Best Verbal Practice Sources?

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Best Verbal Practice Sources?

by Bhattu » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:18 am
Hi

I have gone through the Official Guide Verbal Review and the Official Guide 11 for all the Verbal questions. I have 2 weeks to D Day and am looking for some good practice sources.

The MGMAT Question Bank is one source I am looking at. Would people recommend this?

Any other sources which come close to the Official GMAT questions.

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by Jose Ferreira » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:36 am
Hi Bhattu,

If you have two weeks, I'd recommend getting a copy of the OG 12th Edition. Although you have the 11th, there are 149 new questions in the Verbal portion of the 12th Edition, so that's a good amount of new practice items you can focus on.

For our thoughts on the book and a listing of those new questions, check out this post:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/knewton-earl ... 32972.html

Good luck!
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by TedCornell » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:38 am
For my verbal prep I used ManhattanGMAT Sentence Correction guide, The Official Guide, and gmatfix verbal flashcards.

1) If you don't already have it, consider getting the ManhattanGMAT SC guide and go through its lessons.

2) Get the gmatfix verbal flashcards (you can evaluate some for free); these cards are broken down into SC subtopics, with each topic giving you loads of examples and pinpointed lessons on how the topic is tested on the GMAT

3) Once you can go through the flashcards for a particular topic without error, use the Manhattan guide to find the specific questions in the OG that test the topic you're studying. Practice those questions and study the explanations carefully.


With only 2 weeks left, I'd say to work hard on your SC because I think SC performance takes less work to improve
Best of luck

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