This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Gmat > Gmat Verbal Sentence Correction – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gmat Verbal Sentence Correction Quiz 1 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Of all the events leading to the formation of the Earth, the catalyst for the infinite mass of matter that caused the Big Bang is maybe the more difficult for determination. A) Is probably the more difficult to determine. B) Is, it may be, the determination that is most difficult. C) Is maybe the more difficult for determination. D) Is maybe the most difficult for determination. E) Is probably the most difficult to determine. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Is probably the most difficult to determine. 2. According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery. A) That is planning to provide less. B) Which is planning on providing fewer. C) Planning on providing fewer. D) Planning to provide fewer. E) Planning to provide less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning to provide fewer. 3. After Junko lay down, having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her like a soft blanket. A) Sleep descended on her having finished a hard day's work. B) Having completed a hard day's work, sleep descended on her. C) Having finished a hard day's work, she felt sleep descend on her. D) Having finished a hard day's work, sleep descended on her. E) Having finished a hard day's work, sleep had descended on her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having finished a hard day's work, she felt sleep descend on her. 4. Named a member of the committee to draw up a Declaration of Independence, the basic draft was completed by Thomas Jefferson in a week. A) Thomas Jefferson in a week completed the basic draft. B) Thomas Jefferson completed the basic draft in a week. C) The basic draft which was completed by Thomas Jefferson in a week. D) The basic draft Thomas Jefferson completed in a week. E) The basic draft was completed by Thomas Jefferson in a week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Jefferson completed the basic draft in a week. 5. The library at the state college could have much less books and still is above the minimum number required by state educational standards. A) Much less books and still is above the minimum number. B) Many fewer books and still be above the minimum number. C) Many less books and still be above the minimum amount. D) Much fewer books and still is above the minimum number. E) Many fewer books and still above the minimum amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many fewer books and still be above the minimum number. 6. Although Johannes Brahms lived longer than Beethoven, his collected works include only four symphonies, five fewer than those of Beethoven. A) Five less than the symphonies of Beethoven. B) Five less than Beethoven. C) Five less than those of Beethoven. D) Five fewer than Beethoven. E) Five fewer than those of Beethoven. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Five fewer than those of Beethoven. 7. Unlike an oboe and clarinets, which are subject to built-in obsolescence caused by constant wiping of the wooden bore, bassoons last indefinitely. A) Unlike an oboe and clarinets. B) Unlike oboes and clarinets. C) Different than oboes and clarinets. D) Unlike a clarinet or oboes. E) Differing from oboes and clarinets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unlike oboes and clarinets. 8. The type of behavior exhibited when an animal recognizes itself in a mirror comes within the domain of "theory of mind, " thus is best studied as part of the field of animal cognition. A) Of "theory of mind, " thus is best. B) "theory of mind, " and so is best to be. C) Of a "theory of mind, " thus it is best. D) Of "theory of mind" and thus is best. E) Of the "theory of mind, " and so it is best to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of "theory of mind" and thus is best. Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesGmat Verbal Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books