GMAT Verbal study guide
GMAT Verbal · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The GMAT Verbal section is the verbal-reasoning component of the GMAT exam, a graduate business school admissions test administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). It is intended for candidates applying to MBA and business master's programs, particularly those whose target schools accept or require a GMAT score as part of the application. The section is delivered in multiple-choice format and, as described in this profile, is organized around three skill domains: Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. Reading Comprehension asks you to work through dense passages and answer questions about their content and structure; Critical Reasoning asks you to analyze short arguments and evaluate their logic; Sentence Correction tests grammar, meaning, and effective expression in written English. Topics on this exam: Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. The GMAT Verbal study guide has 3 sections and about 883 words.
01Reading Comprehension: Structure Before Detail
Reading Comprehension on the GMAT rewards readers who map a passage before they mine it. Treat every passage as an argument with a job to do: identify the main point , the author's attitude , the structure (does the author describe, compare, or evaluate?), and the function of each paragraph. Detail questions are answerable only after you know why a detail was included. scope : the correct answer covers the whole passage at the right level of generality-not one paragraph, not the entire universe.
309 words, about 2 min02Critical Reasoning: Find the Gap
Critical Reasoning tests whether you can locate the logical gap between evidence and conclusion. Every argument has premises (evidence) and a conclusion (the claim). Your job is to name the assumption that bridges them. Conclusion identification : ask "what is the author trying to convince me of?" The conclusion is the claim, not the data.
281 words, about 1 min03Sentence Correction: Meaning, Grammar, Idiom
Sentence Correction asks you to choose the version that is grammatically correct and preserves the intended meaning . Prioritize in this order: (1) does the sentence make logical sense? (2) is it grammatically sound? (3) is it concise and idiomatic?
293 words, about 1 min