Need Help in Sentence Correction

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Hi All,

I have been preparing for GMAT since Jan and have my GMAT Scheduled for next week.
In mocks, my quant score varies from Q46-Q49.

But I am still struggling to score a V35 in verbal (I Generally score around (V29-V32). Need some tips urgently to improve my Verbal score ( Specifically for the Sentence correction section).

Thanks In advance

Yogananda · Answer

Hi Mate, go back and start with the basics again.Refer below mentioned books : 
CR bible for critical reasoning
Manhattan SC for sentence correction
For RC, Aristotle Prep Reading Comprehension/ Read 2 articles everyday from a newspaper(NY Times maybe)

I am sure, after revising all the topics, you will see huge improvement in your scores.
I have mentioned my personal opinion, hope it helps you.
Best wishes.

Abhi077 · Answer

Hi Priyankmathur

What resources are you currently using for your SC prep?

A week is too short for starting up anything new or experimenting

I'd strongly suggest you review all the questions that you've solved, more specifically official the questions. analyze each and every question and all the answer choices, analyze why they are correct/incorrect and learn from the mistakes.

You can go through these concepts videos by gmatninja https://gmatclub.com/forum/verbal-live- ... 50568.html

Goodluck. Feel free to PM if you need any kind of help.

Do share a debrief about your experience with the Online GMAT here https://gmatclub.com/forum/share-gmat-e ... 8/?fl=menu

bigge2win · Answer

If you can, you should push out the GMAT date. No point on taking it if you don’t have a grasp on an entire section.

What MBADream suggested is on point. CR Bible is by far the best book for CR questions because it focuses on the type of logic flaw in the stimulus. There tends to be a dozen or so of the same flaws, a few of which occur the most frequently such as mistaking correlation as causation. Every other vendor only focuses on question type, which doesn’t even help if you can’t think through the stimulus critically.

Manhattan SC is by far the best for SC. Lastly, for RC, focus on consistently reading with paragraph structure in mind.

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Priyankmathur,

Currently, each GMATer can take the At-home GMAT just ONCE. Since there's no way to know for sure when the traditional Testing Facilities around the world are going to reopen, if you think that there's a chance that you will not hit your Goal Score in a week, then you should consider pushing back your Test Date. This would give you more time to hone all of the necessary skills needed to hit your Goal Score and would keep you from potentially getting 'stuck' with a Score and no way to immediately improve on that Official result).

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What "brands" of practice CATs/mocks have you used? 
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Priyankmatur,

Although it’s going to be difficult to raise your verbal significantly in just one week, here is some general advice you can follow to improve your SC skills.

There are three aspects to getting correct answers to GMAT Sentence Correction questions: what you know, such as grammar rules, what you see, such as violations of grammar rules and the logic of sentence structure, and what you do, such as carefully considering each answer choice in the context of the non-underlined portion of the sentence. To drive up your Sentence Correction score, you likely will have to work on all three of those aspects. Furthermore, the likely reason that your Sentence Correction performance has not improved is that you have not been working on all three of those aspects. 
 
Regarding what you know, to be successful in Sentence Correction, first and foremost, you MUST know your grammar rules. Let's be clear, though: GMAT Sentence Correction is not just a test of knowledge of grammar rules. The reason for learning grammar rules is so that you can determine what sentences convey and whether sentences are well-constructed. In fact, in many cases, incorrect answers to Sentence Correction questions are grammatically flawless. Thus, often your task is to use your knowledge of grammar rules to determine which answer choice creates the most logical sentence meaning and structure.
 
This determination of whether sentences are well-constructed and logical is the second aspect of finding correct answers to Sentence Correction questions, what you see. To develop this skill, you probably have to slow way down. You won't develop this skill by spending less than two minutes per question. For a while, anyway, you have to spend time with each question, maybe even ten or fifteen minutes on one question sometimes, analyzing every answer choice until you see the details that you have to see in order to choose the correct answer. As you go through the answer choices, consider the meaning conveyed by each version of the sentence. Does the meaning make sense? Even if you can tell what the version is SUPPOSED to convey, does the version really convey that meaning? Is there a verb to go with the subject? Do all pronouns clearly refer to nouns? By slowing way down and looking for these details, you learn to see what you have to see in order to clearly understand which answer to a Sentence Correction question is correct.
 
There is only one correct answer to any Sentence Correction question, there are clear reasons why that choice is correct and the others are not, and none of those reasons are that the correct version simply "sounds right." In fact, the correct version often sounds a little off at first. That correct answers may sound a little off is not surprising. If the correct answers were always the ones that sounded right, then most people most of the time would get Sentence Correction questions correct, without really knowing why the wrong answers were wrong and the correct answers were correct. So, you have to go beyond choosing what "sounds right" and learn to clearly see the logical reasons why one choice is better than all of the others.
 
As for the third aspect of getting Sentence Correction questions correct, what you do, the main thing you have to do is be very careful. You have to make sure that you are truly considering the structures of sentences and the meanings conveyed rather than allowing yourself to be tricked into choosing trap answers that sound right but don't convey meanings that make sense. You also have to make sure that you put some real energy into finding the correct answers. Finding the correct answer to a Sentence Correction question may take bouncing from choice to choice repeatedly until you start to see the differences between the choices that make all choices wrong except for one. Often, when you first look at the choices, only one or two seem obviously incorrect. Getting the right answers takes a certain work ethic. You have to put in the necessary time to see the differences between answers and to figure out the precise reasons that one choice is correct.
 
To improve what you do when you answer Sentence Correction questions, seek to become aware of how you are going about answering them. Are you being careful and looking for logic and details, or are you quickly eliminating choices that sound a little off and then choosing the best of the rest? If you choose an incorrect answer, consider what you did to arrive at that answer and what you could do differently to arrive at correct answers more consistently. Furthermore, see how many questions you can get correct in a row as you practice. If you break your streak by missing one, consider what you could do differently to extend your streak.

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