The company made eco-friendly products, including bags,

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The company  made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

A. made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
B. makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
D. is making eco-friendly products, like bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
E. makes eco-friendly products, which include bags, coolers, and kites out of materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

mishtyme · Answer

IMO C

the idea is that the company makes products similar to bags, coolers and kites using products like discarded wrappers and cups.
So A,B and E use including and which include, hence not considered.
Between C and D, C as it uses such as and like in the right places.

Bluelagoon · Answer

The company made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

A. made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
B. makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
D. is making eco-friendly products, like bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
E. makes eco-friendly products, which include bags, coolers, and kites out of materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

My first split is Like /such as
Rule: examples always follow such as
eliminate A,C,E

Between B and D again we have a like used to give examples ,this use is incorrect so eliminate D.

B is correct. (however I dont like a comma before "including" )

is this correct way to use " including"

yashii9 · Answer

The company made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials like discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

A. made eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials  like  discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
B.  makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups 
C. makes eco-friendly products, such as bags, coolers, and kites from materials  like  discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
D. is making eco-friendly products,  like  bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups
E. makes eco-friendly products, which include bags, coolers, and kites out of materials  like  discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

My first split is Like /such as 
Rule: examples always follow such as
eliminate A,C,E

Between B and D again we have a like used to give examples ,this use is incorrect so eliminate D.

B is correct. (however I dont like a comma before "including" )

is this correct way to use " including"

getgyan · Answer

Like cannot be used to give examples. It (like) can only be used for comparison. :-D

getgyan · Answer

Hi Yashii9 For your doubt Yes, this is the correct way. "including" acts as a verb+ing modifier and modifies the preceding clause "The company makes eco-friendly products". Ver+ing modifier without comma modifes preceding noun. Makes sense? :-D

MacFauz · Answer

A,C, AND E are automatic eliminations for using "like". D also uses "like" at another location and also uses the present progressive unnecessarily when the simple present would work well.

yashii9 · Answer

oh yes..thanks for this

Picked up examples from an article on gmat club-
• Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying
• that their compliance with laws requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting adult sea turtles.

Ashank07 · Answer

A/C - ̳like‘ cannot be used to give examples, use ̳such as‘ instead
D – Avoid the continuous tense ̳making‘. ̳like‘ cannot be used to give examples, use ̳such as‘ instead
E - ̳like‘ cannot be used to give examples, use ̳such as‘ instead

DharLog · Answer

1. It is present simple, not the past, not the present continious ---> A, D are out.
2. There is no comaprison here, so we can not use "like", we just list materials by using "such" ---> A, C, E are out.

That leaves us with B.

makes eco-friendly products, including bags, coolers, and kites from materials such as discarded energy bar wrappers and yogurt cups

NinetyFour · Answer

I get why A is absolutely wrong (we need to use such as), but when we change made to makes, doesn't that change the meaning of the sentence?

The company made eco-friendly products, including bags,

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