GMAT Official Guide 2018 Verbal Review: Book + Online

by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)

Overview

A supplement to the Official Guide with 300 additional verbal questions

The GMAT Official Guide 2018 Verbal Review provides additional practical preparation focused on the verbal portion of the exam. Written by the Graduate Management Admission Council, this guide contains 300 real GMAT questions from past exams, including 45 never-before-seen questions, plus the following features:

• An overview of the exam to help you get familiar with the content and format
• Comprehensive grammar review
• Detailed answer explanations that explain how the test maker thinks about a question
• Questions organized in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest to focus your study
• Access to the same questions online at gmat.wiley.com, where you can build your own practice sets

Don’t waste time practicing on fake GMAT questions. Optimize your study time with the GMAT Official Guide 2018 Verbal Review using real questions from actual past exams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119387442
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/19/2017
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	1,063,969
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) is the association of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC's mission is to meet the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs, and the organization serves as a primary resource of research and information about quality graduate management education. GMAC is the owner and administrator of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). Created in 1954, the GMAT is the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. Available in over 100 countries, it is the global standard for entry to the MBA degree course. Currently about 2,100 schools and 5,900 programs have adopted the GMAT, and the test is taken approximately 230,000 times annually.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC®

1.0 What is the GMAT® Exam? 2

1.0 What is the GMAT® Exam? 3

1.1 Why Take the GMAT® Exam? 3

1.2 GMAT® Exam Format 4

1.3 What Is the Content of the Exam Like? 5

1.4 Integrated Reasoning 6

1.5 Quantitative Section 6

1.6 Verbal Section 7

1.7 Analytical Writing Assessment 7

1.8 What Computer Skills Will I Need? 7

1.9 What Are the Test Centers Like? 7

1.10 How Are Scores Calculated? 8

1.11 Test Development Process 9

2.0 How to Prepare 10

2.0 How to Prepare 11

2.1 How Can I Best Prepare to Take the Test? 11

2.2 What About Practice Tests? 11

2.3 Where Can I Get Additional Practice? 12

2.4 General Test-Taking Suggestions 12

3.0 Reading Comprehension 14

3.0 Reading Comprehension 15

3.1 What Is Measured 16

3.2 Test-Taking Strategies 18

3.3 The Directions 19

3.4 Sample Questions 20

3.5 Answer Key 59

3.6 Answer Explanations 60

4.0 Critical Reasoning 120

4.0 Critical Reasoning 121

4.1 What Is Measured 122

4.2 Test-Taking Strategies 122

4.3 The Directions 123

4.4 Sample Questions 124

4.5 Answer Key 160

4.6 Answer Explanations 161

5.0 Sentence Correction 244

5.0 Sentence Correction 245

5.1 Basic English Grammar Rules 245

5.2 Study Suggestions 250

5.3 What Is Measured 250

5.4 Test-Taking Strategies 250

5.5 The Directions 251

5.6 Sample Questions 252

5.7 Answer Key 277

5.8 Answer Explanations 278

Appendix A Answer Sheets 342

Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet 342

Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 343

Sentence Correction Answer Sheet 344