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GMAT Reading Comprehension

Instructions:
  • Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'Better than at any time' or 'better than at any OTHER time'?






2. Analogies - metaphors and other comparisons all require...






3. Reading Comprehension Inference questions






4. What is the conclusion in Critical Reasoning questions? How do you find it.


5. In Critical Reasoning Inference questions - an inference may follow from a single...






6. Preposition after verb 'to credit'


7. Causation/correlation






8. Argument Essay Para 4


9. To+verb: verb can be in which tense?


10. Argument Essay Paragraph 1


11. Argument Essay Paragraph 2


12. What is the evidence in Critical Reasoning questions?


13. Preposition after 'to be considered'






14. Argument Essay Para 3


15. 'Distinguish red ... green' 'distinguish .... red ... green






16. To be regarded 'as' or not 'as'


17. 'Less' and 'amount' refer to ...and answer the question...


18. A person is 'a native of' / 'native to' the UK?






19. 'Fewer' and 'number' refer to ...and answer the question...


20. Strategy for Sentence Correction


21. A statistical syllogism (proportional syllogism or direct inference)






22. Strategy for Critical Reasoning questions






23. Typical pronouns that cause trouble






24. Preposition after 'to be modelled'






25. Disconnect






26. Strategy for Reading Comprehension






27. 'With total employment at less than 68000 people...' what should change?






28. Items being compared must be both ... and ... comparable






29. Typical wrong answers in Critical Reasoning






30. 'Like' or 'unlike' triggers


31. Appeal to authority






32. Answer choices with word 'being'...






33. Various subjects enumerated with an 'OR' indicates singular or plural for verb conjugation?






34. Answer choices with 'There is/are/has/have'...






35. Classic flaws in Critical Reasoning 'Flaw Questions' stem






36. Bolded statement questions commonly ask to choose the answer that...






37. 'Not only' is always followed by


38. Confusion of absolute numbers and percentages






39. When there is a modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence -






40. Recoil






41. A llama is 'a native of' / 'native to' Peru






42. 'There is' 'There are'. where is the subject






43. Limiting Words