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are easy for you (go for reasons and logics) y You will make clear and effective sentence after GMAT prep y You will not make awkward, unnecessary, and unclear sentence and will know how to repair them y Also understand the meaning between correct and best!
Level 1 (Week 1)
y Review of all three sections of GMAT y Discussions & Strategies y 7 Class (7 hours) y 10-20 Examples y First Week
y Text Book: Verbal Workout by GMAT by Princeton y Text: Cracking the GMAT by Princeton
GMAT English
y Its own logic y Different from what you hear and speak sometimes y Remember its not English its GMAT English y So Learn GMAT English!
Aspects
y Correct grammar (8 types of errors) y Clear meaning (Understand what does it mean) y Concise style (Idiomatic and common sense) y Trishool concept y Understand the choice y Find the change in all by mental coloration and underlining y Meaning matter vs dont matter??? Really???
Type of Errors
y Word choice vs verbs vs pronouns etc y Make a list of errors and program your mind to search on
them y Train your mind to search for three types of error in the right order
How to crack it
y Order difficulty y Process of Elimination (start with a sure shot rather than
going in same order) y Use of Scratch paper (extremely helpful to start with)
Elimination
y 1/5 Choices are no change
y If you cant sell a lemon, replace it y Almost right y Three down, two to go
Reasoning
y Why are these rules made? y Do they make any sense? y Is it about memorization of the rules? y Is there some way to understand how they came into
existence?
publisher
Registered brokerage firms have been required to record the details of all computerized program trades made in the past year so that government agencies will be able to decide whether they should be banned.
y Will be able to decide whether they should be banned y Should be able to decide whether they should be banned y Should be able to decide whether they can be banned y Will be able to decide whether program trades should be
able to be banned y Will be able to decide whether program trades should be banned (best)
action or a thing y A phrase is group of words acting as a single part of speech. A phrase is missing either a subject or a verb
y Sue opened the big box of chocolates
preposition. Like any phrase, a preposition phrase does not contain a subject or a verb
y Sue opened the big box of chocolates y quickly=adverb, verb = opened, big =adjective for noun=
box y Of is preposition because it shows relation between box and chocolates; of chocolates is a preposition phrase that acts like a adjective by modifying box
Clauses
y Pronoun is a word that takes place of a noun y A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb y Because she was famished, Sue quickly opened the big box of
chocolates
y The above sentence has 2 clauses. Independent clause and
dependent
y Application in modifiers
List of Pronouns
y News y Singular: List a y Plural: List b y Opening the other file
Side Effect
y Preposition Phrases y (on for of by in on to from) y Subordinate clauses y Which when that whom where y Modifiers y Comma or -ing things
Pronoun Error
y While Brussels has smashed all Western European tourism
y y y y y
revenue records this year, they still lag well behind in exports. This year, they still lag well behind in exports In this past year, they still lag well behind in exports In the last year, it lags still well behind in exports This year, they lags well behind in the exports This year, it still lags well behind in exports
Pronoun Error
y While Brussels has smashed all Western European tourism
y y y y y
revenue records this year, they still lag well behind in exports. This year, they still lag well behind in exports In this past year, they still lag well behind in exports In the last year, it lags still well behind in exports This year, they lags well behind in the exports This year, it still lags well behind in exports
Misplaced Modifiers
y Coming out of the department, Johns wallet was stolen y Coming out y Wallet coming out?
Written in 1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with his comedic first novel, Catch-22
y Written in 1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with his y y y y
comedic first novel, Catch-22 Written in 1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with Catch22, his comedic first novel Written in 1961, Catch-22, the comedic first novel by Joseph, was a literary hit Catch-22, which was written in 1961 by Joseph, scored a literary hit with his first comedic novel Catch-22, the comedic first novel, scored a literary hit for Joseph by its being written in 1961
Written in1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with his comedic first novel, Catch-22
y Written in 1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with his y y y y
comedic first novel, Catch-22 Written in 1961, Joseph scored a literary hit with Catch22, his comedic first novel Written in 1961, Catch-22, the comedic first novel by Joseph, was a literary hit (right answer) Catch-22, which was written in 1961 by Joseph, scored a literary hit with his first comedic novel (awkward) Catch-22, the comedic first novel, scored a literary hit for Joseph by its being written in 1961 (awkward)
Parallel Construction
y See the comma and the things it talks about y All list, or all actions, must satisfy the same tone y All should be in same form
In a recent survey, the Gallup poll discovered that the average American speaks 1.3 languages, buys a new car every 5.2 years, drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgot to pay at least one bill per quarter
y Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgot to y y y y
pay at least one bill one quarter Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets to pay at least one bill per quarter Can drink 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every quarter and forgot to pay at least one bill per quarter Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets at least to pay one bill per quarter Drank 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets to pay at least one bill per quarter
In a recent survey, the Gallup poll discovered that the average American speaks 1.3 languages, buys a new car every 5.2 years, drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgot to pay at least one bill per quarter
y Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgot to y y y y
pay at least one bill one quarter Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets to pay at least one bill per quarter (right) Can drink 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every quarter, and forgot to pay at least one bill per quarter Drinks 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets at least to pay one bill per quarter Drank 14 gallons of alcoholic beverages every year, and forgets to pay at least one bill per quarter
Tense
y Present y Simple past y Present perfect (has walked) y Past perfect (had walked) y Future
Example
y When he was younger he walked three miles every day and
A doctor at the Amsterdam Clinic maintains that if children eat a diet high in Vitamins and took vitamin supplements, they will be less likely to catch the common cold
y Took vitamin supplements, they will be less likely to catch y Took vitamins supplements, they are less likely to catch y Take vitamin supplements, they were less likely of catching y Take vitamin supplements, they will be less likely of catching y Take vitamin supplements, they are less likely to
catch
The administration of a small daily dose of aspirin has not only been shown to lower the risk of heart attack, and it has also been shown to help relieve the suffering of arthritis
y And it has also been shown to help y And it has also been shown helpful to y But it has also been shown to help y But it has been shown helpful in addition for y In addition it has also been showing helping
Many political insiders now believe that the dissension in congress over heath issues decrease the likelihood for significant action being taken this year
y Decrease the likelihood for significant action being y Decrease the likelihood that significant action will be y Decrease the likelihood of significant action to be y Decreases the likelihood for significant action being y Decreases the likelihood that significant action will be
Dissension= disagreement
Many political insiders now believe that the dissension in congress over heath issues decrease the to combat the rising cost of health care likelihood for significant action being taken this year
y Decrease the likelihood for significant action being y Decrease the likelihood that significant action will be y Decrease the likelihood of significant action to be y Decrease the likelihood for(un idiomatic) significant action being y Decreases the likelihood that significant action will be y Subject: dissension(singular) Verb: decreases(singular)
Idioms
y List of Idioms y 40-50 Idioms y Most of the Indians English speaking population knows about
them y Meaning changes if we use them incorrectly y Open file in a new tab
The administration of a small daily dose of aspirin has not only been shown to lower the risk of heart attack, and it has also been shown to help relieve the suffering of arthritis
y And it has also been shown to help y And it has also been shown helpful to y But it has also been shown to help y But it has been shown helpful in addition for (awkward) y In addition it has also been showing helping
(wrong). y Correct: The people in my office are smarter than the people in the other offices.
y Synthetic oil burns less efficiently than natural oils y Synthetic oil burns less efficiently than natural oils burns
(correct) y Synthetic oil burns less efficiently than do natural oils (ETS)
Doctors sometimes have difficulty diagnosing viral pneumonia because the early symptoms of this potentially deadly illness are often quite similar to the common cold
y Are often quite similar to the common cold y Often resemble that of common cold y Are often quite similar to those of the common cold y Are often similar to the common colds symptom y Quite often are, like the common cold, similar
Doctors sometimes have difficulty diagnosing viral pneumonia because the early symptoms of this potentially deadly illness are often quite similar to the common cold
y Are often quite similar to the common cold y Often resemble that of common cold y Are often quite similar to those of the common cold y Are often similar to the common colds symptom
Quantity words
If 2 items between more less If more than two among most least
Of the many decisions facing the energy commission as it meets to decide on new directions for the next century, the question of the future of nuclear energy is for certain the more perplexing.
y is for certain the more perplexing. y is for certain he most perplexing y It seems certain, is the most perplexed y Is certainly the more perplexing y It seems certain, is perplexing most
Of the many decisions facing the energy commission as it meets to decide on new directions for the next century, the question of the future of nuclear energy is for certain the more perplexing.
y is for certain the more perplexing. y is for certain he most perplexing y It seems certain, is the most perplexed y Is certainly the more perplexing y It seems certain, is perplexing most (awkward)
The foresight that was evident in the courts selection of an independent trustee to oversee the provisions of the agreement will probably go unremarked by the press
y that was evident in the courts selection of an independent
The foresight that was evident in the courts selection of an independent trustee to oversee the provisions of the agreement will probably go unremarked by the press
y that was evident in the courts selection of an
independent trustee y That was evident by the courts selection of an independent trustee
y Evidenced with the courts selection of an independent trustee y Evidenced of the courts selection of an independent trustee y That was evident of the courts selection of an independent trustee
Conclusion
y 45 Days y 200 hours online live class on GMAT Verbal y More questions might be done in the month of July
depending on request