|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
17 Sep 2021, 07:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
C
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
95%
(hard)
Question Stats:
30% (01:27) correct
70%
(01:27)
wrong
based on 264
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Running is one of the activities that greatly increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will have a higher impact on levels of stamina.
(A) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
(B) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will make a greater impact on stamina level
(C) increase cardiovascular performance although it should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
(D) increases cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
(E) increases the cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
(A) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
(B) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will make a greater impact on stamina level
(C) increase cardiovascular performance although it should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
(D) increases cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
(E) increases the cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
07 Oct 2021, 02:18
Kudos
Bookmarks
Dear Friends,
Here is a detailed explanation to this question-
Concepts tested here: Subject-Verb Agreement + Pronouns + Awkwardness/Redundancy
• “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage when “do” refers to an action; in this construction, “so” rather than a pronoun is used to refer to the action, as pronouns cannot refer to actions.
A: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the verb phrase "performed regularly" with the pronoun "it"; please remember, pronouns cannot refer to actions, only nouns; “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage for referring to an action. Further, Option A uses the needlessly wordy phrase "levels of stamina", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
B: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the verb phrase "performed regularly" with the pronoun "it"; please remember, pronouns cannot refer to actions, only nouns; “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage for referring to an action.
C: Correct. This answer choice correctly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the plural verb "increase". Further, Option C correctly uses "do so" to refer to the verb phrase "performed regularly". Besides, Option C is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
D: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the singular verb "increases". Further, Option D uses the needlessly wordy phrase "levels of stamina", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
E: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the singular verb "increases".
Hence, C is the best answer choice.
To understand the concept of "Do it" versus "Do so" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
Here is a detailed explanation to this question-
Bunuel
Concepts tested here: Subject-Verb Agreement + Pronouns + Awkwardness/Redundancy
• “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage when “do” refers to an action; in this construction, “so” rather than a pronoun is used to refer to the action, as pronouns cannot refer to actions.
A: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the verb phrase "performed regularly" with the pronoun "it"; please remember, pronouns cannot refer to actions, only nouns; “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage for referring to an action. Further, Option A uses the needlessly wordy phrase "levels of stamina", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
B: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the verb phrase "performed regularly" with the pronoun "it"; please remember, pronouns cannot refer to actions, only nouns; “do so” is the correct, idiomatic usage for referring to an action.
C: Correct. This answer choice correctly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the plural verb "increase". Further, Option C correctly uses "do so" to refer to the verb phrase "performed regularly". Besides, Option C is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
D: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the singular verb "increases". Further, Option D uses the needlessly wordy phrase "levels of stamina", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
E: This answer choice incorrectly refers to the plural noun "activities" with the singular verb "increases".
Hence, C is the best answer choice.
To understand the concept of "Do it" versus "Do so" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
General Discussion
19 Sep 2021, 07:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Running is one of the activities that greatly increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will have a higher impact on levels of stamina.
(A) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. A pronoun (in this case, it) refers to a previously mentioned noun. If we wish to refer to a previously mentioned verb (be performed regularly), we need to use the phrase doing so or to do so.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question is the following Stop Sign:
- Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.
(B) increase cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as it will make a greater impact on stamina level
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original Pronoun error. A pronoun (in this case, it) refers to a previously mentioned noun. If we wish to refer to a previously mentioned verb (be performed regularly), we need to use the phrase to do so or doing so.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question is the following Stop Sign:
- Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.
(C) increase cardiovascular performance although it should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
This answer choice corrects the original Pronoun error by replacing it with doing so to refer to the verb (be performed regularly).
(D) increases cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on levels of stamina
Although this answer choice corrects the Pronoun error in the original sentence by changing the pronoun it to doing so to refer to a verb (be performed regularly), it is grammatically incorrect. The relative clause that greatly increase cardiovascular performance describes the noun that appears immediately before it, namely, activities. Since activities is plural, the verb that follows it also needs to be plural. However, increases is singular.
What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.
(E) increases the cardiovascular performance but should be performed regularly as doing so will have a higher impact on stamina levels
Although this answer choice corrects the Pronoun error in the original sentence by changing the pronoun it to doing so to refer to a verb (be performed regularly), it is grammatically incorrect. The relative clause that greatly increase cardiovascular performance describes the noun that appears immediately before it, namely, activities. Since activities is plural, the verb that follows it also needs to be plural. However, increases is singular.
What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.
