| Coverage : The GMAT Practice Test - Sentence Correction - Verb Error has been designed to test the important aspects of Sentence Correction. This test covers one of the errors while phrasing a gramatically correct sentence, namely a verb error. When the verb used in a sentence doesn't agree with the subject, it is a case of a verb error. |
| 1. | The number of high school drop-outs are increasing at an alarming rate in most of the schools in northern areas of California. |
| a. | | The number of high school drop-outs are increasing at |
| b. | | The amount of high school drop-outs are increasing at |
| c. | | The number of high school drop-outs is increasing in |
| d. | | The number of high school drop-outs are increasing with |
| e. | | The number of high school drop-outs is increasing at
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| 2. | Many senior leaders now believe that the disagreement in Congress over education issues decrease the possibility for significant action being taken this year to combat the rising cost of higher education. |
| a. | | issues decrease the possibility for significant action being taken |
| b. | | issue decrease the chances of action being undertaken |
| c. | | issues decreases the possibility of significant action being undertaken |
| d. | | issues decrease the possibility of taking significant action |
| e. | | issues decreases the possibility that significant action will be taken
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| 3. | The unprecedented rise in negative attitudes toward foreigners indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore the opportunities are ripe for extremists to take advantage of this situation and propagate their radical views. |
| a. | | in negative attitudes towards foreigners indicates that |
| b. | | of negative attitude towards foreigners indicates |
| c. | | in negative attitude towards foreigners indicate |
| d. | | of negative attitude toward foreigners indicates |
| e. | | in negative attitude towards foreigner indicates
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| 4. | Not everybody is successful in politics since politics demand contacts in high places, sound financial backing and an unblemished image. |
| a. | | Not everybody is successful in politics since politics demand contacts in high places |
| b. | | Not everybody is successful in politics since politics demands contacts in high places |
| c. | | Not every one is successful in politics since it demand contacts in high places |
| d. | | Not everybody is successful in politics because politics demands contact in high places |
| e. | | Not every one is very successful in politics because it requires contact in high places
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| 5. | Even in the modern day world, despite all the scientific accomplishments, everyone are awe-struck by nature's tricks that baffle the human mind and leave everybody gaping at its grandeur. |
| a. | | everyone are awe-struck by nature's tricks that baffle the human mind |
| b. | | everyone are awe-struck by the tricks of nature that perplex the human mind |
| c. | | everyone is awe-struck by nature's tricks that baffle the human mind |
| d. | | everybody is awe-struck by nature's tricks which baffle the human mind |
| e. | | everyone is awe-struck and baffled by the nature's tricks
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| 6. | The audience were amazed and bewildered at the speed and dexterity with which the magician performed various tricks at the local circus. |
| a. | | The audience were amazed and bewildered at the speed and dexterity with which |
| b. | | The audience was amazed and bewildered by the speed and dexterity of |
| c. | | The audience were amazed and bewildered by the speediness and dexterity with which |
| d. | | The audience was amazed and bewildered at the speed and dexterity with which |
| e. | | The audience were amazed and bewildered by the speed and dexterity of
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| 7. | Other than influenza, measles were considered to be responsible for the maximum number of deaths in the Unites States in 1957 and 1958. |
| a. | | Other than influenza, measles were considered to be responsible |
| b. | | Besides influenza, measles were considered responsible |
| c. | | Other than influenza, measles is considered to be responsible |
| d. | | Apart from influenza, measles were held to be responsible |
| e. | | Other than influenza, measles was considered to be responsible
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