Foundations of GMAT Verbal (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Foundations of Verbal)
Chapter by ChapterPart I: Sentence Correction1. WORDS & SENTENCESWhat Is Tested, Listening to Your Ear versus Learning Grammar, The Answer to the Question2. NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVESNouns, Ways to Spot Nouns, Categories of Nouns, Singular and Plural, Pronouns, Categories of Pronouns, Antecedents, A Special Note About the Pronoun "One," Making Flashcards, Adjectives, Categories of Adjectives, Pronoun Errors Related to Adjectives, Absolute Adjectives3. VERBS & ADVERBSVerbs, Categories of Verbs, Gerunds, Infinitives, Subject-Verb Agreement, "Has/Have" Verbs, "Had" Verbs, Adverbs, Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Other Adverbs, Adverb Errors on the GMAT, Adverbial Phrases4. PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, MIXED DRILLSPrepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Prepositions Separating Subjects and Verbs, Ending a Sentence with a Preposition, Conjunctions, Coordinating Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions5. SUBJECT/PREDICATE, FRAGMENTS & RUN-ONS, PUNCTUATIONHow Sentences Are Constructed, Subjects and Predicates, Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences, Punctuation, The Colon, The Semicolon, Dashes6. MODIFIERS, PARALLELISM, COMPARISONSModifiers, Introductory Modifiers or "Warmups," That, Who, When, and Where, Parallelism and Comparisons, Phrases Beginning with "That" and "When"7. IDIOMS, SUBJUNCTIVE, WRAP-UPIdioms, List of Common GMAT Idioms, The Subjunctive, Answers to Pop Quizzes, Sentence Correction Wrap-Up, Now Go and Do LikewisePart II: Critical Reasoning8. ARGUMENTS & CONCLUSIONSValid Arguments Versus Sound Arguments, The Structure of Arguments, Getting Rid of Extras9. PATTERNS & FLAWSHow GMAT Critical Reasoning is Unlike Real-World Decision Making, Identifying Patterns in Arguments, Logical Flaws on the GMAT, Gaps in Critical Reasoning Arguments, Gaps Related to Conclusions10. DIAGRAMSIntroduction to Argument Diagramming, Decoding the Question Stem11. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHERPutting It All Together, A Detailed Look at the First 5 Critical Reasoning Problems in theOfficial GuidePart III: Reading Comprehension12. PHASES OF READING COMPREHENSIONWhy GMAT Reading Comprehension is Hard, Kill the "Gist," The Phases of Reading Comprehension, Practicing the Four Phases of Reading Comprehension13. MAIN IDEAS & DIFFICULT INFORMATIONWhat is a Main Idea?, Organizing Difficult Information14. INFERENCES & IMPROVING YOUR READINGInference Questions, Improving Your Reading in General, How to Study from theOfficial GuidePart IV: Vocabulary & RC Idioms for GMAT Verbal15. VOCABULARY & RC IDIOMSWhy Learn Vocabulary for the GMAT?, How to Learn Vocabulary for the GMAT, Vocabulary List for the GMAT, RC Idioms for the GMATAPPENDIX: HELPFUL HINTS FOR INDIAN SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH