First a few GMAT Sentence Correction practice questions involving modifiers 1) Between 1892 and 1893, Claude Monet produced a series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral, revised in his studio in 1894, and with the French public receiving it as an emblem of all that was noble about their history and customs. produced a series [...]
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Absolute Phrases on the GMAT
It is not uncommon for test takers, when sloughing through the thicket of GMAT Sentence Correction questions to find themselves scratching their heads over a tricky little GMAT grammar conundrum known as an absolute phrase. What exactly are absolute phrases you ask? Well, before we dive into definitions and explanations, here are a couple of [...]
GMAT Prepositions and Idioms: On
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. Your preposition knowledge will most certainly be tested in the GMAT. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “against”. Here, we will look, at the preposition “on”. Prepositions on the GMAT A preposition must be followed by a noun — or by something [...]
GMAT Prepositions and Idioms: Against
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “for”. Here, we will look, at the prepositions “against”. Prepositions A preposition must be followed by a noun — or by something playing the role of a noun. This latter category includes gerunds and substantive clauses. [...]
Repeating Verb Phrases on the GMAT
“Fred wrote to Congress to complain about this policy nearly four months before Silvia ____________” What we want to say is — Fred wrote to Congress, and Silvia also wrote to Congress, but Fred did what he did before Silvia did what she did. The question is — how do we end that sentence eloquently [...]
GMAT Prepositions and Idioms: “for”
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “of”. Here, we will look, at the preposition “for.” The preposition “for” The word “for” is a preposition. This means, it must be followed by a noun — or by something playing the role of a [...]
GMAT Prepositions and Idioms: “of”
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “to“. Here, we will look, at the preposition “of.” The preposition “of” The word “of” is a preposition. This means, it must be followed by a noun — or by something playing the role of a [...]
Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs and Number on the GMAT
First of all, try this GMAT Sentence Correction practice problem. 1) Knocked from the asteroid belt, an asteroid that comes close to Earth may be captured by Earth’s gravitational field, ultimately spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere while being a “falling star”, or is redirected at high speeds [...]
GMAT Preposition “with”
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In the previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “to”. Here, we will look, at the preposition “with.” The preposition “with” The word “with” is a preposition. This means, it must be followed by a noun — or by something playing the role of [...]
GMAT Prepositions and Idioms: “to”
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition “from”. Here, we will look, at the preposition “to.” The preposition “to” The word “to” is a preposition. This means, it must be followed by a noun — or by something playing the role of a [...]
