How to study verbal?

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Hi Guys,

Can anyone please help me?How to study verbal as i'm really confused ?

Regards,
Ravi

sagarsir · Answer

SC:

1) Read Aristotle SC and Ultimately comprehensive GMAT flashcards together and learn the concepts thoroughly. Do official questions mentioned in the book --- 1 month
2) Now take up MGMAT SC guide and start studying it doing end of chapter official guide questions
3) PRACTISE MODIFIERS AND IDIOMS very well. 
4) Learn how to apply pronoun rules to eliminate options 
For 3) and 4) Some very good material is available on this site

CR:

1) Learn the structure of arguments -- how to identify conclusion and solve questions based on this knowledge (structure of the argument)
2) Master the concepts topic wise and begin solving problems as you go topic by topic
3) Never give a break... make sure you solve at least 2 CR questions daily
4) Use any standard book for CR but develop your own approach on how to eliminate options

RC:

1) Finish MGMAT SC book as soon as possible
2) Start doing official guides passages --- 1 passage a day

MOST IMPORTANT:

For both Verbal and Quant: MAINTAIN A ERROR/NEW CONCEPTS LOG ----- THIS WILL BE A DECIDING FACTOR ON HOW YOU FARE ON THE FINAL DAY!!
USE ONLY OFFICIAL MATERIAL

Hope it helps!!

Kudos if you like!

GMATPILLBILL · Answer

Focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC. Here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan As you study the official GMAT guide book, use these video explanations to aide your studies: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide-gmat/

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Hi ravinag,

Going by your profile, it looks like you have about 2 months to study, which may or may not be enough time. I'm curious to know:

What have you done thus far?
What resources are you using? The OG, other books, a course, etc.?
What aspects of the Verbal section are giving you the greatest trouble (SC, CR, RC, Inference questions, etc.)?

mrslee · Answer

Hi all,

How Can I improve my SC? I have both studied verbal foundation and sc by manhattan. However, results are not satisfactory when it comes to solve SC questions...What else should I do to eradicate this problem?

RichEconomistGMAT · Answer

Hi ravinag,

I'm curious to know more about how you've begun preparing for the GMAT:

1) What materials are you currently using?
2) Have you taken a full-length, timed practice GMAT? If so, what was the breakdown of your score?
3) When do you plan on applying for business school?

Knowing more about where you're starting will help us advise you in a way that won't require you to spend 80 hours every week on Verbal. Looking forward to hearing more.

Best,
Rich

OC2910 · Answer

hi all
i am also confused about the verbal section
 i have done Aristotle sc, mgmat sc thoroughly but i am not able to do sc questions at par, mostly i get the questions wrong
although i know the rules that i realize on my scrutiny of the wrong answer but it didn't click me while answering
how to study for it ?

EducationAisle · Answer

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OC2910 · Answer

Thanks will check this book also

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Hi oishik2910, Although you might find value by exploring different resources, you also need to explore HOW you're prepping with any resource. It can be very easy to fall into the trap of more, more, more, and more questions without extracting improvement from them. Ideally, from the start you'd want to learn content and tactics concurrently since it's easier to grow toward mastery that way, but it's never too late to change. I wrote a GMAT Club Verbal Advantage 2015 featured article on that exact subject, excerpted here for your convenience: SKILL-BUILDING The GMAT is also engineered to measure a key set of skills that will also serve you at Business School and beyond. Key among them: ✔ The ability to detect pertinent information, and to do so under pressure ✔ The ability to distinguish what you can deduce, and what you can’t ✔ The ability to answer the exact question that is asked If you are serious about improving your GMAT score, then you must be committed to developing these skills. Without these skills, it is impossible to break 700 (the 90th percentile on the GMAT - a score 90% of test-takers are unable to hit). The average GMAT score for each of the Top 10 MBA programs is well above 700. A Systematic Approach to GMAT Skill-Building 1 The Right Environment & Resources Your training environment needs to mimic what you'll deal with at the official GMAT Test Center (mild ambient noise, a desktop with a peripheral keyboard and mouse). Further, your CATs should be structured with the two 8-minute break periods and (YES) the AWA and IR sections. Your training resources must focus you on that singular Test Day event, otherwise you are rehearsing in an unrealistic way. Your resources must focus you on preparing to answer GMAT questions under GMAT conditions and provide you with a set of tactics that you can develop through practice to use under times conditions, and under the pressure of Test Day. 2 Master Individual Parts of A Skill Don’t try to master multiple skills at once. You have to develop skills piece by piece. In RC, for example, master each link in the process. That would include proper GMAT caliber reading, which we call EMPOWER reading (take interest, read carefully, and methodically). Next would be learning how to recognize and correctly answer Purpose questions, in each of their various forms. Don’t start shuffling quiz and practice questions around until you have trained on each type of RC question. The only exception to this rule is the regularly scheduled full-length practice CAT, in which case you will have to face material that you haven't necessarily trained for yet. 3 Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse What’s more powerful: being an acquaintance of 5,000 questions, or being the commander of 1,000 questions (especially Official questions)? No doubt, it’s the latter. So you've already done a question. Should you redo it? Yes... because it’s not about what the passage says, it’s about WHAT YOU’RE DOING while you’re reading the passage (knowing how to break a passage down, knowing how to look for the signals in a passage, etc). It’s not about the right answer or the wrong answer. It’s about WHAT YOU’RE DOING to answer the question (identifying the question type, knowing how to gather the relevant information, knowing how to manage the options). You know the answer to the question already? So what. What matters is knowing the process to get the right answer. Repeating questions is how you rehearse. It’s not like you hit a great forehand, and suddenly you’re Roger Federer. Roger Federer practices the same shot 100s of times every day. The good news for us is that rehearsing for the GMAT is A LOT easier than mastering a sport. 4 Evaluate & Adjust, and Rehearse Some More Self-reflection is imperative. Without the ability to self-evaluate, and course-correct, developing a skill is a lot harder (and will take far longer to develop). If you currently are 'weak' in a particular area, then own it, define what needs to change, and work to make those changes. You have to be passionate about self-evaluation, adjusting, and rehearsing to implement that change. 5 Allowance for Change & Growth Allow yourself to have setbacks. Setbacks are normal and are more likely a product of more demanding expectations than anything else. Have patience with yourself and the overall improvement process. Just make sure that you understand what the source of the setback is, so that you can focus on the changes you need to make to overcome that setback. Then, of course, you’ll need to implement the steps above to realize that change. 6 Consistent & Disciplined Review Once you master a process, the reality is that there are many, many other processes to master. However, the human brain suffers from entropy---it does not have perfect retention. Without a disciplined review of prior processes, then those processes will wither. As the GMAT assassins's skill inventory grows, he/she must review previously-learned materials. Going forward, you WILL have to allocate a greater and greater fraction of your available training time to reviewing prior content (and past processes) to cultivate a complete test-taking 'game.' In conclusion, GMAT mastery is complex, but the sooner you operate with a total skill-building mindset (and live the advice in this article today, and for the rest of your GMAT prep chapter) the sooner your GMAT scores will rise. More importantly, the sooner you lock in that top GMAT score, the sooner you'll be on to the task of deciding which Business School Admissions offer you'd like to accept. Here's the link to the article in full: verbal-advantage-gmat-assassin-s-manifesto-master-content-tactics-198768.html

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