This practice GMAT test includes only GMAT sentence correction questions, which are part of the GMAT Verbal section.
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In this test, read the sentence presented to you and choose the best answer to replace the underlined section.
A. Being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow for us.
B. Our being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow.
C. We feel great sorrow when our friends abandon us.
D. Abandoned by our friends, sorrow is the result.
E. Being abandoned by our friends, we feel great sorrow.
A. Upon appearing
B. The appearance of
C. Appeared
D. When appearing
E. Appearing
Contrary to popular myth, war heroes rarely earn their status by acting as if they themselves are invincible.
A. if they themselves are invincible
B. if they were invincible
C. in invisibility
D. invincible
E. if they themselves were invincible
A. On arriving at the train station, his friends met him and took him immediately to his speaking engagement.
B. When he arrived at the train station, he was taken immediately to his speaking engagement.
C. When he arrived at the train station, his friends met him and took him immediately to his speaking engagement.
D. Arriving at the train station, his friends who met him immediately took him to his speaking engagement.
E. None
A. With
B. Although accounting for
C. Despite
D. As
E. Being
Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Egypt are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
A. as old as their supposedly
B. older than any of their supposedly
C. as old as their supposed
D. as old as any of their supposed
E. older than any of their supposed
A. When she was only five, Janet’s mother married for the third time.
B. When only five, Janet’s mother married for the third time.
C. When Janet was only five, her mother married for the third time.
D. When Janet’s mother married for the third time, she was only five.
E. Janet’s mother married, when Janet was only five, for the third time.
In ancient times, Nubia was the principal corridor where there were cultural influences transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
A. where there were cultural influences transmitted
B. for the transmitting of cultural influences
C. which was transmitting cultural influences
D. where there was a transmission of cultural influences
E. through which cultural influences were transmitted
The possibility of massive earthquakes are regarded by most area residents with a mixture of skepticism and caution.
A. are regarded by most area residents with
B. is regarded by most area residents with
C. is regarded by most area residents as
D. is mostly regarded by area residents with
E. by most area residents is regarded with
Scoliosis, a condition when the spine curves abnormally and throws the body out of line, can cause heart and lung problems as well as physical deformity.
A. a condition when the spine curves abnormally and throws the body out of line
B. a condition when the spine abnormally curves and throws the body out of line
C. a condition of the spine curving abnormally and in which the body is thrown out of line
D. where the body is thrown out of line by an abnormal curvature of the spine
E. a condition of an abnormal curvature of the spine throwing the body out of line
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