Manhattan GMAT's Foundations of Verbal provides a refresher of the basic verbal concepts tested on the GMAT. Designed to be user-friendly for all students, this book provides easy-to-follow explanations of fundamental concepts and step-by-step application of these concepts to examples. It’s an invaluable resource for students who want to cement their understanding of basic principles such as grammar, logic, and reading, while building core verbal skills for the GMAT.
Chapter by Chapter
Part I: Sentence Correction
1. WORDS & SENTENCES
What Is Tested, Listening to Your Ear versus Learning Grammar, The Answer to the Question
2. NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVES
Nouns, Ways to Spot Nouns, Categories of Nouns, Singular and Plural, Pronouns, Categories of Pronouns, Antecedents, A Special Note About the Pronoun "One," Making Flashcards, Adjectives, Categories of Adjectives, Pronoun Errors Related to Adjectives, Absolute Adjectives
3. VERBS & ADVERBS
Verbs, Categories of Verbs, Gerunds, Infinitives, Subject-Verb Agreement, "Has/Have" Verbs, "Had" Verbs, Adverbs, Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Other Adverbs, Adverb Errors on the GMAT, Adverbial Phrases
4. PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, MIXED DRILLS
Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Prepositions Separating Subjects and Verbs, Ending a Sentence with a Preposition, Conjunctions, Coordinating Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions
5. SUBJECT/PREDICATE, FRAGMENTS & RUN-ONS, PUNCTUATION
How Sentences Are Constructed, Subjects and Predicates, Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences, Punctuation, The Colon, The Semicolon, Dashes
6. MODIFIERS, PARALLELISM, COMPARISONS
Modifiers, Introductory Modifiers or "Warmups," That, Who, When, and Where, Parallelism and Comparisons, Phrases Beginning with "That" and "When"
7. IDIOMS, SUBJUNCTIVE, WRAP-UP
Idioms, List of Common GMAT Idioms, The Subjunctive, Answers to Pop Quizzes, Sentence Correction Wrap-Up, Now Go and Do Likewise
Part II: Critical Reasoning
8. ARGUMENTS & CONCLUSIONS
Valid Arguments Versus Sound Arguments, The Structure of Arguments, Getting Rid of Extras
9. PATTERNS & FLAWS
How GMAT Critical Reasoning is Unlike Real-World Decision Making, Identifying Patterns in Arguments, Logical Flaws on the GMAT, Gaps in Critical Reasoning Arguments, Gaps Related to Conclusions
10. DIAGRAMS
Introduction to Argument Diagramming, Decoding the Question Stem
11. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Putting It All Together, A Detailed Look at the First 5 Critical Reasoning Problems in the Official Guide
Part III: Reading Comprehension
12. PHASES OF READING COMPREHENSION
Why GMAT Reading Comprehension is Hard, Kill the "Gist," The Phases of Reading Comprehension, Practicing the Four Phases of Reading Comprehension
13. MAIN IDEAS & DIFFICULT INFORMATION
What is a Main Idea?, Organizing Difficult Information
14. INFERENCES & IMPROVING YOUR READING
Inference Questions, Improving Your Reading in General, How to Study from the Official Guide
Part IV: Vocabulary & RC Idioms for GMAT Verbal
15. VOCABULARY & RC IDIOMS
Why Learn Vocabulary for the GMAT?, How to Learn Vocabulary for the GMAT, Vocabulary List for the GMAT, RC Idioms for the GMAT
APPENDIX: HELPFUL HINTS FOR INDIAN SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
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