The GMAT Bootcamp » Sentence Correction http://www.thegmatbootcamp.com Welcome to The GMAT Bootcamp. Your #1 online GMAT Exam Resource. Here, you can find everything you need to help you achieve success on your GMAT exam. You can check out practice problems, practice exams, and even study guides to help you succeed. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:00:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 GMAT Sentence Correction – Housing http://www.thegmatbootcamp.com/gmat-sentence-correction-housing/ http://www.thegmatbootcamp.com/gmat-sentence-correction-housing/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:00:34 +0000 Paul http://www.thegmatbootcamp.com/?p=3647 A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.

  1. making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
  2. and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
  3. making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
  4. to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
  5. in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago

Highlight to see answer: C

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  1. numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
  2. numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
  3. numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
  4. number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
  5. number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

Highlight to see answer: D

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(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

Highlight to see answer: C

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  1. from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
  2. from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
  3. the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
  4. to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
  5. being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

Highlight to see answer: D

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  1. flames spreading
  2. flame spreads
  3. flames are caused to spread
  4. causing flames to spread
  5. causing spreading of the flames

Highlight to see answer: D

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