GMAT Prep Verbal

Question 1

Articles

Answer 1

Words that are used with nouns to indicate a degree of definiteness

Question 2

Abstract nouns are considered? [Singular or plural]

Answer 2

Singular

Question 3

These types of nouns have both singular and plural forms

Answer 3

countable nouns

Question 4

these types of nouns only have singular forms

Answer 4

non-countable nouns

Question 5

What part of a sentence performs the action?

Answer 5

the subject

Question 6

What happens when a noun is used as an object in a sentence?

Answer 6

It receives the action

Question 7

Most common conjunctions the GMAT uses to create parallelism errors (but not the only ones)

Answer 7

and, but, and not only… but also

Question 8

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 8

join a dependent clause to an independant clause

Question 9

Auxiliary verbs

Answer 9

verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs

Question 10

Phrases

Answer 10

a group of words that act as a part of speech

Question 11

Modifying Phrases

Answer 11

take on the role of adverb or adjective (adjectival and adverbial)

Question 12

Two most important auxiliary verbs

Answer 12

“to be” and “to have”

Question 13

All present participles end in?

Answer 13

ing

Question 14

Is there a rule for what past participles end in?

Answer 14

mostly -ed but there are many irregular ones

Question 15

Pronouns

Answer 15

stand in for nouns within a sentence

Question 16

What is the noun that a pronoun refers to?

Answer 16

the antecedent

Question 17

Which pronoun type does the GMAT focus on when creating errors?

Answer 17

personal pronouns

Question 18

personal pronouns

Answer 18

represent specific people or things

I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, and them

Question 19

4 properties of personal pronouns

Answer 19

number, case, person, and gender

Question 20

Case (pronoun property)

Answer 20

the role a pronoun uses in a sentence

Question 21

The comparative (adjective)

Answer 21

Used to compare two objects, usually created by adding -er to base adjective

Question 22

The superlative (adjective)

Answer 22

Used to compare more than 2 things. Usually created by adding -est to base form of adjective

Question 23

Are adjectives or adverbs common sources of error in sentence correction on the GMAT?

Answer 23

No, can be helpful to ignore underlined adjectives. Look for other errors first

Question 24

Prepositions

Answer 24

small words in a sentence that help establish relationships

Question 25

Can a noun play multiple roles in a sentence?

Answer 25

No. If a noun of is an object of a preposition, it cannot also be the subject of the sentence

Question 26

The GMAT generally observes this convention regarding prepositions which can be used to spot correct answer choices

Answer 26

That it is improper to end a sentence with a preposition.

Question 27

Conjunctions

Answer 27

provide links in sentences

Question 28

two types of conjunctions

Answer 28

coordinating conjunctions | correlative conjunctions

Question 29

coordinating conjunctions

Answer 29

provide links between items of similar grammatical status

Question 30

What are the seven coordinating conjunctions in the English Language? (FANBOYS)

Answer 30

``` for and nor but or yet so ```

Question 31

what is the mnemonic to memorize the seven coordinating conjunctions

Answer 31

FANBOYS

Question 32

Parallelism (referring to sentence construction)

Answer 32

The requirement that all list items in a sentence be in the same grammatical structure

Question 33

prepositional phrases

Answer 33

a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object. Can also act as parts of speech by modifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

Question 34

When can the subject of a sentence be the prepositional phrase?

Answer 34

NEVER

Question 35

Clause

Answer 35

group of words that has a subject and a verb

Question 36

independent clause

Answer 36

can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 37

dependent clause

Answer 37

cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 38

Noun clause

Answer 38

dependent clause that acts as a noun. comes after the verb unless is the the subject of the sentence

Question 39

Adjetival clause

Answer 39

dependent clause that acts like adjective. Must come right after the noun it modifies

Question 40

adverbial clause

Answer 40

dependent clause that acts like an adverb. Needs to be right next to the independent clause it is modifying.

Question 41

What is the part of speech for the word "is"?

Answer 41

verb

Question 42

Subject verb agreement

Answer 42

both verb and subject have to be singular or plural

Question 43

abstract noun

Answer 43

a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object

Question 44

collective noun

Answer 44

names a group of things, treated as a single entity (singular)

Question 45

"Everybody" and "no one" are singular pronouns because...

Answer 45

they are collective! and should be treated as a single entity

Question 46

Compound subject

Answer 46

when a subject indicates more than one noun

Question 47

pronoun ambiguity

Answer 47

when it is not clear which noun a pronoun refers to. (must be avoided)

Question 48

present tense

Answer 48

a habitual action, or something that is happening now

Question 49

present progressive tense

Answer 49

Ongoing in the present | uses a form of "to be" followed by the ing form of a verb

Question 50

present perfect tense

Answer 50

an action that is ongoing

Question 51

simple past tense

Answer 51

indicates a completed action or condition

Question 52

past progressive tense

Answer 52

action that was ongoing in the past

Question 53

past perfect tense

Answer 53

to make clear that one action in the past happened before another requires helping verb "had"

Question 54

Simple future tense

Answer 54

action that will take place in the future

Question 55

future progressive tense

Answer 55

ongoing action that takes place in the future. Required form of to be, followed by -ing form of a verb

Question 56

future perfect tense

Answer 56

indicates an action that will be completed by a specific time in the future

Question 57

misplaced modifier

Answer 57

when a modifier is not adjacent to the thing it's intended to modify

Question 58

quantity words for countable nouns

Answer 58

fewer, number, many

Question 59

quantity words for non countable nouns

Answer 59

less, amount or quantity, much

Question 60

comparing words between two things

Answer 60

-er, more, between

Question 61

comparing words among 3 or more things

Answer 61

-est, most, among

Question 62

parallel construction

Answer 62

in a list of two or more things, each item in the list must be the same part of speech and use the same grammatical structure