Alice doesn’t really like to eat vegetables, but she ate a little peas

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GMAT Grammar book. Practice Test 1.

12. Alice doesn’t really like to eat vegetables, but  she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn  at her grandmother’s for dinner.

a) she ate a little peas, some carrots and both corn
b) she ate some peas, much carrots and a couple corn
c) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a couple ears of corn
d) she ate a little peas, a little carrots and lots of corn
e) she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a much ears of corn

the answer to this in the answer list is 'C'.

I could not understand why as this part is actually modifying the meaning. Can this be possible?

atulmogha · Answer

And this one:

16.  The suit made superbly by the tailor, causing  the cowardly, old man feel like a fierce,
young lion.
a) The suit made superbly by the tailor, causing
b) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, causing
c) When the suit can be made superbly by the tailor, it caused
d) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, making
e) The altered suit is made superbly by the tailor, causing

The official answer to this one is 'D'. What is wrong with the original sentence?

atulmogha · Answer

The original answer to this one is 'E' while the actual sentence seems correct. Can someone help me? this grammar is driving me nuts :-(

22. My sister, Lucy, still hasn’t decided the country where she wants to travel after she graduates from university. a) still hasn’t decided the country where she wants to travel b) which country she wants to visit still doesn’t know it c) is undecided about the country where she wants to travel d) hasn’t decided which country where she is traveling e) still hasn’t decided what country she wants to visit

atulmogha · Answer

Can someone please reply......I am stuck here now... :-(

atulmogha · Answer

Someone please help me on this.....

contacttoakhil · Answer

First of all I doubt the construction of the original sentence as well. Anyways If we continue we notice:
A) she ate a  little peas , some carrots and both corn. This is wrong as peas are countable.
B) she ate some peas,  much carrots  and a couple corn. Same prob so wrong.
C)she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a couple ears of corn. I cannot say this is the best construction but keep it on hold.
D)she ate a  little peas , a little carrots and lots of corn
E)she ate some peas, a lot of carrots and a  much ears of corn

So we can go with C.

atulmogha · Answer

thanks for explaining this to me. I would really appreciate, if you can also provide some thoughts on the other questions.

contacttoakhil · Answer

First of all we need to be extra cautious with emotional verbs such as  feel .

A) Here suit was made by the Tailor, so correct construction should have been:
The suit made superbly by the tailor,  caused  the man   feel like a lion. Also caused is used when one condition caused some other, for example,

Your carelessness has caused me to spend 20 extra minutes...

B)The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, causing
Here I have the problem with  causing ..Also we have a better option..anyways keep it on hold.

C)When the suit can be made superbly by the tailor, it caused..also wrong.  When  starts a clause and we expect another clause after the comma.
For example:
When suit can be made superbly by the tailor, kurtas can also be made in same way.

D)The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, making
Looks nice , keep it on hold.

E)The  altered  suit is  made  superbly by the tailor, causing
Too wordy and how come an altered suit is made superbly...suit is altered or suit is made...seems to be too wordy. Not a good choice.

Among D and B if we compare

b) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor,  causing

d) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor,  making

The verb make seems more promising, as that suit made old man look like a lion. SO answer should be D.

contacttoakhil · Answer

A) My sister still has not decided the country  where  she wants to travel..

A better construction would be
My sister still has not decided the country she wants to travel after she graduates...

So keep it on hold.

B)which country she wants to visit still doesn’t know it...wrong no second thought.

C)is undecided about the country where she wants to travel..too much formal and wrong too.

D) hasn’t decided  which  country  where  she is traveling
WRONG.

E)Seems good..keep it on hold.

Among A and E.....E sounds better..so I will go with E.

atulmogha · Answer

thanks for the detailed explanation. I finally understood the real difference in those sentences.

thanks clarifying my doubts

marcelosada · Answer

Hi! 
i still dont understand why "make" is better then "cause"

Is this just one of thoes times when it just "sounds" better... or is there a grammatical rule?

regards

marcelosada · Answer

16. The suit made superbly by the tailor, causing the cowardly, old man feel like a fierce,
young lion.
a) The suit made superbly by the tailor, causing
b) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, causing
c) When the suit can be made superbly by the tailor, it caused
d) The suit was altered superbly by the tailor, making
e) The altered suit is made superbly by the tailor, causing

I still dont understand why "making" is better then "caused" is there a gramatical rule or does it just sound better?

regards

thanks a lot

raghavakumar85 · Answer

The suit made by tailor cannot 'cause' anything .. It can only 'make' him something.

D it is ..

rohitmanglik · Answer

To choose between A and E, do we have any other reason as well?

papahiroshi · Answer

Between A and E, A is wrong. You can't "decide a country". When using 'decide' like this, it takes an indirect question as its complement. decide if ... decide whether ... decide how ... decide where ... decide when ... decide what ... decide which ... Hope this helps! :-D

puneet55 · Answer

Please help me in understanding the answer to the question. I have a doubt between option 'B' and 'E'. Option 'E' is correct according to the key.

28. Two-thirds the students voted to visit the zoo and other one-third voted to go the amusement park, so the class went to the zoo.
a) Two-thirds the students voted to visit the zoo and other one-third
b) Two-thirds of students voted to visit the zoo while another one-third
c) Since two-thirds of the students voted to visit the zoo, leaving a one-third that
d) More than two-thirds of the students voted to visit the zoo and another one-third
e) Two-thirds of the students voted to visit the zoo and another one-third

Thanks.

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