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
Vote for Target Test Prep, Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards 2026
NEWSWEEK READERS’ CHOICE 2026

BIG NEWS! Target Test Prep has been nominated, and they’d love your vote!

TTP has worked incredibly hard to build the best test prep experience possible, and winning Newsweek’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Test Prep would mean a lot to them. If TTP has helped you, they’d be incredibly grateful for your vote. You can vote once each day through September 9.

Vote for TTP
GMATLiveTeach 7 seats left
Chris Peckover
NEXT LIVE COHORT

Oct 13 to Jan 7, 2027

with Chris Peckover

Schedule
Tue, Thu · 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET
Included
40 live hours + 6 months of GMAT OnDemand
  • Live instruction and real-time questions
  • Class recordings and assigned practice
View class & 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
Live EA class + 6 months of EA OnDemand
  • Expert-led weekly online sessions
  • EA Masterclass access between classes
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
Start free 5-day trial
Read 559 reviewsTarget Test Prep

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

OG 123

Expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 53
Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:50 amFollowed by: 2 members
Thanked: 6 times
by prabsahi » Sun May 31, 2015 6:33 am
New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

(A) splitting apart continents
(B) the splitting apart of continents
(C) split apart continents
(D) continents split apart
(E) continents that were split apart

I picked the correct answer
But,I have a confusion between option A and B.
If -ing is prefixed with is/are/am then it acts as a verb.
So,why in option A we treat SPLITTING APART CONTINENTS as VERB.
Please clarify.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 363
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:24 pmFollowed by: 3 members
Thanked: 115 times

by theCEO » Sun May 31, 2015 11:24 am
prabsahi wrote:New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

(A) splitting apart continents
(B) the splitting apart of continents
(C) split apart continents
(D) continents split apart
(E) continents that were split apart

I picked the correct answer
But,I have a confusion between option A and B.
If -ing is prefixed with is/are/am then it acts as a verb.
So,why in option A we treat SPLITTING APART CONTINENTS as VERB.
Please clarify.
Option A is wrong on 2 parts:
1. This is not following the rule of parallelism.
reversal in the .... (noun)
the onset of ice ages.... (noun)
great volcanic eruptions.... (noun)

the answer choice needs a noun/noun phrase. Without changing the meaning of the sentence [spoiler](B)[/spoiler] is the correct answer.

2. Your are right by saying "If -ing is prefixed with is/are/am then it acts as a verb"
Splitting apart continents is indicating a verb and it is missing the word "is".
However if the word "is" was included, this would still be breaking the rule of parallelism.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 363
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:24 pmFollowed by: 3 members
Thanked: 115 times

by theCEO » Sun May 31, 2015 11:35 am
An alternative approach is to strip the sentence of all the unnecessary words and see which choice sounds right, for example

condensed sentence: Impacts of asteroids caused....
1. reversals in the Earth's magnetic field,
2. the onset of ice ages,
3. great volcanic eruptions

(A) splitting apart continents
(B) the splitting apart of continents
(C) split apart continents
(D) continents split apart
(E) continents that were split apart

a) Impacts of asteroids caused splitting apart continents.
This option does not sound right and is also structured incorrectly.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1