{"id":31788,"date":"2016-01-12T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/land-your-score-sentence-correction-problems-part-1\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:09:53","slug":"land-your-score-sentence-correction-problems-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/land-your-score-sentence-correction-problems-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Your Score: Sentence Correction Problems, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to \u201cLand Your Score,\u201d a blog series in which Kaplan instructor Jennifer Land shares key insights and strategies for improving your GMAT performance on Test Day. This week, Jennifer discusses how to solve Sentence Correction problems using the Kaplan Method.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Solving Sentence Correction GMAT problems<\/b><\/h4>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at another Verbal Reasoning question type: Sentence Correction. You will see about 16 of these on Test Day, making them the most common of the three types of Verbal Reasoning questions. Applying the Kaplan Method to Sentence Correction is pretty straightforward:<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1. <\/b>Read the original sentence carefully, looking for errors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2. <\/b>Scan and group the answer choices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3. <\/b>Eliminate choices until only one remains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Underlined phrases are key<\/b><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a hint to use whenever a Sentence Correction question appears on the screen: Assess the first word in the underlined phrase. The error is often located here, so identifying the role of the first underlined word will often lead you right to the error and, more importantly, the correct answer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>If the first word in the underlined portion is a verb, take a moment to identify its subject. One of the most common GMAT Sentence Correction errors is subject-verb agreement, and often the subject and verb are separated by several words. Here is an example:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>A recent spate of news reports questioning the long-term health benefits of high-fat diets <\/span>have done little to convince its practitioners that they should follow more traditional weight-loss plans<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n