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The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.


(A) The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

(C) The student finished four practice exams to their end for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

(D) Four practice exams were taken by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

(E) Four practice exams were completed by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.
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Re: The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an aver [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 00:31
The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650 - when you take the exam it means you were examinee , here we are talking about taking the exam, hence correct
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Re: The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an aver [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 01:27
(A) The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.
Correct choice.
Meaning is clear. No SVA, tense, pronoun, modifier,parallelism, idioms, meaning & other error.

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

It means the student was the invigilator of the GMAT exam & scored 650! Totally skewed & illogical meaning.

(C) The student finished four practice exams to their end for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

to their end for the GMAT:- pronoun ambiguity. ‘their’ should logically refer ‘singular’ antecedent ‘The student’, but grammatically incorrectly refers here to GMAT exams.

(D) Four practice exams were taken by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

Passive voice is not preferred if active voice is there.
Parallelism error:- logically achieved should refer student. But grammatically ‘student’ is within prepositional phrase, so could not be act as subject.
Exams were taken:- same ‘give & take’ error as B

(E) Four practice exams were completed by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.

Parallelism error:- same as D
Passive voice- same as D
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Re: The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an aver [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 05:18
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The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.


(A) The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.--> Correct

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.--> I think the Verb "gave" is more preferable than took" as took means you just bought it and there are chances that you have not given the exam...

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(C) The student finished four practice exams to their end for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.--> their is wrong

(D) Four practice exams were taken by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.--> "Student achieved ...... not Four practice exam"

(E) Four practice exams were completed by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.--> Same as "D"
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Re: The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an aver [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 09:36
The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.


(A) The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.-> Professor give the exam and student take it. Incorrect.

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.-> Correct.

(C) The student finished four practice exams to their end for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. ->"to their end". Incorrect.

(D) Four practice exams were taken by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.-> Four practice exams didn't achieve an average score. It was the student, who took the exam.

(E) Four practice exams were completed by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.-> Same as D.

So, I think B. :)
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Re: The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an aver [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2021, 00:10
The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650.


(A) The student gave four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. Incorrect

give exams or giving exams - incorrect
take exams or taking exam - correct

(B) The student took four practice exams for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. Correct

(C) The student finished four practice exams to their end for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. Incorrect

meaning change

(D) Four practice exams were taken by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. Incorrect

passive form
parallelism error- achieved cant be parallel with taken

(E) Four practice exams were completed by the student for the GMAT and achieved an average score of 650. Incorrect

same as D
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