Subjunctive mood Sentences in GMAT SC

Subjunctive mood Sentences in GMAT SC  

Subjunctive mood sentences are special types of sentences, which violate the normal rules that are applied to subject verb agreement in number and tense but are still considered grammatical.  
There are subjunctive mood uses in the present tense and the past tense. In the present subjunctive, the verb is always in the singular and present tense, even if the subject is plural and the tense is past or future. Sentences in which one would use such verbs as is, are, was, were or will be , should use the root verb - be -, in the case of the subjunctive mood. The subjunctive mood is used when the verb indicates a desire, intention, command, recommendation request, resolution, or advice. It is also used along with such words as advisable, better, desirable, and directive, essential, fitting, imperative, important, necessary, urge urgent and vital. Very important thing here is that the word - that -will always accompany such subjunctive mood sentences and the verb of the relative sentences will always be the base or root form of the verb Refer to Manhattan Guide for more in for on this. 

1. Wrong: The public are demanding that a fly over should be constructed at the traffic junction.
. Correct: The public are demanding that a fly over be constructed at the traffic junction.
2. The Committee recommended that the manager is dismissed.
The Committee recommended that the manager be dismissed
3. The court ordered that the defendant to pay the plaintiff a sum of ten thousand rupees. 
The court ordered that the defendant pay the plaintiff a sum of ten thousand rupees
4. I propose that Tom apologizes to Mary for his intemperance
  I propose that Tom apologize to Mary for his intemperance 

5. My manger always insists that the callers must inform him before meting him 
My manger always insists that the callers inform him before meting him 
In the case of the past subjunctive, the grammatical form of the verb will be - I were, you were, he were, and they were- instead of the - I was, you were, he was or they were- forms.

 The past subjunctive is used after the verb “wish “ 
I wish I were Bill Gates
How I wish Harvard University took me in their MBA program.
I wish my wife were here to see me teaching online courses. 
The past subjunctive is also used where the sentences describes contrary to fact situations. 
If the Sun were to rise in the west, I would donate one million rupees to the Charity. 
If I were to get 800 in my GMAT, I will expect the Whartons and the Harvards to beg me to join them.  

In sentences starting with “as if “and “as though”
The HOD thinks as if the staff were his errand boys 
Some peons behave as though they were the GMs of the company. 
Kusela spends as if he were Bill Gates. 



Some real GMAT examples

1. The commission proposed that funding for the park's development, which could be open to the public early next year, is obtained through a local bond issue

(A) That funding for the park’s development, which could be open to the public early next year, is 
(B) That funding for development of the park, which could be open to the public early next year, be  
(C) Funding for the development of the park perhaps opens to the public early next year to be
(D) Funds for the park’s development, perhaps open to the public early next year, be
(E) Development funding for the park, which could be open to the public early next year, is to be
  

2. Judicial rules in many states require that the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut the testimony, but the Constitution explicitly requires only that the defendant have the opportunity to confront an accuser in court.

(A) That the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut
(B) That the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut  
(C) That the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of
(D) The identities of all prosecution witnesses should be made known to defendants so they can attempt rebutting
(E) Making known to defendants the identities of all prosecution witnesses so that they can attempt to rebut


3. In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola Company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.

(A) Demanding that it should
(B) Demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) Who demanded that it  
(E) Who demanded it to  


Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.

(A) Mandate that the state budget be balanced  
(B) Mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) Mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) Have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) Have a mandate to balance the state budget
4. The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
(A) That a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
(B) That a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
(C) A company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) Companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(E) That the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even
5. Since chromosome damage may be caused by viral infections, medical x-rays, and exposure to sunlight, it is important that the chromosomes of a population to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with those of a control population.
(A) To be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with
(B) Being tested for damage induced chemically are compared with
(C) Being tested for chemically induced damage should be compared to
(D) Being tested for chemically induced damage is to be compared to
(E) that is to be tested for chemically induced damage is to be comparable with
6. The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.
(A) That a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(B) A bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(C) That a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(D) A bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(E) That banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed
7. The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period.
(A) That a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(B) Companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage that they can continue
(C) That a company allows it’s retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue
(D) Companies allowing a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of
(E) Companies to allow a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost his continuation of

Online Learning vs. Class Room Learning

 Online Learning vs. Class Room Learning


Online Learning clinched a business of some $50 billion with some 3.5 million students benefiting from it in 2006 and the figures are leaping day by day. In a couple of decades, it is touted to touch a trillion dollars, when third world countries are expected to wipe out rural illiteracies though online education.

The effectiveness of an e-leaning system is derived from three basic functions which comprise quality education, affordable education, convenience and flexibility to learners while tangible environmental impacts such as lesser use of paper etc are incidental to it. 


The enigma of the online has kept many a student away from going online for learning. The most often-cited reason is the fear of poor comprehension in a virtual class room. The second impression is that one will miss the interaction with other students in a virtual class. The million dollar question here is whether they are assumptions or real. Put in one shot, one can aver that these fears are no more than figments of imagination and myths. The Sloan report, based on a poll of academic leaders, says that students generally appear to be at least as satisfied with their on-line classes as they are with traditional ones. In fact, the comprehension is better in a virtual class than in an in-person class. 

Why is e-learning so popular in certain parts of the word?
In many contexts, online coaching is self-paced and the learning sessions are available 24x7. Learners are not bound to a specific day/time to physically attend classes. The quality of education in advanced counties is measured at least in part by the quality of faculty. Students especially in higher levels of education do not mind hunting for the best of the faculties in the world. The fact that instructors of the highest caliber can share their knowledge across borders ensures quality of teaching can only be better in virtual class room. Well known specialists can make information available internationally, to anyone interested at minimum costs. An internet connection, a computer, and a web cam can allow an interested student from any nook of the world to benefit from the knowledge of a leader in any specific field. 

Test preps like GRE and GMAT are intensive studies. In such deep studies, a wholesale classroom treatment can not be as effective as the one-to-one online tutoring. Many who have been gullible victims of the public-meeting type of classroom tutorials with over fifty students and  with no chance to clarify their doubts, will understand the difference between mass teaching and private coaching 
  
In the Indian context, online coaching is all the more relevant not only for reaching out to the rural illiterate mass through technology, but also for higher levels of learning such as test prep. For an office-goer or a marketing executive who can not reach a class room at the appointed hours, online learning is the only solution. For a girl student, who can not go home in time after class sessions in the evening; online coaching is the only means. For persons who are staying out of major city centers, virtual classes are the handy way out. For a student who wants to access a particular faculty because of his specialization but who stays in another place, online is the route. Even within city limits, commuting form one part to another is becoming a Herculean task. For these groups, on line learning is the panacea.  

The Letter “e” in e-learning does not stand for just electronic in today’s context. As the learned author Luskin puts it, it is interpreted to mean exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, emotional, extended, excellent, and educational in addition to "electronic”
None can illustrate this better than Alicia Helle, an online student at the UW, who says, “Obtaining my degree online has been a blessing. With two small children, I am able to work when it is convenient for me and my family. I have nothing but positive comments and experiences".