Current tag: GMAT Verbal.
GMATPrep Q&A: Choosing the Best Answer on SC
This GMATPrep® Sentence Correction question was sent to us by a student who got stuck between two choices and couldn’t decide which was right. It is a perfect example of the fact that the GMAT asks you to choose the best version of the sentence from among the five choices… Read more >
Common Wrong Answers on the GMAT: Misplaced Prepositional Phrases
On GMAT Sentence Correction section, watch out for prepositional phrases in the middle of sentences, especially those bracketed by commas. They often can refer to either the first or second half of the sentence, creating ambiguity. Take a look at this GMATPrep® question: Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had… Read more >
Sentence Correction Tip: When to Listen to Your Ear
Once in a while, the GMAT will hurl a particularly nasty question in your direction, one that seems deliberately designed to make you feel uncertain about all of the answer choices. These sorts of questions will most likely include rare idioms, awkward phrasing, and suspicious pronouns to keep you off… Read more >
Top 5 GMAT Critical Reasoning Tips
Critical Reasoning questions compose a little less than one third of all the questions on the verbal section of the GMAT. Each CR question requires test-takers to analyze and/or identify certain parts of a specific argument – a vital skill not only for a high GMAT score, but also for… Read more >
Top 10 tips for the GMAT Sentence Correction section
The Sentence Correction section of the GMAT can be intimidating, especially for test-takers who grew up speaking a language other than English. Luckily for all you Quant whizzes, Sentence Correction portion is actually quite math-like. There are specific words and phrases that you can use to eliminate options, and you… Read more >
Special Webinar Thursday Night: The 5 Most Common Mistakes Made by GMAT Students in India
Confused by all the American idioms? Spending too much time on RC passages? Verb tenses off? The GMAT can be especially daunting for students outside the United States. Our international team of experts will cover this topic from head to toe. Join them for this extremely helpful session. All your… Read more >
GMAT English vs. Regular English
Jonathan Bethune is a Content Developer at Knewton, where his grammar skills and ESL knowledge help students with their GMAT prep. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” ~ Charles Mingus In William Zinsser’s 1976 classic book On Writing Well, there is a… Read more >
GMAT Verbal Video: Pronoun Reference
Meghan Daniels is the Associate Editor at Knewton If someone says to you out of the blue, “They are very important,” you’re likely to respond with, “What?” Why? Because in the first sentence, “they” has no antecedent—that is, no noun which the pronoun is replacing. A pronoun reference error occurs… Read more >
GMAT Prep: Brutal SC Practice Question
Joanna Bersin, a Content Developer at Knewton, takes special pride in crafting mind-numbingly hard GMAT Sentence Correction questions. Prepping for the GMAT? Check out this super-challenging Sentence Correction question. If you can get this one right, you’ve got nothing to worry about on test day! For the answer, check out… Read more >
Brutal GMAT Math Webinar — Win a free course Monday night!
Below are two brutal GMAT questions — one math, one verbal. Answers will be discussed by our expert team of teachers in our interactive classroom live on Monday night at 9pm EDT. One lucky student will receive the Knewton GMAT course free during the webinar! Answer the 2 brutally hard… Read more >
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