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

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GMAT®FoundationsofVerbalThissupplementalguideprovidesin-depthandeasy-to-followexplanationsofthefundamentalverbalskillsnecessaryforastrongperformanceontheGMAT.GMAT®isaregisteredtrademarkoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil.ManhattanPrepisneitherendorsedbynoraffiliatedwithGMAC.

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TableofContentsGmat:FoundationsofVerbalCoverTitlePageCopyrightStrategyGuidesGMATFoundationsofVerbalIntroductionPARTONE:SentenceCorrectionChapter1:WordsandSentencesWhatIsTestedListeningtoYourEarversusLearningGrammarTheAnswertotheQuestionChapter2:Nouns,Pronouns,andAdjectivesNounsCategoriesofNounsSingularandPluralNounsWrap-UpPronounsAntecedentsASpecialNoteaboutthePronounOnePronounsWrap-UpMakingFlashCardsAdjectivesAbsoluteAdjectivesNouns,Pronouns,andAdjectivesWrap-UpAnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter3:VerbsandAdverbsVerbsGerundsInfinitivesSubject—VerbAgreementHas/HaveVerbs

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HadVerbsVerbsWrap-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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AnswerstoPopQuizzesAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter7:IdiomsandSentenceCorrectionWrap-UpIdiomsIdiomsWrap-UpPartsofSpeechandSentenceStructureWrap-UpTheSentenceCorrectionProcessMasterYourNewSkillsAnswerstoPopQuizAnswerstoDrillSetsPARTTWO:CriticalReasoningChapter8:ArgumentStructureArgumentStructureArgumentsandConclusionsBuildingBlocksCommonArgumentTypesFlawsinArgumentsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter9:AssumptionsandDeconstructingArgumentsAssumptions&DeconstructingArgumentsDeconstructingArgumentsAnswerstoDrillSetChapter10:QuestionTypesandTrapAnswersQuestionTypes&TrapAnswersDecodingtheQuestionStemTrapWrongAnswersAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter11:PuttingItAllTogetherPuttingItAllTogetherCriticalReasoning“Hints”AnswerstoDrillSetCriticalReasoningWrap-UpPARTTHREE:ReadingComprehensionChapter12:HowtoReadontheGMATHowtoReadontheGMATWhyGMATReadingComprehensionIsHard(Don’tSkipThisIntro!)

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FindtheSimpleStoryABalancedReadPracticingaBalancedReadChapter13:MainIdeasandGeneralQuestionsMainIdeas&GeneralQuestionsGeneralQuestionsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter14:SpecificQuestionsSpecificQuestionsInferenceQuestionsGMATInferencesSpecificPurposeQuestionsAnswerstoDrillSetsChapter15:HowtoGetBetteratRCHowtoGetBetteratRCHowtoStudyfromtheOfficialGuidesNextStepsPutItAllTogether:FourFullGMATPassagesandQuestionsPutItAllTogether:AnswersPARTFOUR:VocabularyandRCIdiomsChapter16:VocabularyandRCIdiomsVocabulary&RCIdiomsHowtoLearnVocabularyfortheGMATVocabularyListfortheGMATVocabDrill16.1VocabDrill16.2VocabDrill16.3VocabDrill16.4VocabDrill16.5RCIdiomsfortheGMATAnswerstoDrillSetsAppendixAppendix:HelpfulHintsforSpeakersofNon-AmericanEnglishAds

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AcknowledgementsAgreatnumberofpeoplewereinvolvedinthecreationofthebookyouareholding.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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January7,2020DearStudent,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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andAndreaPawliczek(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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WelcometoGMATFoundationsofVerbal!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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sayIconsiderheragoodfriend.)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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strugglingtofindassumptionsonCriticalReading(CR)ortoarticulatethemainideaofareadingpassage,flipopenthisbooktodrillyourfoundationalskills.Ifyouaren’tsurewhetheryouneedthematerialinthisbook,tryafewend-of-chapterproblemstoseehowyoudo.Ifyoustrugglewithanyofthematerial,thenmaketimetoworkthroughtherelevantexercisesinthebodyofthechapter.Finally,ifyouareplanningtotakeaclass,werecommendthatyouworkthroughanyneededmaterialintheGMATFoundationsofVerbalorGMATFoundationsofMathstrategyguidesbeforestartingyourcourse,ifatallpossible.Let’sgetstarted!

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