Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

vishwadeep2010 · February 21, 2012, 1:59pm

My take on SET 14

4
3
4
2

bishnusatpathy · February 21, 2012, 2:01pm

1.2
2.3
3.3
4.2

prakash_miku · February 21, 2012, 2:07pm

SET 14

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

My take: :)
4
3
4
4

messy_19 · February 21, 2012, 5:17pm

spectramind07 Says
SET 14

Q1) (3) C and D

Q2) (3) A and C

Q3) (3) D

Q4) (4) C and D

thebigkahuna · February 21, 2012, 5:46pm

SET 14

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

Q1)
A. I left the house with only 1 hour to spare.
B. The plane was due to take off.
C. Luckily there existed very little traffic.
D. I reached at the airport with 30 minutes to spare.

(1) D
(2) B and C
(3) C and D
(4) A, B and D

Q2)
A. Become prepared.
B. Some schools provide basic school supplies.
C. However, it is still a good idea to send by a fully stocked pencil case.
D. Items to consider include: sharpened pencils, pens (if used), a good eraser, and pre-sharpened pencil crayons.

(1) A and D
(2) B and C
(3) A and C
(4) B and D

Q3)
A. Planting wheat all afternoon, Farmer George yawned.
B. Repairing fences all evening, Farmer George dragged himself to his bedroom and flopped exhausted on his big
bouncy bed.
C. With seven thousand feathers stuffed in between sixty bouncy balloons, his bed was a sleepers paradise!
D. Im so tired, he sighed.

(1) A
(2) C
(3) D
(4) A, B and C

Q4)
A. Common mill flour was no good for this, and the use of hand ground flour, it was thought, would ensure more
simplicity, health and economy.
B. So I purchased a hand-mill for 7.
C. The iron wheel was heavy to be tackled by one man, but easy for two.
D. Polak and me and the children usually worked it.

(1) C
(2) D
(3) B and C
(4) C and D

THE SET THE FOURTEENS

1. 3. Existed doesn't exist :P
2. 3.
3. 4. I don't think 'sleeper's paradise' is correct. Also, A and B are written incorrectly.
4. 4. But I think B should also be incorrect, since you can't start sentences with words like 'so'. Can someone tell me if I'm right or wrong about this? Thanks

dreamsohini · February 21, 2012, 6:44pm

set 14
1.4
2.3
3.4
4.2

love_cat · February 21, 2012, 7:01pm

With a heavy heart I start my last session. :|
My take
Set 14

1.2
2.3
3.3
4.4

billuisback · February 22, 2012, 6:27pm

Set 14

My Takes
1.3
2.2
3.4
4.4

billuisback · February 23, 2012, 3:21am

Set 15

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child
2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.

(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size
3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.
(A) acting as sentinels and to sound
(B) acting as sentinels and sounding
(C) to act as sentinels and sound
(D) to act as sentinels and to sound
(E) to act as a sentinel sounding
4. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit
5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly

jpriya_jce · February 23, 2012, 4:48am

Set 14
My take

1. Option 4
2. Option 3
3. Option 2
4. Option 2

mani0303 · February 23, 2012, 5:53am

My take on Set 15:

1)D

2)C

3)B

4)E

5)D

bishnusatpathy · February 23, 2012, 6:13am

Set 15

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child
2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.

(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size
3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.
(A) acting as sentinels and to sound
(B) acting as sentinels and sounding
(C) to act as sentinels and sound
(D) to act as sentinels and to sound
(E) to act as a sentinel sounding
4. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit
5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly

1.d
2.c
3.e
4.e
5.b

hydrocker · February 23, 2012, 7:10am

Set 15

My Take :-
1) D
2) C
3) B
4) E
5) B

spectramind07 · February 23, 2012, 7:19am

SET 14

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

Q1)
A. I left the house with only 1 hour to spare.
B. The plane was due to take off.
C. Luckily there existed very little traffic.
D. I reached at the airport with 30 minutes to spare.

(1) D
(2) B and C
(3) C and D
(4) A, B and D

Q2)
A. Become prepared.
B. Some schools provide basic school supplies.
C. However, it is still a good idea to send by a fully stocked pencil case.
D. Items to consider include: sharpened pencils, pens (if used), a good eraser, and pre-sharpened pencil crayons.

(1) A and D
(2) B and C
(3) A and C
(4) B and D

Q3)
A. Planting wheat all afternoon, Farmer George yawned.
B. Repairing fences all evening, Farmer George dragged himself to his bedroom and flopped exhausted on his big
bouncy bed.
C. With seven thousand feathers stuffed in between sixty bouncy balloons, his bed was a sleepers paradise!
D. Im so tired, he sighed.

(1) A
(2) C
(3) D
(4) A, B and C

Q4)
A. Common mill flour was no good for this, and the use of hand ground flour, it was thought, would ensure more
simplicity, health and economy.
B. So I purchased a hand-mill for 7.
C. The iron wheel was heavy to be tackled by one man, but easy for two.
D. Polak and me and the children usually worked it.

(1) C
(2) D
(3) B and C
(4) C and D

Here are the OAs-

Q1)
Ans.(3)

Q2)
Ans.(3)

Q3)
Ans.(2)

Q4)
Ans.(4)

I am not giving the explanations so that you all can try once again.

P.S- With every SET I post,I can't go on asking for the procedure of answering the SET!!!Kindly make sure you do not quote the whole SET.Else I am not going to post anything here onwards.

prakash_miku · February 23, 2012, 7:40am

Set 15

My take: :)
d
c
b
e
d

jimmytiwari · February 23, 2012, 8:05am

SET 15:

1)d
2)b
3)d
4)e
5)d

finalrace · February 23, 2012, 8:07am

which is the good book for those who are weak in grammar ... my weak point is grammar ..... not able to attempt a single question of sentence correction ... need help

flanker1985 · February 23, 2012, 8:11am

my take.
1.d
2.c
3.b
4.c
5.e

spectramind07 · February 23, 2012, 8:44am

SOMESH PAL Says
which is the good book for those who are weak in grammar ... my weak point is grammar ..... not able to attempt a single question of sentence correction ... need help

Start from scratch.Get Wren and Martin.Then move to other sources.

love_cat · February 23, 2012, 1:37pm

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