GMAT Official Guide 2020 Verbal Review: Book + Online Question Bank

by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)

Overview

Beat the GMAT verbal section with inside help from the makers of the GMAT

GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2021 gets you ready for the toughest verbal test you've ever taken: the GMAT Verbal section. Written by the creators of the GMAT, the Official Guide takes you step-by-step through over 340 practice questions

Improve your reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction skills using GMAT questions from past exams. The practice questions come complete with detailed answer keys and strategies.

GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2021 includes:

• An overview of the GMAT Verbal section and exam generally
• Grammar, critical reasoning, comprehension, and sentence correction tutorials
• Online flashcards and additional questions
• accessible by mobile app (online or offline) and desktop for seamless practice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119576112
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	1,169,273
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) is the association of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC's mission is to meet the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs, and the organization serves as a primary resource of research and information about quality graduate management education. GMAC is the owner and administrator of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). Created in 1954, the GMAT is the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. Available in over 100 countries, it is the global standard for entry to the MBA degree course. Currently about 2,100 schools and 5,900 programs have adopted the GMAT, and the test is taken approximately 230,000 times annually.

Table of Contents

Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC™ v

1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 2

1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 3

1.1 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? 3

1.2 GMAT™ Exam Format 4

1.3 What Is the Content of the Exam Like? 6

1.4 Analytical Writing Assessment 6

1.5 Integrated Reasoning Section 6

1.6 Quantitative Reasoning Section 7

1.7 Verbal Reasoning Section 7

1.8 What Are the Test Centers Like? 7

1.9 How Are Scores Calculated? 8

2.0 How to Prepare 10

2.0 How to Prepare 11

2.1 How Should I Prepare to Take the Test? 11

2.2 Using GMAT Official Prep Products 11

2.3 Where Can I Get Additional Practice? 12

2.4 General Test-Taking Suggestions 12

3.0 Reading Comprehension 14

3.0 Reading Comprehension 15

3.1 What Is Measured 16

3.2 Test-Taking Strategies 23

3.3 Section Instructions 24

3.4 Sample Questions 26

3.5 Answer Key 64

3.6 Answer Explanations 65

4.0 Critical Reasoning 124

4.0 Critical Reasoning 125

4.1 What Is Measured 125

4.2 Test-Taking Strategies 127

4.3 Reasoning Concepts to Know for the GMAT 129

4.4 Section Instructions 135

4.5 Sample Questions 136

4.6 Answer Key 180

4.7 Answer Explanations 181

5.0 Sentence Correction 280

5.0 Sentence Correction 281

5.1 Some Comments about How It Works 281

5.2 The Eight Sentence Correction Categories 282

5.3 Study Suggestions 303

5.4 What Is Measured 303

5.5 Test-Taking Strategies 304

5.6 Section Instructions 304

5.7 Sample Questions 306

5.8 Answer Key 332

5.9 Answer Explanations 333

6.0 Verbal Review Question Index 402

7.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review Online Index 408

Appendix A Answer Sheets 414

Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet 415

Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 416

Sentence Correction Answer Sheet 417