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ECAT MCAT English MCQs

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Question 381 Sentence Correction

If you had stood at home and done you’re home work you would not have failed the course.

Correct answer C. Had you stayed at home and done your home work, you would not have failed the course.

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Question 382 Sentence Correction

Sitting near the campfire, the old man told John and me about many exciting adventure he had.

Correct answer C. Sitting near the campfire, the old man told John and me about many exciting adventures he had had.

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Question 383 Sentence Correction

The man decided it would be advisable to marry a girl somehow younger than him.

Correct answer D. The man decided it would be advisable to marry a girl somewhat younger than he.

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Question 384 Sentence Correction

She promised me that if she had the opportunity she would have come regardless of the weather.

Correct answer B. She assured me that had she had the opportunity, she would have come regardless of the weather.

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Question 385 Sentence Correction

 Everyone took off their hat and stood up to sing the national anthem.

Correct answer C. Everyone took off his hat and stood up to sing the national anthem.

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Question 386 Sentence Correction

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something with which I will not put up.

Correct answer D. Something I will not put up with is ending a sentence with a preposition.

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Question 387 Sentence Correction

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.

Correct answer B. Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

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Question 388 Sentence Correction

 I had already finished the book before you came in.

Correct answer D. I had all finished the book before you came in.

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Question 389 Sentence Correction

 It is important to know for what kind of a person for whom you are working.

Correct answer B. It is important to know for what kind of person you are working.

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Question 390 Sentence Correction

Between you and I, my opinion is that this room is certainly nicer than the first one we saw.

Correct answer B. Between you and me, my opinion is that this room is certainly nicer than the first one we saw.

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Question 391 Sentence Correction

A girl as I would never be seen in a place like that.

Correct answer D. A girl like me would never be seen in a place like that.

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Question 392 Sentence Correction

Just forty years ago, there had fewer than one hundred symphony orchestras in the United State.

Correct answer B. Just forty years ago, there were fewer than one hundred symphony orchestras in the United States.

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Question 393 Sentence Correction

 I had no mony, my friend had not neither.

Correct answer C. I had no mony, my friend had not either.

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Question 394 Sentence Correction

We had ridden almost a kilometer when the scattering shells beginning to land.

Correct answer B. We had ridden almost a kilometer when the scattering shells began to land.

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Question 395 Sentence Correction

Jackon is one of the few sophomores, who has ever made the varsity team.

Correct answer C. Jackon is one of the few sophomores who have ever made the varsity team.

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Question 396 Sentence Correction

Jack had no sooner lain down and fallen asleep than the alarm sounded.

Correct answer D. Jack had no sooner lain down than he fell asleep when the alarm sounded.

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Question 397 Sentence Correction

If he would drink more milk, his health would have been better.

Correct answer D. If he had drunk more milk, his health would have been better.

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Question 399 Sentence Correction

How much have food costs rose during the past year?

Correct answer B. How much have food costs risen during the past year?

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Question 400 Sentence Correction

The three characters in the story are Hobart a teenager; his mother; a widow; and the druggist.

Correct answer B. The three characters in the story are; Hobart, a teenager; his mother, a widow and the druggist.

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