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E:-
'playing' requires 'requires'.... intense is an adj ,so requires noun focus...... in games and game , go with original games.
all except E are found with some faults as mentioned above....
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Picked 'B' thinking that 'it' in the later part refers to singular...

What is the OA?
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Play music games require an intense focus on the separate elements of a song, which leads to a greater intuitive knowledge of musical composition. When you need to move your body in synchrony with the music in specific ways, it connects you with the music in a deeper way than when you are just listening to it.

B. Playing music game requires an intense focus on the separate elements of a song,
C. Playing music games requires an intense focusing on the separate elements of a song,
D. Music games playing requires an intense focus on separating the elements of a song,
E. Playing music games requires an intense focus on the separate elements of a song,

what is the source of this question....i doesnt seem to be a gmatic SC. i have not seen any OG sc in which 2 sentences is separated by a full stop like this question. according to GMAT Lord, Ron Purewal, stay away from ungmatic question.
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Shouldn't it be playing music games require or playing music game requires instead of playing music games requires?
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Shouldn't it be playing music games require or playing music game requires instead of playing music games requires?
No.
This is Gerund acting as a Subject. Whenever this opens the sentence as a subject, the verb has to be singular.

Eg,
Travelling countries is my favourite hobby.

What I can not make out here is though, the difference between B and E?
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Shouldn't it be playing music games require or playing music game requires instead of playing music games requires?
No.
This is Gerund acting as a Subject. Whenever this opens the sentence as a subject, the verb has to be singular.

Eg,
Travelling countries is my favourite hobby.

What I can not make out here is though, the difference between B and E?


Option B has "game" as in singular while option E has "games".

I guess B is the correct choice.
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