10/31/2010

GMATVERBALFLASHCARDS

Whatallthere
inGMAT
verbal!!!!

Oneoftheeasywaytorememberall
thestuffatasingleplace!!

Critical
Reasoning
(CR)

Sentence
Correction(SC)

GMATVERBAL

SentenceCorrection!!!
Woww
ThisiswhatinwhichIcanscoregood
andincomparativelylesstimesothat
IcanspendmoretimeonlongRC!!!!!
Greatsoletsstartwiththis.!!!

ReadingComprehension
(RC)

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SubjectVerbAgreement

Idioms
SubjectVerbAgreement
Parallelstructure
orParallelism

Correctmodifierand
keepthismodifieras
closeaspossibleto
worditmodifies.

Sentence
Correction
Properverbtenseto
showcorrectsequence
ofevents

TIPS

CorrectComparison

Properpronounanditsantecedentagreement.

ComparethingsVs
things,humanVs
human

Verbsmustagreewiththeirsubjects.Singular
subjectshavesingularverbsandpluralsubjects
havepluralverbs.
example:
HarshandSamanthagoestothegarden.
herethesubjectisharshandSamantha..soverb
shouldbecorrespondingtothepluralsubject
Sotherightsentenceshouldbe
HarshandSamanthagotothegarden.
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1) Insubjectshavingor/norconstructions,theverb
shouldbealwaysintheagreementofwhatis
nearertoverb.
(or/norconstructionmeans..either/orand
neither/nor)
Example:NeitherJacknorhissisteris playing.
Herehissisterisnearertoverbplaying..sois
shouldbethereinsteadofare.
2)InGMATsubjectverbagreementquestions,
subjectandverbtendstobeplacedasfaras
possiblesoastomakeitdifficulttofindactually
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MaptorememberforSubjectVerb
agreement.
Keytosolve:
Differentiatebetweenpluralor
singularsubject.
Forexample:PEOPLE,societyetc.

Checkforsingularand
pluralsubjectsand
correspondingverbs

Subjectverb
agreement!!

or/nortypequestions

Reducedistancebetweensubjectand
verbbyeliminatingtheredundant
information.E.g.inbetween,.
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Accountfor

Adaptedto:naturallysuitedfor
Adaptedfor:createdtobesuitedfor
Adaptedfrom:changedtobesuitedfo

Adapted
to/for/from

AttributeXtoY/X

AttributedtoX
Accessto

Idioms:

Aresultof

Agreewith

idiomsaresomethingwhichwehavetolearnby
heart,soletsmemorizeitinagreatway!!

Asequenceof

Attributeto
As..as

P.S:IhaveaddedidiomsanmanyasIcancollect
butpleaserememberthatthereareinfinite
numberofidioms.Soalwaystrytofindmorenew
idiomsandaddhereinthislist.

Actas

Attendto
Allowsfor
Associatewith
Aresponsibilityof
Asgoodas/orbetterthan

Asgreatas
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Basedon

Consider+noun
Contendthat

Careabout

Concernedwith
Convertto

BelieveXtobeY

Beginto

Chooseto

Centerson+
noun

CompareXwith
Y

CompareXtoY

Comparewithstresses
differences

Comparetostresses
similarities

Continueto
Consistentwith

ContrastXwithY
BetweenXandY

Conformto
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Dependsonwhether

Decideto

Example:wedecideto
continue.

Difficultto

Dependon

Differentfrom

Indifferent
towards

Indicatethat
Investin

Independentfrom

Identicalwith

DistinguishXfromY
DistinguishbetweenX
andY(remember
betweenXANDY..
Idiom)

Incontrastto

Decideon
Example:wedecidedonthe
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newagreement

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Notonly..butalso

Like(usuallyused
fordirect
comparisonsof
nouns)
AlsorememberAS
whichisusedfor
comprisons of
verbs

Nativeto

Leadsto
Neither.nor

Localizedin

Necessaryto

Needto

Mistake+noun+for

Modeledafter

Morethanever

Anativeof
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Subscribeto
Potentialto

Prohibitfrom+
gerund

Savefrom

Referto

Savefor

RangefromXtoY
Such..as
Sothat

Responsiblefor
Requireto

Regardas

Transmitto

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Someconfusingandsimilarwords
Words

Tieto

Words

Corresponding
meanings

Corresponding
meanings

Correspondto/correspondwith

Inagreementwith/toexchange
letters

Toinfluence (averb)/aresult(a
noun)

Farther/ further

Referringdistance/referring to
degree.

Allready/already

Everythingisready/earlier

Fewer/less

Alot/alot

Alotisnonstandard ,alotiscorrect
form.

Referringtonumberof
items/referringtocontinuous
quantity

Among/between

Refertomorethantwo things/refer
totwothingsexactly

One another/eachother

Referringtomorethantwothings/
referringtotwothings.

Regard/regards
Beingthat/since

Beingthatisanonstandard and
shouldbereplacedbesince.

Unlessyou shouldgivingbestwishes
tosomeone,youshoulduseregard

Whether/if
Beside/besides

Nextto/inaddition

Introduce choice/introduce
condition

Center on/centeraround

Center aroundiscolloquialand
shouldnotbeusedinformalwriting
.

Accept/expect

Toagree to/toobjectto

Affect/effect

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ParallelConstruction
Asignalthatyoumayhaveaparallelconstructionerrorisa
groupofphrasessetoffbycommas(,).Spotthiserrorby1)
findingalistseriesofactions,lists,sentencesdividedintoparts
2)makesurethateachlistitemhassimilarstructure(noteven
onepartofthelistisdistinctfromtheothersintermsof
grammaticalconstructionorlength.

Tipsforverbtense
Makesurethatverbtenseshould
properlyreflectsthesequenceof
events
Usepresentperfecttoemphasize
continuingnatureofanactionorthat
twoormoreactionsareoccurring
simultaneously.
Avoidpassivevoice.

VerbTense

Asentencethatbeginsinonetenseshouldgenerallystayin
thattense.
Oftenrelatedtoparallelconstructionquestions.
Exception :Pastperfect.Anactionsetinpastperfectmust
haveanotheractionthatcomesafteritinsimplepast.
Misplacedmodifiers
Modifiersshouldbeascloseaspossibletothewordsofclause
theymodify.Example:INCORRECT Samanthararelysparked
interestinmen,thoughnotaplaingirl.
Correct :Samantha,thoughnotaplaingirl,rarelysparked
interestinmen.

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PronounErrorsandtips

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Assumptionissomethingwhichcomesbeforeconclusionandinferenceis
somethingwhichcomesafterconclusion.

PTM(Pointto
remember
whilesolving
CR)

Mustbetruequestions
Assumptionquestions

Resolvetheparadoxquestions

1.

Ambiguouspronounreference.
example:RamandShamwenttothesoccer
match,buthe saidthathe likedbaseball
better.
TIP:whenyouseepronoun,especiallyitor
theyimmediatelychecktheantecedent.
2.Alsopronounforsingularorpluralsubject
shouldbecorrespondingtoitsantecedent.

Flawinthereasoning
questions
Weakenquestions

Critical
Reasoning

Mainpoint
questions

Parallelreasoning
questions

Strengthenquestions
Causeandeffectquestions
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Methodofreasoningquestions

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TIP:inCRquestions,alwaysusePOE(processofelimination)
methodtogettherightanswerandmostimportantlycheckevery
optionverycarefully(dontskipanyoptionwithouttestingit
notevenasingleone)

StepstoeliminatewrongchoiceswhilesolvingaCR
question:
Eliminateextremechoices.Optionshavingthe
wordsonly,themostaregenerallythewrong
options.
Thenfromtheremainingoptions,eliminateoutof
scopechoices.
Afterthistrytoeliminateillogicaloptions,which
arenotlogicallycorrectasperthepremisegivenin
thequestionstem.
Eliminateoptionscontainingexplicitinformation.

Argument=Premise+conclusion
Somepremiseindicators
Since
Because
For
Forexample
Forthe reasonthat
Inthat
Given that
Dueto
Owning to
As indicatedby
We knowthisby
This canbeseenfrom

Conclusion indicators
Thus

Somedirection changewords

Therefore

Although,though, eventhough

Hence

But

So

Despite,inspiteof

Asa resultof

Except

Consequently

However

Accordingly

Nevertheless

Clearly

Unless

Mustbethat

While

Showsthat
Concludethat
Followsthat
Forthisreason

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SomegoodwordsforRCanswerchoices:some
,many,more,less,somepeople,fewpeople,
doubtful,unlikely,can,could,may,might.

Preparemapsfor
reading
comprehension
questions..write
someinfoabouteach
paragraphnoneed
toreadfullparagraph
..justoverview.Then
afterreadingquestion
cometothat
paragraphdirectlyin
whichtheasked
informationlies.

Howtospotagoodanswer
choice:
paraphrasestextinterms
oflanguage,styleor
meanings
Isniceintermsofscope
Isnotextreme.
Doesnotoverlypinpoint

RC
AlwayssearchMain
ideaofthepassage
asyouread.

Mainideashouldcontainoverallpictureofthepassageandnot
thespecificinformationfromsomepartofthetext.
Veryimportantwaytosavetime
andsolvequicklyforrightanswer.