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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020)

With GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020), you�ll gain valuable insights into exam trends and question difficulty levels.

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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 1 preview imageMANHATTANPREPFoundations-QsY-SOLIDIFYBUILDLOGICALACCESSGRAMMARREASONINGMOREPREPFUNDAMENTALSSKILLSONLINEEERiAaee1StudyXY
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 3 preview imageFoundationsEffectiveStrategies&Practicefrom99thPercentileInstructorsSOLIDIFYBUILDLOGICALACCESSGRAMMARREASONINGMOREPREPFUNDAMENTALSSKILLSONLINE+StudyXY
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 4 preview imageGMAT®FoundationsofVerbalThissupplementalguideprovidesin-depthandeasy-to-followexplanationsofthefundamentalverbalskillsnecessaryforastrongperformanceontheGMAT.GMAT®isaregisteredtrademarkoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil.ManhattanPrepisneitherendorsedbynoraffiliatedwithGMAC.
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 5 preview imageTableofContentsGmat:FoundationsofVerbalCoverTitlePageCopyrightStrategyGuidesGMATFoundationsofVerbalIntroductionPARTONE:SentenceCorrectionChapter1:WordsandSentencesWhatIsTestedListeningtoYourEarversusLearningGrammarTheAnswertotheQuestionChapter2:Nouns,Pronouns,andAdjectivesNounsCategoriesofNounsSingularandPluralNounsWrap-UpPronounsAntecedentsASpecialNoteaboutthePronounOnePronounsWrap-UpMakingFlashCardsAdjectivesAbsoluteAdjectivesNouns,Pronouns,andAdjectivesWrap-UpAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter3:VerbsandAdverbsVerbsGerundsInfinitivesSubject—VerbAgreementHas/HaveVerbs
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 6 preview imageHadVerbsVerbsWrap-UpAdverbsAdverbialPhrasesAdverbsWrap-UpAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter4:Prepositions,Conjunctions,andMixedDrillsPrepositionsPrepositionalPhrasesPrepositionsSeparatingSubjectsandVerbsEndingaSentencewithaPrepositionPrepositionsWrap-UpConjunctionsSubordinatingConjunctionsConjunctionsWrap-UpMixedDrill4.7—MatchtheWordwiththePartofSpeechMixedDrill4.8—IdentifyPartsofSpeechinSentencesMixedDrill4.9—IdentifyPronounErrorsMixedDrill4.10—TIdentifyCertainKindsofErrorsAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter5:Subjects&Predicates,FragmentsandRun-Ons,andPunctuationSubjects&PredicatesSubjects&PredicatesWrap-UpSentenceFragments&Run-OnSentencesFragments&Run-OnsWrap-UpPunctuationPunctuationWrap-UpAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter6:Modifiers,Parallelism,andComparisonsModifiersModifiersWrap-UpParallelismandComparisonsParallelismandComparisonsWrap-Up
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 7 preview imageAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter7:IdiomsandSentenceCorrectionWrap-UpIdiomsIdiomsWrap-UpPartsofSpeechandSentenceStructureWrap-UpTheSentenceCorrectionProcessMasterYourNewSkillsAnswerstoPopQuizAnswerstoDrillSetsPARTTWO:CriticalReasoningChapter8:ArgumentStructureArgumentStructureArgumentsandConclusionsBuildingBlocksCommonArgumentTypesFlawsinArgumentsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter9:AssumptionsandDeconstructingArgumentsAssumptions&DeconstructingArgumentsDeconstructingArgumentsAnswerstoDrillSetChapter10:QuestionTypesandTrapAnswersQuestionTypes&TrapAnswersDecodingtheQuestionStemTrapWrongAnswersAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter11:PuttingItAllTogetherPuttingItAllTogetherCriticalReasoning“Hints”AnswerstoDrillSetCriticalReasoningWrap-UpPARTTHREE:ReadingComprehensionChapter12:HowtoReadontheGMATHowtoReadontheGMATWhyGMATReadingComprehensionIsHard(Don’tSkipThisIntro!)
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 8 preview imageFindtheSimpleStoryABalancedReadPracticingaBalancedReadChapter13:MainIdeasandGeneralQuestionsMainIdeas&GeneralQuestionsGeneralQuestionsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter14:SpecificQuestionsSpecificQuestionsInferenceQuestionsGMATInferencesSpecificPurposeQuestionsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter15:HowtoGetBetteratRCHowtoGetBetteratRCHowtoStudyfromtheOfficialGuidesNextStepsPutItAllTogether:FourFullGMATPassagesandQuestionsPutItAllTogether:AnswersPARTFOUR:VocabularyandRCIdiomsChapter16:VocabularyandRCIdiomsVocabulary&RCIdiomsHowtoLearnVocabularyfortheGMATVocabularyListfortheGMATVocabDrill16.1VocabDrill16.2VocabDrill16.3VocabDrill16.4VocabDrill16.5RCIdiomsfortheGMATAnswerstoDrillSetsAppendixAppendix:HelpfulHintsforSpeakersofNon-AmericanEnglishAds
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 9 preview imageAcknowledgementsAgreatnumberofpeoplewereinvolvedinthecreationofthebookyouareholding.OurManhattanPrepresourcesarebasedonthecontinuingexperiencesofourinstructorsandstudents.TheoverallvisionforthiseditionwasdevelopedbyDanielFogelandAndreaPawliczek,whodeterminedwhatstrategiestocoverandhowtoweavethemintoacohesivewhole.FortheSentenceCorrectionportionoftheguide,DanielFogelwastheprimaryauthorandEmilyMeredithSledgewastheprimaryeditor.FortheCriticalReasoningandReadingComprehensionportionsoftheguide,AndreaPawliczekwastheprimaryauthorandEmilyMadanwastheprimaryeditor.PatrickTyrrelldeservesspecialmentionasthesourceofmultiplenewideasfortheCRunitoftheguide.HelenTanprovidedprojectmanagementandMarioGambinomanagedproductionforallimages.MatthewCallancoordinatedtheproductionworkforthisguide.Oncethemanuscriptwasdone,NaomiBeesen,StaceyKoprince,andEmilyMeredithSledgeeditedandCherylDucklerproofreadtheentireguidefromstarttofinish.CarlySchnurdesignedthecovers.GMATFoundationsofVerbalRetailISBN:978-1-5062-4989-6CourseISBN:978-1-5062-4991-9RetaileISBN:978-1-5062-4990-2CourseelSBN:978-1-5062-4992-6Copyright©2020MGPrep,Inc.ALLRIGHTSRESERVED.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorusedinanyformorbyanymeans—graphic,electronic,ormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,taping,orwebdistribution—withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher,MGPrep,Inc.GMAT?isaregisteredtrademarkoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil.ManhattanPrepisneitherendorsedbynoraffiliatedwithGMAC.Study.
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 10 preview imageGMAT®STRATEGYGUIDESGMATAllTheQuantSTRATEGYGUIDESUPPLEMENTSGMATAdvancedQuant
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 11 preview imageJanuary7,2020DearStudent,ThankyouforpickingupacopyofFoundationsofVerbal.|hopethisbookprovidesjusttheguidanceyouneedtogetthemostoutofyourGMATstudies.AtManhattanPrep,wecontinuallyaspiretoprovidethebestinstructorsandresourcespossible.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorfeedback,pleasedonothesitatetocontactus.EmailourStudentServicesteamatgmat@manhattanprep.comorgiveusashoutat212-721-7400(or800-576-4628intheUnitedStatesorCanada).Wetrytokeepallourbooksfreeoferrors,butifyouthinkwe’vegoofed,pleasevisitmanhattanprep.com/GMAT/errata.OurManhattanPrepStrategyGuidesarebasedonthecontinuingexperiencesofbothourinstructorsandourstudents.TheprimaryauthorsofthiseditionoftheFoundationsofVerbalguidewereDanielFogel(SC)
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 12 preview imageandAndreaPawliczek(RCandCR).ProjectmanagementanddesignwereledbyMatthewCallan,MarioGambino,andHelenTan.I'dliketosendparticularthankstoinstructorsStaceyKoprince,EmilyMadan,EmilyMeredithSledge,andPatrickTyrrellfortheircontentcontributions.Finally,weareindebtedtoalloftheManhattanPrepstudentswhohavegivenusexcellentfeedbackovertheyears.Thisbookwouldn’tbehalfofwhatitiswithouttheirvoice.Andnowthatyouareoneofourstudentstoo,pleasechimein!|lookforwardtohearingfromyou.ThanksagainandbestofluckpreparingfortheGMAT!Sincerely,Yorweori(GLH,#4ChrisRyanExecutiveDirector,ProductStrategy
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 13 preview imageWelcometoGMATFoundationsofVerbal!ThisbookwillimproveyourEnglishfortherestofyourlife.ThisguidewillalsohelpyouwiththeGMAT,ofcourse,butitsusefulnessisn’tlimitedtotheGMAT.You'lllearnhowsentenceswork,howargumentsareconstructed,andhowwrittenEnglishisusedandunderstoodinbusinesscontexts.Thevastmajorityofthisguideishelpfulforbothnativeandnon-nativeEnglishspeakers,thoughthesectiononvocabularyinReadingComprehension(RC)isprimarilyorientedtowardEnglishlanguagelearners.Eitherway,thisbookwillopenyoureyes:®Youmaydiscoverthatwordsyouthoughtyouknewcanbeusedinwaysyouweren’tawareof.(Didyouknowthatqualifiedcanmeanlimited?)®Youmayalsodiscoverthatpassagesyouthoughtyouunderstoodactuallyhaveadditionalmeaningthatyoumissedonafirstreading.eAndyoumaydiscoverthatthewayeveneducatednativespeakerscommunicateinspokenEnglishisnotactuallyconsideredcorrectinwrittenEnglish.(Didyouknowthat/havedonemorestudyingthanhasheiscorrect,and/considerhertobeagoodfriendisincorrect?Itshould
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 14 preview imagesayIconsiderheragoodfriend.)ThisiscertainlynottheonlybookyouwillneedinordertosucceedontheGMAT.YouwillalsoneedthelatestTheGMAT®OfficialGuide,abookfilledwithpastofficialGMATquestions,whichyouaregoingtousetopractice.Wealsorecommendthatyou“graduate”fromthisbooktotheManhattanPrepAlltheGMATstrategyguideseries,whichincludesalloftheVerbal,Quantitative,IntegratedReasoning,andAnalyticalWritingAssessmentinformationyou'llneedfortheGMAT.GETTINGSTARTEDIfyou'veneverbeensureexactlyhowtoidentifythesubjectofasentence,ifQuantisyournaturalstrengthandyoudisliketheVerbalsection,orifyou’reanon-nativeEnglishspeakerwhofeelsthatyoucouldusesomeadditionalinstructiononthefundamentals,thenyou'lllikelywanttoworkthroughthisguide.YoumayneedonlyoneortwoofthemajorsectionsinthisbookbeforeyoufeelreadytomoveontothemoreadvancedAlltheVerbalstrategyguide.Alternatively,youmaywanttoworkthroughthisbookthoroughlybeforeyoumovetoAlltheVerbal.Ifyougenerallyfeelcomfortablewithyourlanguage,reading,andreasoningskills,thenyoucanmovestraighttothemainAlltheVerbalguide,butusethisFoundationsguideasareferencewheneverneeded.Youcanlookupadverbsheretoremindyourselfwhattheydo.Ifyouare
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GMAT Foundations of Verbal: Practice Problems in Book (2020) - Page 15 preview imagestrugglingtofindassumptionsonCriticalReading(CR)ortoarticulatethemainideaofareadingpassage,flipopenthisbooktodrillyourfoundationalskills.Ifyouaren’tsurewhetheryouneedthematerialinthisbook,tryafewend-of-chapterproblemstoseehowyoudo.Ifyoustrugglewithanyofthematerial,thenmaketimetoworkthroughtherelevantexercisesinthebodyofthechapter.Finally,ifyouareplanningtotakeaclass,werecommendthatyouworkthroughanyneededmaterialintheGMATFoundationsofVerbalorGMATFoundationsofMathstrategyguidesbeforestartingyourcourse,ifatallpossible.Let’sgetstarted!
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