The first step of the Kaplan Reading Comprehension Method is to read the passage strategically. Kaplan students know that part of strategic reading is making notes as you move through the passage; this passage map is your guide through the passage. In the map, note the purpose of each paragraph. What function does it serve? Why did […]
This type of GMAT test question sounds like the beginning of a joke but leaves most students groaning in front of their computers: “A train leaves the station at 4:53am going east at 60mph. A second train….” These word problems are often long, confusingly worded, and just plain boring. The intimidation factor comes from not […]
In every Sentence Correction question there will be at least one noun. You have been learning the basics of grammar and nouns since elementary school, but it never hurts to review. Let’s look at several different types of nouns you will encounter on the GMAT and how to correctly answer Sentence Correction questions when those […]
This Sentence Correction exercise is much harder than anything you will see on test day. It relies on the following principle: namely, if a question testing some of the Sentence Correction issues listed in the Official Guide is a good addition to your practice arsenal, then a question testing all of them could be welcome variation […]
GMAT critical reasoning questions often ask you to identify the assumption of an argument. The first step in doing that successfully is understanding what, exactly, they mean by “assumption.” An assumption in GMAT-speak is the unstated link somewhere in the chain of evidence and conclusion. Finding the assumption means, basically, finding that gap in the […]
Really? First they tell us we can’t use a calculator, then they tell us we should average 2 minutes per question, and then they give us this: 67.5% of 812 is 15% of what number? This may seem impossible to solve in under two minutes without some outside help. In fact, there are many typical […]
Subject-verb agreement may seem very basic, but it will most certainly be tested on the GMAT sentence corrections. You can apply many of the same considerations as pronoun-antecedent agreement for these questions. For a more complete overview of subject-verb agreement let’s look at some examples below. You must be careful to distinguish singular nouns from […]
If the GMAT Quantitative section were 3 hours, all of our lives would be easier. We could take our time, work through each solution, check our choice, and sharpen our pencil before each question. Since we are not afforded this luxury, we must take back every second we can. Data Sufficiency questions are a great […]
One area in which students often struggle is finding errors in the reasoning of an Analysis of an Argument prompt. People have different ideas on how to write this essay, like any other, but for our purposes here we’re going to assume that you’re writing a classic 5-paragraph essay, with an introduction, a conclusion, and […]
There are some issues on which the GMAT sentence correction questions test for the specific preferred style of the GMAT as much as for the accepted rules of grammar. “Who” vs. “whom,” luckily, is not one of them. This is generally a straightforward issue, and is rarely tested in a complicated way. However, since even […]