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