Tham khảo tài liệu 'kaplan gmat 800 frist part 9', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Generated by Foxit PDF Creator Foxit Software http For evaluation only. An 800 test taker knows he must be able to eliminate four of the answer choices for specific and valid reasons before he can safely choose choice A the original sentence. Explanation Monasteries and Libraries 20. This sentence is challenging because of all the things it s trying to do You have to make a comparison between early medieval monasteries and modern libraries while also taking into account a modifier for those early medieval monasteries. The modifier while clearly less accessible to outsiders must come directly next to early medieval monasteries so B and D are out. Additionally in B it s not clear what they refers to. Now of the remaining options A C and E which phrasing works best like modern libraries or as does the modern library7 The second option is incorrect as in choice C libraries needs to be plural in order to parallel monasteries. And finally eliminate E because acted like modern libraries act is wordier and clumsier than like modern libraries. A is the correct answer. An 800 test taker knows that while some sentences will take longer to unravel than others rushing only dramatically increases the likelihood that he ll miss something important and choose the wrong answer. 5. VERB TENSE Anybody who has studied a second language knows that there are dozens of rules that determine which verb tense to use in different situations. Rather than memorizing all those rules if you don t know them already isolate the different verbs and determine whether they make sense together in their particular context. In other words let the meaning of the sentence and the sound of the verb tenses guide you to the correct choice. SENTENCE CORRECTION PRACTICE SET 9 21. Although the invention of the printing press led to a significant reconceptualization of textual production in the fifteenth century what has been equally significant in the twentieth century is the invention of
