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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. Made from adj. - Clean= cleanliness - Fluid = fluidity
Quality Noun
Action Nouns
Compound Verb
Helping Verb examples
2. Refer to groups composed of members; -always singular; -eg: administration - army - society - family - couple
Compound Verbs
Collective Nouns
Compared
Demonstrative Pronouns
3. His car - its prey - other pronouns as adjectives: whose - which - this - that - these - those - all - both - some
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Personal Pronoun
Gerunds
Demonstrative Pronouns
4. Am - are - is - was - were - will - would - be - being - been - may - might - must.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Helping Verb examples
Proper Adjectives
Relative Pronouns
5. Subjunctive Mood used to express ________________________ - I wish you were mine - I suggest that you be on time
Count Nouns
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Compound Verbs
Compound Adjectives
6. Active - passive
Action Verb
'They'
'One' appearing as a pronoun
Verb Voices
7. 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
Coordinating conjunctions
Linking Verb
Compound Verbs
Antecedent
8. 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
'They'
Indefinite Pronouns
Helping Verb
Collective Nouns
9. Consists of two or more verbs - sometimes are joined by a coordinating conjunction (e.g. FANBOYS) and have the same subject.
Helping Verb
Mass Nouns
Compound Verbs
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
10. Past - present - future
Action Verb
Reflexive Pronouns
Verbs Tenses
Verb Moods
11. 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
Noun
Check Gerund
Demonstrative Pronouns
Infinitives
12. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Intensifying an Adjective
Possessive Adjectives
Sentence
13. Used to ask a question - who - whom - whose - what - and which
Verbs Tenses
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives
14. Require a comma before each in a sentence - (for - and - nor - but - or - yet - so)
Coordinating conjunctions
Verb Moods
Possessive Adjectives
Imperative Mood
15. Singular One - -body - -thing - each
Indefinite Pronouns
Check Gerund
Collective Nouns
Helping Verb
16. 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
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Personal Pronoun
Mass Nouns
Object Pronouns
17. 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
Interrogative Pronouns
Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Object Pronouns
18. 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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19. A complete _________ needs a subject and a verb eg: I ran. We left. I do.
Proper Adjectives
Gerunds
Adjectives
Sentence
20. 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
Subjunctive Mood
Conjunctions
Possessive Pronouns
21. 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' -
Conjunctions
Verbs
Verb Mood
Subjunctive Mood
22. 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)
Sentence
Imperative Mood
Compared
Demonstrative Pronouns
23. Formed from a proper noun: Roman ruins - Mexican food - Japanese
Object Pronouns
Proper Adjectives
Infinitives
Gerunds
24. -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
Indefinite Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Compared
25. This - that - these - those - none and neither - point out people - places - or things without naming them
Indefinite Pronouns
Compound Verb
Demonstrative Pronouns
Sentence
26. 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
Helping Verb examples
Action Verb
Count Nouns
Check Gerund
27. 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
Compound Verb
Absolute Adjectives
Verbs Tenses
Possessive Pronouns
28. 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.
Antecedent
Articles
Noun
'One' appearing as a pronoun
29. Made from verbs - remove --> removal - discuss--> discussion - cry --> cry
Verb Mood
Action Nouns
Linking Verb
Compared
30. 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;
Object Pronouns
Count Nouns
Proper Nouns
Verb Mood
31. 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.
Compound Adjectives
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Compound Verb
Indicative Mood
32. 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
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Personal Pronoun
Imperative Mood
Action Nouns
33. Will go - has been eating - is writing - had swollen - should have gone
Compound Verbs
'One' appearing as a pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
'They'
34. Always needs a clear antecedent - same is true of them - their - it (sometimes) - its
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35. Describes action - a state of being - or what is being done to something or someone - critical part of a sentence's predicate - to laugh - to think - to drive - to run - to be - to do - accomplishes - is - went - arose - decided
Verb Moods
Imperative Mood
Relative Pronouns
Verbs
36. Used as: -pronoun: One should learn grammar. -noun: One is the loneliest number. -adjective: I have only one pencil.
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37. Singular/plural Some - any - none - all - many - more - based on 'of construction'
Noun
Mass Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
38. 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.
Gerund vs. Verb
Compound Verbs
Imperative Mood
Compound Verbs
39. 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.
Indefinite Pronouns
Helping Verb
Gerunds
Count Nouns
40. Xomparative & superlative forms -(-er - -est; or -ier - iest; or more- - most-) -smart - smarter - smartest -good - better - best - intelligent - more intelligent - most intelligent
Interrogative Pronouns
Intensifying an Adjective
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
41. Adjectives: a - an - the
Gerund vs. Verb
Quality Noun
Articles
Verb Voices
42. Substitute the -ing word with a noun - sentence should make sense - eg: Dating is tricky --> Algebra is tricky (dating = gerund)
Sentence
Check Gerund
Compared
Imperative Mood
43. Can't be intensified -absolute eg: dead - square - essential - universal - immortal - absolute
Demonstrative Pronouns
Verb Moods
Absolute Adjectives
Action Verb
44. 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?
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Subjunctive Mood
Possessive Pronouns
Adjectives
45. Show ownership -sometimes used an adjective -my - mine - your - yours - his - her - hers - its - our - ours - their - theirs
Possessive Pronouns
Verbs Tenses
'They'
Compound Adjectives
46. 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)
Compound Adjectives
Verbs
Gerunds
Proper Adjectives
47. Names a person - place - thing - or idea - a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
Reflexive Pronouns
Noun
Compound Verbs
Absolute Adjectives
48. 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
Verb Mood
Demonstrative Pronouns
Compared
Verbs
49. Shows possession or ownership. They have antecedents. Must agree with its antecedent in person - number - and gender: Jayne has a skateboard. His skateboard is silver. Jo and Luis have bikes. Their bikes are new.
Interrogative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
50. 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
Compared
Interrogative Pronouns
Quality Noun
Object Pronouns