BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Target Test Prep · GMAT

Choose how you want to prepare

Learn live with an expert or move at your own pace. Every option includes the complete TTP study system.

★★★★★5.0559 reviews
GMATBootcamp Starts Sep 21
Chris Peckover, Target Test Prep GMAT expert
LIVE ONLINE BOOTCAMP

Live Online Bootcamp Class with Top GMAT Expert Chris Peckover

Sep 21 to Oct 9, 2026

Schedule
Mon to Fri · 7:00 to 10:00 PM ET
Included
Live classes + 6 months of TTP OnDemand
  • Boost your GMAT score in less than one month in a live online class
  • 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included
View bootcamp & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
EALiveTeach 5 seats left
Logan Thompson
EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT

Sep 6 to Dec 6, 2026

with Logan Thompson

Schedule
Sun · 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Included
40 hours of live online classes plus six months of access to the complete TTP EA OnDemand course.
  • 165+ EA Score Guarantee
  • 4,100+ Quant, Verbal, and Integrated Reasoning practice questions
  • 400+ hours of in-depth video lessons
  • 3,000+ step-by-step video solutions
View EA class & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
GMATOnDemand Start anytime
SELF-PACED MASTERCLASS

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Complete access from day one. Study on your schedule.

715+ score guarantee
$0to start then $127/mo
  • Personalized study plan and analytics
  • Thousands of lessons and practice questions

Compare the format, schedule, and included access before enrolling. Prices and seat counts shown reflect the supplied offer details.

Subject Verb agreement - Phrase as a subject

Expert replies
by GMATMadeEasy » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:41 am
Included in the exhibition are books made from 1994 to the present.

Included in the exhibition is books made from 1994 to the present.

Which one is correct and why please ?

Logic 1: "Included in the exhibition" is a participle phrase so it can be the subject of the sentence . hence, first is correct.

Logic 2: Books should be the subject of the sentence, so second is correct.

I am confused.
Join the discussion
Source: — Sentence Correction |

by uwhusky » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:21 am
Page 42 in the MGMAT SC guide:

"In most English sentences the subject precedes the verb. However, the GMAT occasionally attempts to confuse you by inverting this order and placing the subject after the verb."

I believe your example is such case. If you invert the subject, it actually makes more sense:

"Books made from 1994 to the present are included in the exhibition."

"Included in the exhibition," I believe is a modifier rather than the subject.
Yep.
Join the discussion

by Isaac@EconomistGMAT » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:19 pm
Uhuskey is correct here. Included in the exhibition is a modifier (past participle/non conjugated verb is how you can tell this type of modifier), and the subject is 'books'. It

Also, logically, 'included' cannot 'be' a book, but a book can be included.

Always ask yourself: What is the action; and then ask yourself: Who or what does this action? The answer to the second question ALWAYS gives you the subject, whether it is a single subject noun or a whole phrase.
Isaac Bettan
Academic Director
Master GMAT
https://econgm.at/EconomistGMAT
[youtube]QBNZczg84tU[/youtube]
Join the discussion

• Page 1 of 1