| Coverage : The GMAT Practice Test - Sentence Correction - Idiomatic Error has been designed to test the important aspects of
Sentence Correction. This test covers one of the errors while phrasing a grammatically correct sentence, namely an idiomatic error. Idiomatic errors are the incorrect usage of idiomatic expressions. |
| 1. | Not only has the State Government of Nevada been experiencing problems when controlling night time bank robberies but also kidnappings and homicide. |
| a. | | bank robberies but also kidnappings and |
| b. | | bank robberies and also kidnappings and |
| c. | | bank robberies while also kidnappings and |
| d. | | bank robberies along with kidnappings and |
| e. | | bank robberies but alongside with kidnappings and
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| 2. | The daily consumption of apples has not only been shown to lower the tendency of weight gain, and it has also been shown to help decrease the chances of a heart attack. |
| a. | | and it has also been shown to help |
| b. | | but it has also been shown to help |
| c. | | and it has also been shown in helping to |
| d. | | but it has also been seen to be helpful to |
| e. | | but has also been helpful to
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| 3. | Even though research has proven otherwise, happiness in women is a quality frequently attributed to the men in their lives. |
| a. | | frequently attributed to the men in their lives |
| b. | | which is frequently attributed by the men in their lives |
| c. | | frequently attributed by the men in their lives |
| d. | | which is frequently attributed to men |
| e. | | that is frequently attributed to the men in a woman's life
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| 4. | The professor of English at the New York University made it very clear to his students that as long as they study hard, he was not concerned by their personal lives. |
| a. | | he was not concerned by their personal lives |
| b. | | he was not bothered by their personal life |
| c. | | he was not concerned with their personal lives |
| d. | | that he was not concerned about their personal life |
| e. | | he was not concerned with his personal life
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| 5. | It was indeed fascinating to watch the two senators debate about the issue of providing concessions to foreign students pursuing higher studies in California. |
| a. | | debate about the issue of providing concessions |
| b. | | debating over the issue to provide concessions |
| c. | | debate about whether to provide concessions |
| d. | | debate over the issue of providing concessions |
| e. | | debating about whether to provide concessions
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| 6. | The decision to launch your own company depends on if you have the necessary manpower, technical know-how, financial backing, the required legal set-up and your own entrepreneurial skills. |
| a. | | your own company depends on if you have the |
| b. | | ones own company depends upon if one has the |
| c. | | your own company depends on whether if you have the |
| d. | | one's own company depends upon whether one has the |
| e. | | your own company depends on whether you have the
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| 7. | It is not easy to crack the GMAT as it takes many hours of diligent practice, a thorough understanding of the basic concepts and problem solving techniques and to top it all of, the questions asked on the test conform to a very high standard. |
| a. | | the questions asked on the test conform to a very high standard |
| b. | | the questions asked in the test are of high standard |
| c. | | the questions asked on the test are conforming to a very high standard |
| d. | | the questions asked in the test conform of a very high standard |
| e. | | the questions asked on the test confirm to a very high standard
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| 8. | Even though he denied it ardently, Tom failed to convince the jury that he was not the one responsible of the robbery and the subsequent murder at 41 Elm street. |
| a. | | was not the one responsible of the robbery and the subsequent murder at |
| b. | | was not the one responsible for the robbery and the subsequent murder at |
| c. | | was not responsible to the robbery and the subsequent murder at |
| d. | | was not the one responsible for the robbery and the subsequent murder on |
| e. | | was not responsible for the robbery and the subsequent murder in
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| 9. | Despite being plant-like organisms, fungi are different from other plants because they lack chlorophyll and thus cannot manufacture their own food. |
| a. | | Despite being plant-like organisms, fungi are different from |
| b. | | Despite being plant-like organisms, fungi is different to |
| c. | | Despite being a plant-like organism, fungi are different from |
| d. | | Despite being plant-like organisms, fungi are different to |
| e. | | Despite being plant-like organism, fungi is different from
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| 10. | Almost all of modern day medicine is either based upon or developed from the very key and essential home remedies that have been in use since centuries. |
| a. | | is either based upon or developed from the very key and essential |
| b. | | is either developed from or based upon the very key and essential |
| c. | | is either based on or developed from the very key and essential |
| d. | | is either based upon or developed by the very key and essential |
| e. | | is either based on or developed with the very key and essential
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