Verbal practice questions

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Hi Everyone !!
Can some one suggest me some good book for verbal practice.
I have exhausted all the OG questions, so I need a book that contains questions that are somewhat similar to Official ones.
All in all I need new set of questions for practice that are of good difficulty level.
Thanks in advance !

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GMATPill · Answer

Even better - on the web - you can go to the Practice Pill Platform for high quality questions.

For example, for SC - here are 100+ questions you can practice: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... -questions

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi solitaryreaper,

While it's understandable that you might want MORE practice questions, if you're not using the proper tactics and showing some type of improvement, then the number of practice questions that you do will probably NOT be the biggest factor in how high you'll score.

1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources have you been using during your studies?
3) How have you been scoring during your practice CATs?
4) How well do you perform on the 3 major Verbal question types (SC, RC and CR)?

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

solitaryreaper · Answer

Thanks GMATpill
Are these questions free?
If not then does some one has to buy the sc course to get access to these questions.

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solitaryreaper · Answer

Hi Rich,
I completely agree with what you said. 
I am using a decent online course for verbal prep. Initially I read Manhattan book for SC ,but felt it wasn't enough. Apart from this book I didn't use any other book for verbal.Even though the course is pretty decent when it comes to SC, but I think it's very average when it comes to CR and RC(even though for RC I don't believe if there can be any course).
No wonder my accuracy in SC is close to 70% while it is relatively poor in CR (50%) and RC(50%). I think with a regular practice ,I should be able to increase my accuracy in RC.But I am particularly worried about CR. Even after re-revising the concepts and doing practice questions, I am not seeing any improvement in CR.
Do you have any suggestions how I can improve in CR section.
My end goal is to scale my accuracy to around 80-90% in all 3 sections of verbal.It's imperative to score at least 40 in verbal score so as to reach my target score in GMAT.
Thanks in advance.

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi solitaryreaper,

Beyond the general practice that you've done, I'd still like to know a bit more about the specifics of your situation. I could offer general advice, but the more details that you can offer, the more pointed the advice I can give you.

1) How long have you been studying?
2) What are your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on your practice CATs?

If you have not taken any practice CATs yet, then you should take a FULL-length CAT, so we can see how you perform in the context of the FULL test. Many Test Takers focus on drills and quizzes, which are great ways to practice, but those formats don't put you in the same scenario that you will face on Test Day. For example, scoring 9 out of 10 on a CR quiz is great, but how well do you perform when you're in the middle of the Verbal section and you're tired from the prior 3 hours of work? THAT data is important as its the only true indicator of how well you will likely perform on Test Day, what mistakes you might be making, etc.

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

solitaryreaper · Answer

Hi Rich,

Below is the data that you might find useful in assessing my case.

1) How long have you been studying? 
I have been preparing for GMAT from past 5-6 months. Even though I wasn't regular with my preparation in the beginning, but now I have started studying on daily basis.
I can confidently say that I have covered almost the entire syllabus of GMAT when it comes to Quant and Verbal sections. There is not even a single topic that I haven't prepared.

2) What are your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on your practice CATs?
I'll be honest to admit that I haven't attempted any full length CAT. I did attempt few quant CATs namely GMATCLUB tests and 800score tests - I would admit (and it's a general consensus )GMATCLUB tests are on a higher side of difficulty level. Scores were as follows:
1st GMATCLUB Quant CAT - 39(about 3 months back)
2nd GMATCLUB Quant CAT - 41(about 2 months back)
800score Quant CAT - 46 (15-20 days back)

I didn't attempt any Verbal CAT because I felt my level was not good enough in CR and RC. For RC I feel I need some more practice but it's the CR section that is giving me nightmares. Even after re-revising the whole topics and then practicing the problems , I find it difficult to breach 50% accuracy level in CR.
I feel it's practical not to force oneself into attempting full tests when one is not even able to reach desired accuracy level in section wise practice drills(as poor performance might hit the self confidence).
My rationale is to build accuracy & speed with the individual sections and then attempt full length CATs.
I feel confident in Quant and believe that I can cross the 48 mark if I practice well. Verbal is an area that certainly need attention. I'll sit for GMAT in a month and my target score is 740+.
I might be wrong with my approach. That's where I needed some expert advice - to move ahead and get the best possible results. 
Thanks.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi solitaryreaper,

Right now, there's no way to measure how likely you are to hit your score goal because we have no basis for comparison.

I highly recommend that you take a FULL practice CAT soon (including the Essay and IR sections; this week if possible), so that we can see how you handle the ENTIRE CAT. There are so many factors that go into Test Day and you technically haven't practiced any of them yet. You don't want to wait until the last moments to deal with all of those factors.

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

GMATPill · Answer

Yes, the questions are free. The video explanations require a paid membership to our course. So paid members not only get access to our core video course, but they also get access to all the video explanations that are available on the question platform as as well.

dabral · Answer

solitaryreaper

If you have taken the free official GMATPrep Practice tests, then the verbal questions in the database are extremely valuable. You can download from this GMATClub post: all-gmatprep-questions-quant-verbal-187679.html

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