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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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1. 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
Gerund vs. Verb
Verb Mood
Compound Verbs
2. Past - present - future
Verbs Tenses
Possessive Adjectives
Adjectives
Verbs
3. Made from verbs - remove --> removal - discuss--> discussion - cry --> cry
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Verb Voices
Articles
Action Nouns
4. Substitute the -ing word with a noun - sentence should make sense - eg: Dating is tricky --> Algebra is tricky (dating = gerund)
Infinitives
Count Nouns
Check Gerund
Object Pronouns
5. 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 Verb
Quality Noun
Compound Verbs
Mass Nouns
6. 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?
Adjectives
Demonstrative Pronouns
Infinitives
Compound Verbs
7. 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
Infinitives
Indefinite Pronouns
Articles
Verb Mood
8. Indicative mood - imperative mood - subjunctive mood
Quality Noun
Verb Moods
'One' appearing as a pronoun
Compound Verbs
9. 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
Adjectives
Object Pronouns
Noun
Count Nouns
10. Made from adj. - Clean= cleanliness - Fluid = fluidity
Articles
Object Pronouns
Quality Noun
Compared
11. 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.
Interrogative Pronouns
Helping Verb
Possessive Adjectives
Reflexive Pronouns
12. Always needs a clear antecedent - same is true of them - their - it (sometimes) - its
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13. Subjunctive Mood used to express ________________________ - I wish you were mine - I suggest that you be on time
Subjunctive Mood
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
Indicative Mood
Verb Moods
14. Singular/plural Some - any - none - all - many - more - based on 'of construction'
Indefinite Pronouns
Intensifying an Adjective
Helping Verb examples
Verbs
15. Consists of two or more verbs - sometimes are joined by a coordinating conjunction (e.g. FANBOYS) and have the same subject.
Demonstrative Pronouns
'They'
Conjunctions
Compound Verbs
16. 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
'One'
Demonstrative Pronouns
Adjectives
17. A complete _________ needs a subject and a verb eg: I ran. We left. I do.
Collective Nouns
Subjunctive Mood
Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
18. 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
Compound Verbs
Verb Moods
Imperative Mood
Linking Verb
19. Singular One - -body - -thing - each
Compound Adjectives
Indefinite Pronouns
Quality Noun
Gerunds
20. Am - are - is - was - were - will - would - be - being - been - may - might - must.
Compared
Gerunds
Helping Verb examples
Check Gerund
21. Show ownership -sometimes used an adjective -my - mine - your - yours - his - her - hers - its - our - ours - their - theirs
Possessive Pronouns
Sentence
Indicative Mood
Proper Adjectives
22. His car - its prey - other pronouns as adjectives: whose - which - this - that - these - those - all - both - some
Mass Nouns
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Imperative Mood
Antecedent
23. 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
Verb Voices
Gerunds
Action Verb
Object Pronouns
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. 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)
Imperative Mood
Gerunds
Subjunctive Mood
Verb Moods
26. 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
Linking Verb
Verbs
Quality Noun
Gerunds
27. 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.
Action Nouns
Verbs Tenses
Linking Verb
Possessive Adjectives
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
Helping Verb examples
Verb Mood
Indefinite Pronouns
29. Adjectives: a - an - the
Object Pronouns
Imperative Mood
Articles
Verb Mood
30. 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
Demonstrative Pronouns
Action Nouns
Adjectives
Personal Pronoun
31. 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)
Compound Adjectives
'They'
Compared
Interrogative Pronouns
32. Can't be intensified -absolute eg: dead - square - essential - universal - immortal - absolute
Compared
Absolute Adjectives
Compound Adjectives
Gerund vs. Verb
33. 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
'One'
Compound Verbs
Infinitives
34. Used as: -pronoun: One should learn grammar. -noun: One is the loneliest number. -adjective: I have only one pencil.
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35. 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;
Compound Verb
Proper Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Proper Adjectives
36. Active - passive
Action Nouns
Linking Verb
Verb Voices
Gerunds
37. 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
Collective Nouns
Infinitives
Action Nouns
Verbs Tenses
38. Require a comma before each in a sentence - (for - and - nor - but - or - yet - so)
Verbs Tenses
Action Nouns
Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
39. 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
Subjunctive Mood
Compound Verb
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
40. 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.
Linking Verb
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns
Imperative Mood
41. 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
Indicative Mood
Helping Verb
Gerunds
Intensifying an Adjective
42. -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)
Verbs
Gerund vs. Verb
Object Pronouns
Indicative Mood
43. 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
Indicative Mood
Verbs
Subjunctive Mood
Indefinite Pronouns
44. Will go - has been eating - is writing - had swollen - should have gone
Proper Adjectives
a wish - an emotion - a possibility - or an action that has not yet occurred
'One'
Compound Verbs
45. 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
Action Verb
Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
46. Join ideas together - eg: Jayneny caught the ball and threw it to second base.
Conjunctions
Check Gerund
Action Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
47. Used to ask a question - who - whom - whose - what - and which
Verbs
Check Gerund
Interrogative Pronouns
Noun
48. This - that - these - those - none and neither - point out people - places - or things without naming them
Demonstrative Pronouns
Possessive pronouns used as Possessive Adjectives
Proper Nouns
Personal Pronoun
49. Formed from a proper noun: Roman ruins - Mexican food - Japanese
Reflexive Pronouns
Proper Adjectives
Action Nouns
Infinitives
50. Xomparative & superlative forms -(-er - -est; or -ier - iest; or more- - most-) -smart - smarter - smartest -good - better - best - intelligent - more intelligent - most intelligent
Proper Adjectives
Intensifying an Adjective
Sentence
Helping Verb examples