Verbal Section
Sentence Correction
Many large corporations request feedback from customers which regularly purchase its products.1. What is the best way to rephrase the underlined part of the sentence?
A) request feedback from customers that frequently purchase its goods.
B) request feedback from consumers who frequently purchase their products.
C) offer feedback to consumers who purchase frequently their goods.
D) elicit feedback from consumers who regularly and often buy their products.
E) require feedback from consumers to allow them to purchase their products.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: This is the grammatically correct choice. Consumers or customers are people, meaning that these words should be followed by who. Large corporations is plural, so their, instead of its, is correct. B also expresses the information more succinctly than C.
The government is implementing many changes in recent months in order to stimulate the economy, including cutting interest rates on mortgages and bank loans.
2. What is the best way to rephrase the underlined part of the sentence?
A) is undergoing many changes, including cutting interest rates to stimulate the nation's economy.
B) has planned to implement many changes in recent months, including reducing interest rates on some types of loans.
C) has implemented many changes in recent months, such as cutting interest rates, in an effort to stimulate the economy.
D) has been implementing many changes in recent times in an effort to stimulate the economy by cutting interest rates on mortgages and loans.
E) implemented many changes such as cutting interest rates in an effort in recent months to stimulate the economy.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation: This choice indicates that these changes have already been implemented, while A and B do not. It contains all of the essential information, while B does not. D and E express the information less clearly because of the order in which the information is presented. C is grammatically correct, succinct, and the organization clearly expresses the information.
The cost of obtaining a university degree is steadily increasing, leading some to wonder if the investment of paying for college is a worthwhile one or if it is not.
3. What is the best way to rephrase the underlined part of the sentence?
A) increasingly and steadily rising, leader some to dispute whether it is a good investment.
B) steadily increasing, leading some to wonder whether it is a worthwhile investment.
C) increasing steadily, leaving certain individuals to wonder if college is worthwhile.
D) increasingly steady, leading some to wonder whether the investment is one that is worth it.
E) steadily increasing, leading people to figure out if the investment is a wise one.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Choice A does not express the information succinctly. The phrase increasing steadily in choice C does not express the idea as well as the phrase steadily increasing. Choice D does not express the idea as succinctly as possible. Choice E does not express the essential information contained in the original phrase. Choice B is best.