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Question 1: Varieties of influenza range in severity from mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to acute forms, such as bacterial pneumonia, that are potentially fatal.
a)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to
b)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
c)mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to
d)those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those
e)those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those
Question 2:
Astronomers have theorized that the Big Bang governs the behavior of interstellar dust, particles that comprise the atoms and molecules created in the progenitive explosion and persisting in even the emptiest regions of space.
a)persisting
b)persists
c)persisted
d)they persist
e)are persisting
Can anyone explain the correct answers? What tense is correct answer? The answers both end with "-ing" but do not follow any form of the verb "to be." Thanks!
From icandy: If you post OA's along with Q's you will not get good answers.
a)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to
b)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
c)mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to
d)those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those
e)those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those
Question 2:
Astronomers have theorized that the Big Bang governs the behavior of interstellar dust, particles that comprise the atoms and molecules created in the progenitive explosion and persisting in even the emptiest regions of space.
a)persisting
b)persists
c)persisted
d)they persist
e)are persisting
Can anyone explain the correct answers? What tense is correct answer? The answers both end with "-ing" but do not follow any form of the verb "to be." Thanks!
From icandy: If you post OA's along with Q's you will not get good answers.
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Re: SC - Verb Tense Confusion
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12 Mar 2009, 13:50
12 Mar 2009, 13:50
q1: E
q2: A
q1: A-D not ||
q2: B- sub-verb agreement issue, C-change meaning, D-E: not ||
q2: A
q1: A-D not ||
q2: B- sub-verb agreement issue, C-change meaning, D-E: not ||
Re: SC - Verb Tense Confusion
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12 Mar 2009, 19:39
12 Mar 2009, 19:39
jenyang5268 wrote:
Question 1: Varieties of influenza range in severity from mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to acute forms, such as bacterial pneumonia, that are potentially fatal.
a)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to
b)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
c)mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to
d)those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those
e)those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those
Question 2:
Astronomers have theorized that the Big Bang governs the behavior of interstellar dust, particles that comprise the atoms and molecules created in the progenitive explosion and persisting in even the emptiest regions of space.
a)persisting
b)persists
c)persisted
d)they persist
e)are persisting
Can anyone explain the correct answers? What tense is correct answer? The answers both end with "-ing" but do not follow any form of the verb "to be." Thanks!
From icandy: If you post OA's along with Q's you will not get good answers.
a)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to
b)mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
c)mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to
d)those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those
e)those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those
Question 2:
Astronomers have theorized that the Big Bang governs the behavior of interstellar dust, particles that comprise the atoms and molecules created in the progenitive explosion and persisting in even the emptiest regions of space.
a)persisting
b)persists
c)persisted
d)they persist
e)are persisting
Can anyone explain the correct answers? What tense is correct answer? The answers both end with "-ing" but do not follow any form of the verb "to be." Thanks!
From icandy: If you post OA's along with Q's you will not get good answers.
question 1)
D,E --> clearly out.. "those" refers to what..??
treatable -->adj modifies mild flue and also "lasting" --> gerun act as "adjective" modifies mild flu
B,C --> out not parallel.
A for parallesim
Answer should be A.
Quest 2)
A.
Here is good explanation
https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot.com/2007/12/gmat-sentence-correction-113-114.html
