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