GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 9): As the temperature keeps rising in

As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.


A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. Incorrect

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. the risk appears to be in the past..incorrect

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. Correct

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. Incorrect

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.incorrect
answer C

I think the problem is not with the phrase "increasingly facing the risk of extinction", but with the tense. The temperature keeps rising is simple present, so the effect should also be in simple present. Let's analyse the options.



"Has been increasing" is present perfect tense, which imo is incorrect in this case. If it were 'is increasing', that would be more appropriate.



Again, the same issue as option A. Incorrect.



This option corrects the error pointed out during the error analysis. Let's hold on to this option for now.



Same error as option A.



This option is the easiest to eliminate because of forced parallelism.

Option C is the best bet for me.

IMO C

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.- awkward and wordy

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.- present perfect is incorrect

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - Correct, As and present tense in the second clause make perfect sense.

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - not same meaning as when "as" is used.

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - not same meaning as when "as" is used.

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.

Meaning : As the temperature is rising (in Antarctica), the risk of extinction (faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south) has been increasing.
Grammatically: The modifier makes sense with the Subject Risk and the Verb has been increasing.

CORRECT.

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Meaning: The frequency of facing the risk is increasing or the risk itself?
Change in intended meaning.

Grammatically: The modifier makes better sense with the Subject - The Risk than with Species.

Change in the intended meaning. WRONG.

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Meaning : Same error as in B
Grammatically: Same as B.

Changes the intended meaning. WRONG.

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Meaning : Same error as in B and C
Grammatically: Looses out on the Cause and Effect relationship of A by introducing a new clause with , + and.

Changes the intended meaning and sense. WRONG.

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Meaning : Same error as in B.
Grammatically: unable to migrate AND are increasing - parallelism error.

Loses out meaning and grammar wise - WRONG.

CORRECT = A

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A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. increasing is wrong adverb

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. facing the risk is wrong

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. increasingly is correct adverb used


D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. not correct agreement and adverb

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. incorrect

OPTION C is correct

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing: has been refers to something in past which is not relevant now. Reject

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction: have been refers to something might have happened. Reject

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction: Correct as the statement is unambiguous and error free.

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction: have been refers to something might have happened. Reject

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction: Staement suggest pecies unable to migrate due to rise in temperature. It alters the meaning. Reject

C is the correct answer .

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. Correct. Clear expression

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. sounds like the species can't migrate because of the temperature....

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. awkward

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. wrong sentence structure

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. same mistake in B

Split 1: Starting with "as"
"As" is used here to indicate two actions happening parallelly- temperature rising and species' extinction risk increasing
D and E does not use "as". Hence, D and E are out.

Split 2: Verb tense
"has/have been" is used when action started in the past and continuing in the present. "keeps rising" indicates that action is happening in the present and will continue in the future. Hence, A and B are wrong for mismatch in verb tense.

C is clear as written and is the right answer.

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.
This is the meaning conveyed, this is the correct answer
B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
The idea is that, the more the temperature is increasing, the more the risk of extinction is facing the species,
C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
The idea is that, the more the temperature is increasing, the more the risk of extinction is facing the species,
D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
The idea is that, the more the temperature is increasing, the more the risk of extinction is facing the species,
E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
This answer changes the meaning , and say that the more the temperature is rising , the more the species are unable to migrate to the colder south, which is not the meaning conveyed, Wrong answer

Answer C


A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. INCORRECT unnecessary use of present perfect continuous the first part is present continuous "keeps rising" and so should be the second part.

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. INCORRECT unnecessary use of present perfect continuous the first part is present continuous "keeps rising" and so should be the second part.

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. CORRECT perfect use of right tense, no problem on the sentence.

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. INCORRECT unnecessary use of present perfect continuous the first part is present continuous "keeps rising" and so should be the second part.

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. INCORRECT not parallel between "resulting in species unable to migrate..." and "are increasingly facing..."

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.
INCORRECT. The context of the sentence tells us that the temperature is rising and thus the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south must be also increasing right now and not just has been increasing. Present continuous tense seems to be the tense of choice in this sentence. Also to say that the risk is increasing may be okay, but an inferior way of saying that the animals are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
INCORRECT. This repeats the tense issue in sentence A. The context of the sentence tells us that the temperature is rising and thus species unable to migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction right now and not just has been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. Present continuous tense seems to be the tense of choice in this sentence.

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
CORRECT. This uses correct tense, and conveys a clear and concise meaning.


D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
INCORRECT. This repeats the tense issue in sentence A. The context of the sentence tells us that the temperature is rising and thus species unable to migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction right now and not just has been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. Present continuous tense seems to be the tense of choice in this sentence.


E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
INCORRECT. The use of participial phrase "resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south .. " to modify "The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica" seems to convey the nonsensical meaning that because of rising temperature, species are unable to migrate south. This is definitely not the intended meaning.

[quote="Bunuel"]As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.
-here use of has been is incorrect as this is a continuous process
B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
here use of have been is incorrect as this is a continuous process
C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
This is the correct option. Here the use of are has rectified the verb tense issue in the prior sentences
D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
Again use of have been is incorrect.Also use of as a result is wordy
E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.
Use of the modifier resulting is in correct. The meaning is distorted due to the incorrect use of resulting in

As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. - Correct - risk has been increasing

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - Wrong - species have been increasingly facing?

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - Wrong - species are increasingly facing?

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. - Wrong - species have been increasingly facing?

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

"Risk of extinction... has been increasing" vs "species ... have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction" - change in meaning -- risk is increasing to species are increasingly facing risk --- Keep original meaning... BCDE are gone -- A is correct

Ans A

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing.

The use of present perfect continuous tense is not required. The present perfect continuous tense shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. If the temperatures are rising now, how can the risk start in the past. Hence we can eliminate this.

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Same as A. The use of present perfect continuous tense is not required. The present perfect continuous tense shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. If the temperatures are rising now, how can the risk start in the past. Hence we can eliminate this.

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Correct

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Same as A
The sentence need not be connect with and

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction.

Incorrect Parallelism

IMO C

As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica,
the risk of extinction
faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south
has been increasing.


The sentence is in passive voice but active voice is preferred.
Incorrect


The sentence is in active voice which is preferred over passive voice.
The sentence is concise and correct


The sentence is in active voice which is preferred over passive voice.
But option B is more concise
Incorrect


Option B is more concise and correct
Incorrect


The construction of the sentence is awkward. The cause (unable to migrate to the colder south) and effect (are increasingly facing the risk of extinction) are not linked properly.
Incorrect

IMO B

A. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, the risk of extinction faced by species that cannot migrate to the colder south has been increasing. --incorrect -- use of has been implies that that risk of extinction has been increasing from the past

B. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species unable to migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. --non sensical meaning that unable to the migrate these species have been facing increasingly extinction

C. As the temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, species that cannot migrate to the colder south are increasingly facing the risk of extinction. --correct-- usage of correct tenses

D. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, and as a result, species that cannot migrate to the colder south have been increasingly facing the risk of extinction. --InCorrect -- the result is ongoing-- have been suggests that the results came in effect earlier

E. The temperature keeps rising in Antarctica, resulting in species unable to migrate to the colder south and are increasingly facing the risk of extinction -- parallelism off, what are increasingly facing extinction? Surely it can't be "resulting in species"

Correct answer choice is C