat more efficiently than natural gas. producing heat more efficiently than natural gas producing heat more efficiently than natural gas does which produce heat more efficiently than natural gas which produce heat more efficiently than natural gas does much more efficient at producing heat than natural gas

Conclusion: The conclusion implied by the author is that teenage drinking problems in the United States cannot be attributed to the continued accessibility of alcohol to teenagers, even though some people believe such access is the cause. Premises: In Europe there is no minimum drinking age, and teenagers in Europe rarely suffer from problems associated with drinking. Assumption: 1) It's not a coincidence. It's not a coincidence that there are teenage drinking problems and a continued accessibility of alcohol to teenagers. 2) There's no other cause. There's no other cause for teenage drinking problems than the continued accessibility of alcohol to teenagers. The question stem asks how the author's point is made, so this is an ID the reasoning question. The passage contains a causality pattern, recognizable by the statement teenage drinking problems can be attributed to [are caused by] the continued accessibility of alcohol to teenagers. The passage provides no information to support the statement of causality, and instead proceeds to attack the assumption of causality. The standard assumptions of a causality pattern are that it's not a coincidence, and there's no other cause. In this case, the author disputes the causality offered by some people, and provides the counterexample that in Europe there is no minimum drinking age and teenagers in Europe rarely suffer from problems associated with drinking. Such a counterexample attacks the assumption that what some people see as cause and effect is not a coincidence. As this is an ID the reasoning question, the correct answer must match the reasoning of the passage. Specifically, the provision of a counterexample to dispute a stated cause and effect. Evaluate the answer choices. Choice A: Correct. The author offers Europe as a counterexample to the passage's stated cause for teenage drinking problems in the United States. Choice B: No. This choice describes something the argument did not do. The passage states a cause for the drinking problems of teenagers, but provides no analysis of those problems. Choice C: No. This choice describes something the argument did not do. The author offered a counterexample, but did not propose a solution. Choice D: No. This choice describes something the argument did not do. The author drew an analogy between teens in the United States and teens in Europe, not between drinking and the minimum age. Choice E: No. This choice describes something the argument did not do. The author provided a counterexample to the stated cause of teenage drinking problems, but did not propose an alternate cause. The correct answer is choice A.

Even though the minimum drinking age is 21 in the United States, some people feel that teenage drinking problems can be attributed to the continued accessibility of alcohol to teenagers. However, in Europe there is no minimum drinking age and teenagers in Europe rarely suffer from problems associated with drinking. The author's point is made primarily by Question 35 Answer Choices offering Europe as a counterexample analyzing the drinking problems of teenagers in the United States proposing a solution to the problem drawing an analogy between drinking and the minimum drinking age proposing an alternative cause

The underlined portion of the sentence contains the verb had traveled, so check that it agrees with its subject and is in the correct tense. Had traveled is in the past perfect tense, which is used to describe an event that occurred in the past prior to another past event. Since there is no other past event in the sentence that occurred after the commodities, artifacts, and ideas had traveled, this is a verb tense error. Eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. Choice D is an obvious repeater because it also uses the past perfect tense had traveled, so eliminate choice D. Now, evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B fixes the original error by using the simple past tense traveled, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice B. Choice C incorrectly constructs the idiom connecting x with y as connecting x along with y, which would suggest they are both connected to something else, so eliminate choice C. Choice E uses the unnecessarily wordy phrasing that has been connecting, which is not as concise as connecting in choice B, so eliminate choice E. Choice A: No. The past perfect had traveled is the incorrect tense for the sentence. Verb tense. Choice B: Correct. Choice C: No. Connecting China along with western Eurasia is an incorrect construction of connecting x with y. Idiom. Choice D: No. The past perfect had traveled is the incorrect tense for the sentence. Verb tense. Choice E: No. That has been connecting is unnecessarily wordy. Concise. The correct answer is choice B.

Historians studying China's Han Dynasty or the Roman Empire cannot ignore outside influences on their subjects, for both developed in an era in which commodities, artifacts, and ideas had traveled along the Silk Road connecting China with western Eurasia. in which commodities, artifacts, and ideas had traveled along the Silk Road connecting China with western Eurasia. in which commodities, artifacts, and ideas traveled along the Silk Road connecting China with western Eurasia. when commodities, artifacts, and ideas traveled the Silk Road connecting China along with western Eurasia. when commodities, artifacts, and ideas had traveled along the Silk Road connecting China with western Eurasia. when commodities, artifacts, and ideas traveled along the Silk Road that has been connecting China with western Eurasia.

The verb should not be past tense. The ad is in today's paper and the loft is currently available so the verb should be present tense. The correct answer is C.

In reference to the ad placed in today's newspaper, several callers expressed interest in renting the currently empty loft. In reference to the ad placed in today's newspaper, several callers expressed interest in Referring to the ad placed in today's newspaper, callers expressed interest about Referring to the ad placed in today's newspaper, callers have expressed interest in With reference to the ad placed in today's newspaper, callers frequently expressed interest about When referring to the ad placed in today's newspaper, callers frequently express interest about

The underlined portion of the sentence includes part of a relative clause, which has provided little insight, so look for modifier errors. The sentence begins with the claim that general critical opinion is making things more confusing. However, as the sentence is written, the relative pronoun which relates the information has provided little insight to the noun ignorance, rather than to the noun general critical opinion. Thus, the sentence contains a modifier error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. The remaining answer choices make significant changes to the sentence, so there are no obvious repeaters. Now, evaluate the remaining choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each answer. Choice B creates a pronoun error by introducing the third-person pronoun it, the referent of which is ambiguous. Eliminate choice B. Choice C creates a misplaced modifier error as the phrase making things more confusing to the general critical opinion incorrectly modifies ignorance. Eliminate choice C. Choice D corrects the modifier error in the original sentence, and introduces no new errors, so keep choice D. Choice E creates a misplaced modifier error. The inclusion of the pronoun it into the phrase if not ignorance to it make this a modifying phrase that incorrectly refers to general critical opinion. Eliminate choice E. The correct answer is choice D.

Making things more confusing has been general critical opinion recently, if not ignorance, which has provided little insight in the way of understanding Aristotle. Question 6 Answer Choices has been general critical opinion recently, if not ignorance, which has provided there is general critical opinion, if not ignorance, recently it has provided to the general critical opinion, ignorance has recently provided Your Answer recently, general critical opinion, if not ignorance, has provided Correct Answer is that general critical opinion, if not ignorance to it, which provides

Conclusion: Therefore, companies that allow their programmers to work from home will see a corresponding increase in the productivity of those programmers. Premise: Many companies that sell computer software are trying to increase the productivity of their programmers, measured by the lines of code written in one day by a programmer. Programmers who work from home do not need to commute to and from work and can therefore spend more of the day writing code. Assumption: Programmers who spend more of the day writing code write more lines of code per day. The question stem asks what most strengthens the argument, so this is a strengthen question. There is a shift in the language regarding the subject matter of the passage. The passage begins by defining productivity to be measured by lines of code written in one day by a programmer and then suggests that programmers who work from home...can therefore spend more of the day writing code. Because this is a strengthen question, the correct answer will provide a link between the number of lines of code written in one day and the amount of time spent writing code in a day. Now, evaluate the answer choices. Choice A: No. Security risks are out of scope. Security risks have no effect on the number of lines of code written in one day. Choice B: No. Effective code is out of scope. The effectiveness of the code has no impact on the number of lines of code written in one day. Choice C: No. Expenses are out of scope. The expenses incurred by the company do not affect the number of lines of code written in one day. Choice D: No. Older companies versus newer companies is out of scope. The age of the company does not affect the number of lines of code written in one day by the programmers. Choice E: Correct. If the number of lines of code...per hour...is relatively constant, then a programmer who spends more hours in a day writing lines of code will write more lines of code in a day. The correct answer is choice E.

Many companies that sell computer software are trying to increase the productivity of their programmers, measured by the lines of code written in one day by a programmer. One method attempted by some companies is to let programmers work from home. Programmers who work from home do not need to commute to and from work and can therefore spend more of the day writing code. Therefore, companies that allow their programmers to work from home will see a corresponding increase in the productivity of those programmers. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? Question 3 Answer Choices Before the advent of virtual private network technology, working outside of the office presented security risks unacceptable to most companies. Programmers write more effective code when they are able to work in a comfortable environment. Companies that allow employees to work from home can see reductions in certain expenses, such as electricity and building upkeep. Most older companies oppose allowing employees to work from home, whereas most newer companies support employees working from home. The number of lines of code a programmer writes per hour is relatively constant.

This sentence is correct as written. The underlined portion of the sentence contains the idiom, so as...to, so check to see if that idiom is correct. There appears to be no error in the original sentence, so keep choice A. Because there is no error in the original sentence, there are no obvious repeaters to look for, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B contains a pronoun, them, which might refer to corporations, operations, or businesses, so this is a pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice B. Choice C contains two pronouns, they and them, which again might refer to corporations, operations, or businesses, so this is another pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice C. Choice D restructures the sentence to create an additional list. Are scaling and to be hindered are not parallel, so eliminate choice D. Choice E contains the pronoun them, which might refer to corporations, operations, or businesses, so this is a pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice E. Alternatively, if it is difficult to spot the grammar rule the sentence is testing, another strategy is to identify an error from the answers by looking for either a 2/3 split or differences among the answers. Because three of the answer choices use the preposition so and two of them use the conjunction and, this difference is an indication to look for parallel construction errors. Choice A: Correct. Choice B: No. The pronoun them is ambiguous. Pronoun ambiguity. Choice C: No. The pronouns they and them are ambiguous. Pronoun ambiguity. Choice D: No. The verb forms are scaling and to be hindered are not parallel. Parallel construction. Choice E: No. The pronoun them is ambiguous. Pronoun ambiguity. The correct answer is choice A.

Many corporations are scaling back their operations and focusing on their core businesses so as not to be hindered by over-diversification in the world marketplace. Question 2 Answer Choices so as not to be hindered by over-diversification so that over-diversification would not hinder them so that they will not have so much diversification to hinder them and thereby not to be hindered by over-diversification and there is not so much diversification to hinder them

This sentence is correct as written. The underlined portion of the sentence contains the object of the sentence, necessary to any investigation, so check to make sure that the subject and verb of the sentence can be paired with this object. The subject is the plural nouns methodologies and data, and the verb is the plural are. Because these are necessary to any investigation, there appears to be no error in the original sentence, so keep choice A. Because there is no error in the original sentence, there are no obvious repeaters to look for, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B contains the singular pronoun it, which could refer to either methodologies or data. This choice also contains the singular verb is, which does not agree with the plural verb are. Eliminate choice B for a pronoun ambiguity error as well as a subject-verb agreement error. Choice C contains the singular pronoun it, which could refer to either methodologies or data. This choice also contains the singular verb is, which does not agree with the plural verb are. Eliminate choice C for a pronoun ambiguity error as well as a subject-verb agreement error. Choice D contains the singular subject a necessity, which does not agree with the plural verb are. This is a subject-verb agreement error. Eliminate choice D. Choice E contains the singular subject a necessary part, which does not agree with the plural verb are. This is a subject-verb agreement error. Eliminate choice E. Choice A: Correct. Choice B: No. The singular pronoun it does not agree with the plural subject methodologies and data and the singular verb is does not agree with the plural verb. Pronoun ambiguity; Subject-Verb agreement. Choice C: No. The singular pronoun it does not agree with the plural subject methodologies and data and the singular verb is does not agree with the plural verb. Pronoun ambiguity; Subject-Verb agreement. Choice D: No. The singular subject a necessity does not agree with the plural verb are. Subject-Verb agreement. Choice E: No. The singular subject a necessary part does not agree with the plural verb are. Subject-Verb agreement. The correct answer is choice A.

Necessary to any investigation of the causes of a newly-discovered disease are strictly followed scientific methodologies and scrupulously recorded data. Question 34 Answer Choices Necessary to any investigation of It is necessary in making any investigation into When making any investigation, it is a necessity of A necessity of any investigation into A necessary part of investigating into

Biggest takeaway is that the idiom not only... but also... can be used with words in between. The sentence is correct as written. The underlined portion of the sentence contains all or part of three lists, as shown by the idiom not only...but also and two uses of the conjunction and, so check to make sure the items in the lists show parallel construction. The non-underlined portion of the sentence also contains the phrase not only as a comparison tool, so make sure that the idiom not only...but also is properly completed. The first list, which encompasses the entire sentence, consists of two clauses whose subjects are managers and they and whose verbs are are able and can capitalize...incorporate, which are parallel. The second list is a list of nouns, uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses, which are parallel. The third list has the verbs capitalize and incorporate, which are parallel. The idiom not only...but also is properly completed in this sentence. There appears to be no error in the original sentence, so keep choice A. Because there is no error in the original sentence, there are no obvious repeaters to look for, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B pairs incorporating with the verb incorporate, creating a parallel construction error. Choice B also contains the construction not only...they also, which is an incorrect construction of the idiom not only...but also. Eliminate choice B. Choice C removes the subject they and the verb can, creating a parallel construction error in the first list, and it uses the incorrect idiom construction not only...also, so eliminate choice C. Choice D removes the subject they and the verb can, creating a parallel construction error in the first list, so eliminate choice D. Choice E removes the subject they and the verb can, creating a parallel construction error in the first list, so eliminate choice E. Choice A: Correct. Choice B: No. Capitalize and incorporating are not parallel and uses the incorrect idiom not only...they also. Parallel construction; Idiom. Choice C: No. Managers...are able and capitalize are not parallel and uses the incorrect idiom not only...they also. Parallel construction; Idiom. Choice D: No. Managers...are able and capitalize are not parallel. Parallel construction. Choice E: No. Managers...are able and capitalize are not parallel. Parallel construction. The correct answer is choice A.

Not only are great managers able to hire well, set expectations, and interact productively with their own bosses, but they can also capitalize on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses, and incorporate those differences into an overall plan. Question 7 Answer Choices but they can also capitalize on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses, and incorporate they can also capitalize on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses, and incorporating also capitalizing on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses, incorporating but also capitalize on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses to incorporate but also capitalizing on each employee's uniqueness, strengths, talents, and weaknesses and incorporating

The underlined portion of the sentence contains the pronoun they, so check for pronoun agreement and ambiguity errors. The pronoun plural they could refer to multiple plural nouns (mushrooms, species, fungi, trees), so this is a pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Since each of the remaining answer choices contains different wording, there are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B fixes the original pronoun error by eliminating the pronoun they, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice B. Choice C fixes the original pronoun error by eliminating the pronoun but uses the construction to gain...and...to provide instead of gaining...and...providing. This is a verb tense error, so eliminate choice C. Choice D uses the plural pronoun their, which could refer to mushrooms or species, as well as the phrase their relationship is mutually beneficial and symbiotic with trees, which makes two separate ideas of what was originally a single idea. Therefore, this choice contains a pronoun ambiguity error and changes the meaning of the sentence, so eliminate choice D. Choice E uses the singular pronoun it to refer to the plural noun fungi. This is a pronoun agreement error, so eliminate choice E. Choice A: No. The plural pronoun they could refer to several possible nouns. Pronoun ambiguity. Choice B: Correct. Choice C: No. The construction to gain...and...to provide is used instead of gaining...and...providing. Verb tense. Choice D: No. The plural pronoun their could refer to either mushrooms or species. The construction mutually beneficial and symbiotic with trees changes the meaning of the sentence. Pronoun ambiguity; Changes meaning. Choice E: No. The singular pronoun it incorrectly refers to the plural noun fungi. Pronoun agreement. The correct answer is choice B.

Poisonous death cap mushrooms are just one of the more than 6,000 species of ectomycorrhizal fungi, fungi living in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with trees, where they gain carbon and other organic substances and provide trees with soil nutrients and protection against pathogens. fungi living in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with trees, where they gain carbon and other organic substances and provide trees with fungi that live in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with trees, gaining carbon and other organic substances and providing trees with which means they live in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with trees, to gain carbon and other organic substances and to provide trees with which means that their relationship is mutually beneficial and symbiotic with trees, gaining carbon and other organic substances and providing trees with living in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with trees, and it gains carbon and other organic substances and provides trees with

The underlined portion of the sentence contains a noun that follows a comma, so check to see whether the noun is correctly modified by the phrase before the comma. The participial phrase shaping the art market of then and now incorrectly modifies discovery rather than Paul Durand-Ruel, so there is a misplaced modifier error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Because each answer choice is worded differently, there are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B is written so that phrase shaping the art market of then and now incorrectly modifies impressionist artists rather than Paul Durand-Ruel. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice B. Choice C is written so that phrase shaping the art market of then and now incorrectly modifies impressionist artists rather than Paul Durand-Ruel. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice C. Choice D fixes the modifier error by using phrase shaping the art market of then and now to correctly modify Paul Durand-Ruel, and introduces no new errors, so keep choice D. Choice E fixes the modifier error by using phrase shaping the art market of then and now to correctly modify Paul Durand-Ruel, but it inserts an unnecessary comma before the phrase but became favorites world-wide, thus creating a phrase without a subject. This is a sentence fragment, so eliminate choice E.

Shaping the art market of then and now, the discovery of Impressionist artists such as Renoir and Monet by nineteenth century Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel was not widely recognized at the time but became favorites world-wide. the discovery of Impressionist artists such as Renoir and Monet by nineteenth century Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel was not widely recognized at the time but became favorites world-wide Impressionist artists like Renoir and Monet were discovered in the nineteenth century by Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and were not widely recognized at the time but became world-wide favorites Impressionist artists such as Renoir and Monet, discovered in the nineteenth century by Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, were widely recognized not at the time but became world-wide favorites nineteenth century Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel discovered Impressionist artists such as Renoir and Monet, who were not widely recognized at the time but became world-wide favorites Paul Durand-Ruel, who was an art dealer in Paris in the nineteenth century, discovered Impressionist artists like Renoir and Monet, who were not widely recognized at the time, but became favorites world-wide

The plural subject, "board and actions," agrees with the verb "are." And the proper idiom is influential on. The correct answer is D.

The first oversight board's philosophy and its actions, including rulings on complaints and the release of procedural guidelines, has been as influential in the industry now as it was revolutionary during the board's tenure. - has been as influential in the industry now as it was - have been as influential in the industry now as they were - is as influential in the industry now as it was - are as influential on the industry now as they were - are as influential in the industry now as they had been

THIS IS A LIKE/AS QUESTION! REFER TO "HARD COMPARISON PROBLEM" FLASH CARD ON IMPORTANT INFORMATION The underlined portion of the sentence contains the comparison words Similar to, so check that similar items are being compared. The underlined portion compares the craters found on the Moon to the terrestrial planets, so there is a comparison error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Because each answer choice has a different construction, there are no obvious repeaters. Evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B attempts to fix the original comparison error by introducing the pronoun those into the introductory clause. However, the pronoun those has no clear referent as it could refer to the Moon or craters, so eliminate choice B. Choice C uses the comparison phrase as with to compare nouns, which is an incorrect idiom, so eliminate choice C. Choice D incorrectly compares the terrestrial planets to the Moon's craters, so eliminate choice D. Choice E correctly compares the craters on the terrestrial planets to the craters found on the Moon, so keep choice E. Choice A: No. The craters found on the Moon are incorrectly compared to the terrestrial planets. Comparison. Choice B: No. The pronoun those has no clear referent. Pronoun ambiguity. Choice C: No. The idiom as with is not used to compare nouns. Idiom. Choice D: No. The terrestrial planets are incorrectly compared to the Moon's craters. Comparison. Choice E: Correct. The correct answer is choice E.

Similar to the terrestrial planets, the craters found on the Moon reveal information about the age, nature, and composition of the planet's surface at the time the craters were formed. Question 4 Answer Choices Similar to the terrestrial planets, the craters found on the Moon reveal Similar to those of the terrestrial planets, the Moon has craters that reveal As with the terrestrial planets, the Moon has craters that reveal Like the terrestrial planets, the Moon's craters reveal Like the craters on the terrestrial planets, the craters found on the Moon reveal

The underlined portion of the sentence contains a list, identifiable by the conjunction either... or..., so check whether the items in the list are parallel in structure. The first item in the list is the prepositional phrase by speaking verbal words, and the second item in the list is the participle making. Since these items are not parallel in structure, there is a parallel construction error. Eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. Since both items in the list are in the underlined portion, there are no obvious repeaters. Now evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B does not fix the original parallel construction error because the participle speaking is not parallel in structure to the prepositional phrase by making physical gestures. Eliminate choice B. Choice C does not fix the original parallel construction error because the present tense verb reacts is not parallel in structure to the participle making. Eliminate choice C. Choice D does not fix the original parallel construction error because the present tense verb reacts is not parallel in structure to the prepositional phrase by making physical gestures. Eliminate choice D. Choice E fixes the original parallel construction error because the prepositional phrase by speaking verbal words is parallel in structure to the prepositional phrase by making physical gestures. Since this answer choice also introduces no new errors, keep choice E.

Social referencing is the communication between child and parent initiated when the child is seeking reassurance, completed when the parent reacts either by speaking verbal words or making physical gestures. Question 3 Answer Choices reassurance, completed when the parent reacts either by speaking verbal words or reassurance, completed when the parent reacts by either speaking verbal words or by reassurance, completed when the parent either reacts by speaking verbal words or reassurance and completed when the parent either reacts by speaking verbal words or by reassurance and completed when the parent reacts either by speaking verbal words or by

The underlined portion of the sentence contains a noun following a comma, so check to see whether the noun is correctly modified by the phrase before the comma. The phrase struggling to survive intact over the centuries correctly modifies Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, so there is not a misplaced modifier error. However, this sentence uses the phrase due to a doorway being cut, which is awkward and idiomatically incorrect. This is an idiom error, so eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Since each of the answer choices is written differently, there are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B uses struggling to survive intact over the centuries to correctly modify Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, but it uses the phrase when a doorway had cut, which is idiomatically incorrect and makes the doorway the subject (initiator) of the action cut rather than the object (recipient). This is a verb tense error, so eliminate choice B. Choice C uses struggling to survive intact over the centuries to correctly modify Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, it uses the correct past tense construction in when a doorway was cut, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice C. Choice D uses struggling to survive intact over the centuries to incorrectly modify Leonardo da Vinci rather than Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, and it incorrectly uses the past perfect passive due to a doorway having been cut instead of the simple past tense for an action that took place in the past without another intervening event. These are misplaced modifier and verb tense errors, respectively, so eliminate choice D. Choice E fixes the verb tense error by using the correct past tense in when a doorway was cut, but it uses struggling to survive intact over the centuries to incorrectly modify Leonardo da Vinci rather than Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. This is a misplaced modifier error, so eliminate choice E.

Struggling to survive intact over the centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper was painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century due to a doorway being cut through the painting. Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper was painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century due to a doorway being cut Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper was painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century when a doorway had cut Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper was painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century when a doorway was cut in Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century due to a doorway having been cut Leonardo da Vinci, in his work Last Supper, painted with an oil and tempera mixture that started to wear off even in da Vinci's lifetime and was further destroyed in the seventeenth century when a doorway was cut

The underlined portion of the sentence contains a list, as shown by the conjunction pair either...or, so check to make sure the items in the list are parallel. The first item in the list is the prepositional phrase during...human, while the second item is the subordinate clause when...contact. Since the forms are not the same, this is a parallel construction error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Because all the answer choices are constructed differently, there are no obvious repeaters. Now, evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B pairs the subordinate clause when...human and the prepositional phrase during...contact, which is not parallel. Eliminate choice B. Choice C changes the list by moving the word when to form the independent clause live...human to pair with the subordinate clause when...contact. This is not a parallel construction, so eliminate choice C. Choice D pairs the independent clause live...human and the prepositional phrase during...contact, which is not parallel, so eliminate choice D. Choice E fixes the original parallel construction error by moving the word when outside the lists and by using the two independent clauses live...human and human...contact, and it makes no new errors, so keep choice E. Alternatively, if it is difficult to spot the grammar rule the sentence is testing, another strategy is to identify an error from the answers by looking for either a 2/3 split or differences among the answers. Because three of the answer choices start with the phrase when either and two of them start with either, this difference is an indication to look for parallel construction errors. Choice A: No. During...human is not parallel to when...contact. Parallel construction. Choice B: No. When...human is not parallel to during...contact. Parallel construction. Choice C: No. Live...human is not parallel to when...contact. Parallel construction. Choice D: No. Live...human is not parallel to during...contact. Parallel construction. Choice E: Correct.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reported that a serious concern regarding xenotransplantation is the potential for transmission of an infectious disease from the animal source to a human either during direct implantation of live animal cells, tissues, or organs into a human or when human cells are exposed to live animal cells during ex vivo contact. Question 6 Answer Choices either during direct implantation of live animal cells, tissues, or organs into a human or when human cells are exposed either when live animal cells, tissues, or organs are implanted directly into a human or during exposure of human cells when either live animal cells, tissues, or organs are implanted directly into a human or when human cells are exposed when either live animal cells, tissues, or organs are implanted directly into a human or during exposure of human cells when either live animal cells, tissues, or organs are implanted directly into a human or human cells are exposed

This is a causal argument. Since the optic nerve in the blind twin is smaller than that in the twin with normal vision, the argument concludes that damage to the optic nerve is the cause of blindness. To weaken this argument, we need to assert either that there is some other cause, or that the causality is reversed. Answer B asserts that the causality could be reversed: the small size of the optic nerve might be the result of the treatments given to the blind child. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

The optic nerves of identical twins are genetically identical. When only one of a set of identical twins is visually impaired, certain areas of the affected twin's optic nerve are atrophied whereas the corresponding areas of the other twin's optic nerve is unaffected. No such differences are found when neither twin is visually impaired. Therefore, this discovery proves definitively that blindness is caused by damage to the structure of the optic nerve. The argument above depends upon which one of the following? Question 7 Answer Choices The optic nerve of a blind person is smaller than that of anyone not suffering from visual impairment. The relative size of the optic nerve of visually impaired individuals is not the result of corrective treatments or medications used to treat visual impairment. The optic nerve of a person with an identical twin is no larger, on average, than the optic nerve of a person who is not an identical twin. When a set of identical twins are both visually impaired, their optic nerves are in the same relative condition. Individuals who have an identical twin are no more likely to suffer from visual impairment than are those who do not.

Since there is an underlined verb, check for subject-verb agreement. The subject is rhythms which is plural. Since the verb was is singular, there is a subject-verb agreement error. Eliminate choice A. Since there are no obvious repeaters, evaluate the remaining choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B fixes the original error but introduces a verb tense error with being used. If these rhythms were used before Emily Dickinson used hers, then the correct tense is the past perfect tense had been used. Eliminate B. Choice C changes the verb tense to have been in use which is incorrect. Additionally, choice C contains an idiom usage error. The correct idiom is different...from. Choice C incorrectly uses different...than. Eliminate C. Choice D fixes the original error by using the active verb differed. Since D makes no new errors, keep D. The only difference between choice D and E is the preposition, during. Since the intended meaning is to indicate the passage of time, the correct preposition is for. Eliminate E. Choice A: No. Was should be plural, and were used should be had been used. Verb tense. Choice B: No. Being used should be had been used. Verb tense. Choice C: No. Have been in use should be had been used. Verb tense. Choice D: Correct. Choice E: No. During is the wrong preposition, since the sentence is describing the passage of time, not its present existence. Quantity words.

The rhythms used by Emily Dickinson was radically different than the ones that were used by poets during millennia in Western verse before hers. 1) was radically different than the ones that were used by poets during 2) were radically different from the ones being used by poets for were radically different from the ones being used by poets for Your Answer 3) were different than those that have been in use by poets during were different than those that have been in use by poets during 4) differed radically from those that had been used by poets for differed radically from those that had been used by poets for 5) differed radically from those that had been used by poets during differed radically from those that had been used by poets during

The underlined portion of the sentence contains the verb is, so check to make sure that this verb is consistent with other verbs and nouns in the sentence. Also, the underlined portion of the sentence contains the modifying phrase where the telephone is still rather rare, so check to make sure that this modifier is used correctly. The non-underlined portion of the sentence contains the verb increased, while the underlined portion of the sentence contains the verb provided, both in the past tense and not consistent with the present tense is, so there is a verb tense error. Also, in the sentence as written, the modifying phrase where the telephone is still rather rare modifies the noun communication, which is not the intended meaning the sentence, so there is a misplaced modifier error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. There are no obvious repeaters, so evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B fixes the verb tense error by changing the present tense is to the past tense was, but it has the modifying phrase where the telephone was still rather rare modifying communication, thus failing to fix the misplaced modifier error. Eliminate choice B. Choice C fixes the verb tense error by changing the present tense is to the past tense was, but it has the modifying phrase where the telephone was still rather rare modifying communication, thus failing to fix the misplaced modifier error. Eliminate choice C. Choice D fixes the verb tense error by changing the present tense is to the past tense was, fixes the modifier error by rearranging the sentence so that the phrase where the telephone was still rather rare correctly modifies towns rather than communication, and it introduces no new errors, so keep choice D. Choice E changes the present tense is to the past perfect progressive tense had been, thus failing to fix the verb tense error, and it has the modifying phrase where the telephone still had been rather rare modifying communication, thus failing to fix the misplaced modifier error. Eliminate choice E. Choice A: No. The present tense verb is is not consistent with the past tense increased and provided. Verb tense. Choice B: No. The phrase where the telephone...rare incorrectly modifies communication. Misplaced modifier. Choice C: No. The phrase where the telephone...rare incorrectly modifies communication. Misplaced modifier. Choice D: Correct. Choice E: No. The phrase where the telephone...rare incorrectly modifies communication. Misplaced modifier. The correct answer is choice D.

Throughout the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of telephones in the telephone system increased exponentially, while the telegraph provided many rural towns access to communication, where the telephone is still rather rare. -the telegraph provided many rural towns access to communication, where the telephone is still -the telegraph provided many rural towns access to communication, where the telephone was still -the telegraph did provide many rural towns access to communication, where the telephone was still -the telegraph provided access to communication to many rural towns, where the telephone was still -the telegraph provided many rural towns access to communication, where the telephone still had been

The question stem asks which of the following is the best conclusion. Since the correct answer choices must be supported by the passage, this is an inference question. Do not bother breaking the passage into its conclusion, premise, and assumption for inference questions. Instead, focus on what the passage states directly. The correct answer must be true based on the facts in the passage. The passage states that to lay cable to remote areas would be prohibitively expensive...Microwave cable service is a good alternative for use in remote areas because the signal is sent through the air and cables are unnecessary. Lastly, the passage states microwave cable service should not become standard practice in non-remote areas, because the long-term effects of microwaves are not known. Any conclusion made from these statements must fall within the scope of these facts concerning cable service, remote and non-remote areas, and microwaves. Evaluate the answer choices. Choice A: No. Indefinitely is extreme language. The passage states that the long-term effects of microwaves are not known. By definition, long-term effects will be known eventually. Furthermore, regulated by the government is out of scope. Choice B: No. Precautions is extreme language. The passage states that microwave cable service should not become standard practice in non-remote areas and microwave cable service is a good alternative for use in remote areas. Choice C: No. The idea that most residents...will not want to change their existing service is out of scope. The passage discusses cable service, remote and non-remote areas, and microwaves. Choice D: Correct. The passage states microwave cable service should not become standard practice in non-remote areas without applying the same warning to remote areas. Furthermore, the passage states microwave cable service is a good alternative for use in remote areas. Choice E: No. Urban areas and suburban areas are out of scope. The passage discusses only remote areas and non-remote areas. The correct answer is choice D.

To lay cable to remote areas would be prohibitively expensive since the number of customers served by such cable lines would be too small for the cable company to make a profit. Microwave cable service is a good alternative for use in remote areas because the signal is sent through the air and cables are unnecessary. However, microwave cable service should not become standard practice in non-remote areas, because the long-term effects of microwaves are not known. Which of the following is the best conclusion to the statements above? Question 20 Answer Choices Microwave technology should be regulated by the government indefinitely. Residents of remote areas must take precautions to mitigate the potential danger of microwaves. Most residents of non-remote areas will not want to change their existing service to microwave service. Your Answer Microwave cable service is safe enough for use in remote areas. Microwaves are potentially more dangerous in urban areas than in suburban areas.

In the question stem, the phrase can most reasonably be concluded indicates this is an inference question. Do not bother breaking the passage into its conclusion, premise, and assumption for inference questions. Instead, focus on what the passage states directly. The correct answer must be true based on the facts of the passage. The passage presents information about the requirements for understanding political speeches, listing a finely-tuned ear, an understanding of the subtleties of political language, and [familiarity] with controversies...among the electorate when the speaker pays respect to the concerns of his many constituents. Evaluate the answer choices. Choice A: No. This choice is out of scope. The passage provides no information to judge the speaker's oratorical skills, nor to infer that promises and platitudes are necessary to satisfy constituents. Choice B: No. This choice is out of scope. This choice is tempting, as the passage begins with a comparison of the mental agility required for understanding political speeches or decoding a military transmission. However, comparable in mental agility does not mean equal in difficulty. Choice C: No. This choice is out of scope. The passage provides no information to determine which array of phrases the writers of speeches might possess, nor the guidelines for using such phrases. Choice D: Correct. This choice is supported by the passage. Politicians...attempt to communicate to each group that they are sympathetic to its cause paraphrases the last sentence of the passage, the speaker pays respect to the various concerns of his many constituents. Choice E: No. This choice is out of scope. The passage states that mental agility is required, not knowledge of rhetorical terms. The correct answer is choice D.

Understanding political speeches requires the same sort of mental agility as decoding a military transmission. A finely-tuned ear and an understanding of the subtleties of political language are essential to correct interpretation. Often it is necessary to be familiar with whatever controversies exist among the electorate when the speaker pays respect to the various concerns of his many constituents. Which of the following can most reasonably be concluded from the passage above? Question 25 Answer Choices It takes a skillful speaker to include the necessary promises and platitudes in a speech that satisfies his various constituents. Knowing how to listen to a political speech is no more difficult than knowing how to decode a military transmission. The writers of political speeches possess an array of phrases to use when honesty would be politically dangerous. As controversies arise, politicians sometimes attempt to communicate to each group that they are sympathetic to its cause. Comprehension of a political speech requires a thorough knowledge of rhetorical terms.

Since the underlined portion of the sentence contains the comparison word unlike, check whether the items compared are alike. In this case, United Kingdom is incorrectly compared to chief executive. This is a comparison error, so eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. Choice D is an obvious repeater because it also compares United Kingdom and chief executive, so eliminate choice D. Now evaluate the remaining answer choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each. Choice B incorrectly compares United Kingdom party with chief executive, so eliminate choice B. Choice C incorrectly compares that of the United Kingdom with the United States, and it is unclear what the pronoun that refers to, so eliminate choice C. Choice E eliminates the comparison error in the original sentence by rewriting the sentence to parallel in the United Kingdom to in the United States, and introduces no new errors, so keep choice E. Choice A: No. United Kingdom is incorrectly compared to chief executive. Comparison. Choice B: No. United Kingdom Party is incorrectly compared to chief executive. Comparison. Choice C: No. That of the United Kingdom is incorrectly compared to United States. Comparison. Choice D: No. United Kingdom is incorrectly compared to chief executive. Comparison. Choice E: Correct The correct answer is choice E.

Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States is chosen in an election separate from that which determines the majority party in the legislative branch. Question 31 Answer Choices Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States Unlike the United Kingdom party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament and chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States Unlike that of the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the United States has a chief executive that In comparison with the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States In the United Kingdom, the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, but in the United States the chief executive

The underlined portion of the sentence immediately follows an introductory participial phrase, so look for a modifier error. The underlined portion of the sentence employs the verb has been, so look for a subject-verb agreement error. The introductory participial phrase refers to an action performed by astronomers, not by data, so the sentence contains a modifier error. The sentence pairs the singular verb-form has been analyzed with the plural noun data, so the sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error. Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Choice B employs the noun data immediately after the participial phrase, so eliminate choice B. Now, evaluate the remaining choices individually, looking for reasons to eliminate each answer. Choice C corrects the modifier and subject-verb agreement errors in the original sentence, and it makes no new errors, so keep choice C. Choice D introduces the comparison much denser existence...than that which was originally believed, in which the referent of the pronoun that is ambiguous. Eliminate choice D. Choice E introduces the comparison much denser existence...than that originally believed, in which the referent of the pronoun that is ambiguous. Eliminate choice E.

Using deep-space images from the Hubble Space Telescope, data has been analyzed by astronomers suggesting that numerous galaxies existed more densely than they had originally believed. data has been analyzed by astronomers suggesting that numerous galaxies existed more densely than they had data analyzed by astronomers suggests a much denser existence of numerous galaxies than had been astronomers have analyzed data suggesting that numerous galaxies existed more densely than astronomers have analyzed data that suggests a much denser existence of numerous galaxies than that which was astronomers have analyzed data which suggests a much denser existence of numerous galaxies than that

A. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to"). B. Yes. Idiom ("require...to...in order to"). C. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to"). D. No. Meaning. The plan is to limit development in order to protect the elephant. Here it seems as if the development we're limiting is "development for the protection of the elephant." E. No. Idiom ("require...to...in order to").

he Kenyan government, working closely with conservation groups, has proposed a plan that would require developers who own land within elephant habitats follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect the elephant population. Question 18 Answer Choices follow strict rules limiting new developments so as to protect to follow rules strictly limiting new development in order to protect follow strict rules which would be limiting new development, thereby protecting to follow strict rules limiting new development for the protection of for the following strict rules which limit new development for the protection of