OG 12 and Gmat prep -

[agarwalva]

Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.

* 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become
* 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become
* 22, and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being
* 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was
* 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being

Can someone please explain in detail??

OA is A

Please can some one explain the user of verb "was" in answer choice A
Will it be a correct option with a sentence without the was....

Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, injured three times, and discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.

I have removed was from the original sentence sentence

[Bill@VeritasPrep]

If we remove the "was", then the sentence says that "Deborah Sampson...injured...and discharged" which does not make sense. She received the injuries (it does not say that she injured other soldiers), and she was discharged from the Continental Army.

[agarwalva]

Bill I am trying to understand.. the use of to be verb.. and somewhere I believe a main clause without a to be verb is not correct and also dependent clause shouldnt have "to be' verb

Thats how I picked an answer choice with "was" in above question

to be verb - is/was/have/has

another example

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern california, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

a. banked with dirt to a height of
b. banked with dirt as high as that of
c. banked them with dirt to a height of
d. was banked with dirt as high as
e. was banked with dirt as high as that of

I picked a as correct answer choice over d as I thought I don't need a was in dependent clause

Is my thinking correct

[Bill@VeritasPrep]

The choice here isn't between dependent clause or main clause; it's between active or passive.

Was she doing the actions or receiving the actions? She received the injuries and the discharge; passive voice is used to show that.

[Gaurav 2013-fall]

Bill I am trying to understand.. the use of to be verb.. and somewhere I believe a main clause without a to be verb is not correct and also dependent clause shouldnt have "to be' verb

Thats how I picked an answer choice with "was" in above question

to be verb - is/was/have/has

another example

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern california, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

a. banked with dirt to a height of
b. banked with dirt as high as that of
c. banked them with dirt to a height of
d. was banked with dirt as high as
e. was banked with dirt as high as that of

I picked a as correct answer choice over d as I thought I don't need a was in dependent clause

Is my thinking correct

whats the OA for the above one?

[agarwalva]

Bill I am trying to understand.. the use of to be verb.. and somewhere I believe a main clause without a to be verb is not correct and also dependent clause shouldnt have "to be' verb

Thats how I picked an answer choice with "was" in above question

to be verb - is/was/have/has

another example

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern california, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

a. banked with dirt to a height of (correct answer)
b. banked with dirt as high as that of
c. banked them with dirt to a height of
d. was banked with dirt as high as
e. was banked with dirt as high as that of

I picked a as correct answer choice over d as I thought I don't need a was in dependent clause

Is my thinking correct

whats the OA for the above one?

OA A
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