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GMAT Verbal Foundations
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. His car - its prey - other pronouns as adjectives: whose - which - this - that - these - those - all - both - some
Verb Moods
Infinitives
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Indefinite Pronouns
2. Subjunctive Mood used to express ________________________ - I wish you were mine - I suggest that you be on time
Imperative Mood
Conjunctions
Helping Verb examples
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
3. Xomparative & superlative forms -(-er - -est; or -ier - iest; or more- - most-) -smart - smarter - smartest -good - better - best - intelligent - more intelligent - most intelligent
Articles
Antecedent
Compound Verbs
Intensifying an Adjective
4. Used to express a command or a request. - the subject of an imperative sentence is usually understood to be 'you' ex. Come to the library with me.
Indefinite Pronouns
Imperative Mood
Gerunds
Linking Verb
5. Always needs a clear antecedent - same is true of them - their - it (sometimes) - its
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6. Used to make a statement or ask a question. Most sentences are in the __________ - Do you like to play baseball? - I learned to play last year. - Baseball is my favorite game.
Indicative Mood
Compared
Indefinite Pronouns
Gerunds
7. This - that - these - those - none and neither - point out people - places - or things without naming them
Linking Verb
Noun
Conjunctions
Demonstrative Pronouns
8. Indicative mood - imperative mood - subjunctive mood
Verb Moods
Collective Nouns
Linking Verb
'One' appearing as a pronoun
9. Do not point out specific people - places or things -do not usually have antecedents -Always are singular - all - another - any - anybody - anyone - anthything - both - each - either - everybody - everyone - everything - few - many - more - most - m
Noun
Possessive Adjectives
Indefinite Pronouns
Indicative Mood
10. 1. does NOT show action 2. shows state-of-being 3. links the subject to a noun or adjective - He SEEMS nice - Otto IS a miniature bulldog
Linking Verb
Subjunctive Mood
Indicative Mood
Check Gerund
11. Consists of two or more verbs - sometimes are joined by a coordinating conjunction (e.g. FANBOYS) and have the same subject.
Quality Noun
Compound Verbs
Noun
Action Nouns
12. Expresses what the writer believes about - or wants to do with - the action expressed by the verb - indicative mood >> expresses facts - imperative mood >> commands - subjunctive mood: >> unlikely or unreal conditions (usually after if or similar wor
Verbs Tenses
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Verb Mood
'One'
13. Names a person - place - thing - or idea - a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
Verbs Tenses
Interrogative Pronouns
Noun
Coordinating conjunctions
14. A noun that requires different modifiers such as 'little' and 'much' -do not have a plural form -Use: Amount of.... -Use: Less... I have less stress
Compound Verbs
Mass Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Imperative Mood
15. Substitute the -ing word with a noun - sentence should make sense - eg: Dating is tricky --> Algebra is tricky (dating = gerund)
Check Gerund
Possessive Adjectives
Noun
Proper Nouns
16. -an '-ing' word without a helping verb isn't a real verb - CHECK: substitute a noun in the gerunds place - I am boxing (Compound verb: am boxing) I love boxing (Gerund: boxing - verb: love)
Gerund vs. Verb
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives
17. Require a comma before each in a sentence - (for - and - nor - but - or - yet - so)
Coordinating conjunctions
Indefinite Pronouns
Gerund vs. Verb
Conjunctions
18. Singular One - -body - -thing - each
Indefinite Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Check Gerund
Interrogative Pronouns
19. Help verbs ending in -ing become complete - helps the main verb show an action. By itself - a _______________ cannot show action -He IS PLANNING to attend.-She Will BE LEAVING shortly. Planning & Leaving not complete verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Intensifying an Adjective
Helping Verb
Possessive Adjectives
20. Past - present - future
Indicative Mood
Verbs Tenses
Demonstrative Pronouns
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
21. Singular/plural Some - any - none - all - many - more - based on 'of construction'
Intensifying an Adjective
Compared
Reflexive Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
22. Countable -preceded by a number - e.g. one book - two books -have a plural form -Use: Number of.... A great number of friends have shown me great amount of kindness. Use: Fewer... This lane is for people with 3 items or fewer.
Absolute Adjectives
Count Nouns
Possessive Adjectives
Verb Mood
23. Can't be intensified -absolute eg: dead - square - essential - universal - immortal - absolute
Imperative Mood
Demonstrative Pronouns
Absolute Adjectives
Adjectives
24. Doesn't mix well with other pronouns - eg Wrong: One must be careful to account for all sources of income on your tax return -it is okay to use 'one' as a pronoun in a sentence when the other pronouns refer to different things - eg: Fire is alluring
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25. Show ownership -sometimes used an adjective -my - mine - your - yours - his - her - hers - its - our - ours - their - theirs
Compound Verbs
Possessive Pronouns
Gerunds
Check Gerund
26. Formed from a proper noun: Roman ruins - Mexican food - Japanese
Proper Adjectives
Intensifying an Adjective
'They'
Infinitives
27. The verb form used to wish - hypothesize - or recommend. It can be used when a clause begins with 'if' and is contrary to fact: 'If I were President'(I am not President) or when a clause begins with 'that' and follows verbs such as 'ask' - 'insist' -
Subjunctive Mood
Relative Pronouns
Helping Verb
Antecedent
28. Can have more than 1 helping verb - an adverb can separate individual verbs in the compound verb - eg: He HAS frequently DEFACED public property. ________________: has defaced
Verb Mood
Proper Nouns
Compound Verb
Absolute Adjectives
29. A verbal that ends in -ing and acts as a noun -can be subjects of a sentence - Skiing is a popular winter sport. (Skiing - Sub)
Gerunds
Action Verb
Indefinite Pronouns
Coordinating conjunctions
30. Cannot be the main verb of a sentence - can be subjects of sentences or objects - another type of verbal that can be used as a noun - adjective - or an adverb (doesn't end in '-ing' - usually has 'to' before a verb; not a prepositional phrase!) - to
Subjunctive Mood
Indefinite Pronouns
Infinitives
Compound Verbs
31. End in -self or -selves and refer to an earlier noun or pronoun in the sentence - myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - ourselves - yourselves - themselves - Wrong: Bill will be sitting next to Jayne and myself.
Reflexive Pronouns
Coordinating conjunctions
Personal Pronoun
Count Nouns
32. A verb that expresses either physical or mental action by subject - can be either transitive or intransitive (or both) -physical: play - swim - jump - punch - run - kick - walk -mental: think - dream - love - rejoice - muse - ponder
Interrogative Pronouns
Subjunctive Mood
Action Verb
Count Nouns
33. Will go - has been eating - is writing - had swollen - should have gone
Object Pronouns
Action Nouns
Compound Verbs
Subjunctive Mood
34. Do not start with a capital letter; -do not refer to something specific: plane - car - cats - animals; -can be subdivided into countable or uncountable nouns;
Proper Nouns
Action Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Gerunds
35. Used as: -pronoun: One should learn grammar. -noun: One is the loneliest number. -adjective: I have only one pencil.
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36. Am - are - is - was - were - will - would - be - being - been - may - might - must.
Helping Verb examples
Action Verb
Indefinite Pronouns
Verbs Tenses
37. Adjectives: a - an - the
Relative Pronouns
Articles
Compound Verb
Demonstrative Pronouns
38. Used to ask a question - who - whom - whose - what - and which
Interrogative Pronouns
'They'
Compared
Check Gerund
39. Word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun - such as happy - sad - pretty - ten-minute - red - annoying...- answer questions like: What kind is it? Which one? How many are there?
Action Nouns
Coordinating conjunctions
Adjectives
Antecedent
40. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) -introduce modifiers - introduces an Adjective Clause or a Noun Clause; -eg:That - Which - Who - Whom - Whose - Where - Why - What.
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Relative Pronouns
Compound Verb
Compound Adjectives
41. Pronouns that are used after action verbs as direct or indirect objects and as objects of prepositional phrases - Pronoun form used when the word receives the action of the sentence or a preposition: him - her - them - whom - you - it - can be used a
Imperative Mood
Object Pronouns
Proper Adjectives
Count Nouns
42. A complete _________ needs a subject and a verb eg: I ran. We left. I do.
Noun
Sentence
Gerund vs. Verb
Intensifying an Adjective
43. Created by using compound words - hyphenated words or related words. The two words used are combined to create a descriptive adjective. (i.e. broken-hearted - lemon-lime)
Proper Adjectives
Compound Adjectives
'One'
Relative Pronouns
44. Active - passive
Mass Nouns
Verb Voices
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Compound Verb
45. Nouns cannot be __________ by adding 'er' or 'est' to Absolute Adjectives. Use 'more nearly' or 'most nearly' to compare items using absolute adjectives. -eg: more nearly circular (not: more circular) -eg: more likely fatal (not: more fatal)
Infinitives
Intensifying an Adjective
Action Verb
Compared
46. Made from verbs - remove --> removal - discuss--> discussion - cry --> cry
Compound Adjectives
Action Nouns
Proper Nouns
Linking Verb
47. Made from adj. - Clean= cleanliness - Fluid = fluidity
Quality Noun
Action Verb
Check Gerund
Adjectives
48. Refers to the one speaking (first person) - the one spoken to (second person) - or the one spoken about (third person) - takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he
Relative Pronouns
Imperative Mood
Personal Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
49. Refer to groups composed of members; -always singular; -eg: administration - army - society - family - couple
Demonstrative Pronouns
Collective Nouns
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Action Verb
50. Indefinite pronouns don't usually have one -'you' is often used without one -'it' may not need one if it come at the start of a sentence - eg: It is raining. It is hoped that the taxes will be payed.
Action Verb
Intensifying an Adjective
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Antecedent