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GMAT-Section-3-Verbal-Ability – Section Three : Verbal Ability

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Question 1 (Sentence Correction Questions)

If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof, buff his palm-plank surfboard with carnauba palm wax and watch a palm-fringed sunset.

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    If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
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    If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relaxing in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
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    If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe were marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
    The sentence starts with the word if setting up a conditional situation. The correct form of to be with a conditional is were.
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    If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe were marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, relaxing in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof
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    If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an eclectic mix of palms, he could eat dates and coconut meat, to relax in a palm recliner in his palm-post bungalow under a palm-thatch roof,
Question 2 (Sentence Correction Questions)

Dr. Kevorkian, the so-called suicide doctor, on November 5 was imprisoned in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for his alleged role in the suicides of two men, and he then began a hunger strike.

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    the so-called suicide doctor, on November 5 was imprisoned in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for
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    the so-called suicide doctor, was imprisoned on November 5 in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for
    B correctly removes on November 5 out from its incorrect place between the subject, Dr. Kevorkian, and the verb, was imprisoned.
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    the called so suicide doctor, on November 5 was imprisoned in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for
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    the called so suicide doctor, was imprisoned on November 5 in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for
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    the so-called suicide doctor, on November 5 in Detroit was imprisoned in Wayne County Jail for
Question 3 (Sentence Correction Questions)

Electric boats have eliminated the noise pollution that conventional powerboats made and reduce the loathsome discharges of oil that foul American rivers and lakes, threatening fish and bird life.

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    reduce the loathsome discharges of oil that foul American rivers and lakes, threatening fish and bird life.
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    reduce the loathsome discharges of oil that foul American rivers and lakes, threaten fish and bird life.
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    reduce the loathsome discharges of oil that foul American rivers and lakes, to threaten fish and bird life.
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    reduced the loathsome discharges of oil that fouled American rivers and lakes, to threaten fish and bird life.
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    reduced the loathsome discharges of oil that fouled American rivers and lakes, threatening fish and bird life.


    The form of the word reduce is governed by first verb phrase because it continues in a parallel construction: Have eliminated.. and reduced.