vbhat wrote:Hi
I got regularly 38 in quant during GMAC prep exams as well as manhattan GMAT prep exam.
on the D-DAY i got 30 and my total score fell to 620. Please let me know how to improve my verbal score.
i intend to give my GMAT exam again in 1 months time. Please advise.
Thanks
VB
RC and CR can be improved through LSAT questions and Powerscore Bible and SC is time consuming so MGMAT SC, Powerscore SC bible should be used. Also, while working on SC develop an approach within yourself to NOT TO FIX THE SENTENCE BUT IDENTIFY THE AREA IN SENTENCE WHERE GRAMMAR RULE, STYLE AND CONCISION IS NOT FOLLOWED OR IS VIOLATED. You don't have to fix the sentence but identify the best choice which is a RELATIVE JUDGMENT APPROACH. The best way to start developing above mentioned approach is to start dissecting sentences and label each word with appropriate part of speech. During this development, start identifying parts of speech in sentences of complex nature. Labels may include but not limited to:
VERB
NOUN
PRONOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
PREPOSITION
CONJUNCTION
MODALS
CLAUSE
ARTICLES
ADVERBIAL PHRASE
ADJECTIVAL PHRASE
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
NOUN PHRASE
PRONOUN PHRASE
SUBJECT NOUN
PREDICATE NOUN
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
DIRECT OBJECT
INDIRECT OBJECT
MODIFIERS
ACTIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
IDIOMS
PUNCTUATION; COMMA, SEMI COLAN, EM DASH, APOSTROPHE, PARENTHESIS
Initially it may seem extremely boring to look and analyze every sentence as any Grammarian would but once it becomes second nature through reiteration the process of dissecting whole sentence into small components and analyzing them according to Grammar, usage and style will become a quick process. That's the key difference, I think, between a high scorer and 600 scorer because through learning and applying basic rules of grammar which can be learn from any GMAT prep book where one can master most of mistakes tested on GMAT but to nail down SC section, indeed, one must be able think and look at whole sentence as a Grammarian.
