Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide  (English, Paperback, Manhattan GMAT)

This book focuses on the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT, and teaches readers how to easily identify and correct common errors, according to the test pattern.

Summary Of The Book

By focusing just on one aspect, sentence correction, this guide manages to provide in-depth knowledge that all students require while preparing for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).

Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide contains chapters that cover many topics like Pronouns, Parallelism, Subject-Verb Agreement, Grammar, Meaning, Concision, Idioms, Comparisons, Odds & Ends, and Verb Tense, Mood, & Voice.

The book provides concise explanations of major grammatical concepts and their rules, and related points that can help students eliminate guesswork of any kind. This helps the readers rely more on knowledge rather than their instincts to solve the given problems.

The book contains strategies that aspirants can use during the test, to make the section easier to handle. Each topic in the book has related Official Guide Problem Sets, and an associated In Action Problem Set of varying difficulty. The questions given under such In Action Problem Sets come with detailed explanations and solutions. The book combines each topic with its examples and exercises, and provides a good foundation on the subject to all readers.

The section on Sentence Correction Basics focuses on Question Format, Reading the Entire Sentence, Splits and Re-splits, and Best Vs Ideal. Redundancy and Choose/Place/Match Your Words are featured in the second section, on Grammar, Meaning, Concision.

The section on Subject-Verb Agreement focuses on Fragments, Additive Phrases, Flipping, Quantity Words. Under Parallelism, the author explains Structures, Idioms, Parallel Markers, and Linking Verbs. The Pronouns section in this book covers Antecedent Existence, Ambiguity, Meaning, Agreement, Case, Demonstratives, and Third Person Personal Pronouns.

Under Modifiers, readers will find topics like Adjectives, Adverbs, Position Rules And Exceptions, Verb and Noun modifiers, Relative Pronouns, and Subgroup Modifiers explained. The Verb Tense, Mood & Voice section covers Progressive Tenses, Simple Tenses, Tense Sequence, and Subjunctive Mood.

The ninth chapter, on Idioms, contains an extensive list of idioms (with close to 197 idioms), and teaches Spot-Extract-Replace techniques. Odds & Ends covers Connecting Words, Quantity, and Connecting Punctuation.

Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide thus provides a solid foundation for students who are preparing for this aspect of the Graduate Management Admission Test.