Verbal help - hard questions

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Is there any tips and tricks to improve accuracy in “hard” questions for verbal? I am able to achieve 80-100% accuracy in the easy and medium level questions, but struggling with the hard questions. I have been prepping for quite some time now and need some help that will push me to the next level.

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bansalgaurav · Answer

It would be great if you can share the course/material covered so far for verbal !!!! Besides in the end it's more about concepts. You need to mark the area/chapter/topic for every wrong question. Go for 50 -100 hard questions in an attempt and mark the topics for every wrong question. I hope once you know your weak area, it becomes easier to prepare better.
In my opinion, " DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS A STATE OF MIND AND EXPERTISE "

srr24 · Answer

I have used the 2021 OG, Manhattan guide and eGMAT course as well.

I am having trouble drawing a pattern of my mistakes and since the questions are not particularly replicated, I am unable to figure out if I am making the same mistakes over and over again. :/

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

One thing that may help is to work on your solving approach to ABSORB/ENGAGE the situation being discussed a lot more thoroughly. It's a large part of what I teach in my 6-hour booster course for Verbal. All the best.

bansalgaurav · Answer

Point is, they are not divided into chapters/topics. That may be "one" of the issues. Other issues may be: not keeping an error log or your detailed notes of concepts. How about a telephonic discussion?

Though I'm not an expert but shall try my best. connect me at <talkto.gauravbansal@gmail.com> Egmat provides a sophisticated AI-based platform to handle your issue, I believe you should try to connect them...check for booster files !!!

srr24 · Answer

I have been maintaining an error log and also know which types of questions I’ve been getting incorrect (thanks to eGMAT scholaranium), but the accuracy is pretty much low across all sub topics in the hard questions. It seems to be an overall drop in accuracy, in all sub topics, when it comes to the hard questions.

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MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

The key to getting hard verbal questions correct when you are learning is to take all the time you need to see what's going on with each choice. In other words, don't choose an answer until you totally get what's going on with every choice of the question, even if you have to spend 20 minutes or more on that one question.

By going through the motions of getting the questions correct, even if you're taking lots of time to do so, you'll develop the skills you need for getting hard verbal questions correct on test day.

For some more detailed discussion of this topic, see this post.  How to Score High on GMAT Verbal

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