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GMAT Prep Verbal Flashcards

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Articles

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Words that are used with nouns to indicate a degree of definiteness

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Abstract nouns are considered? [Singular or plural]

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Singular

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These types of nouns have both singular and plural forms

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countable nouns

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these types of nouns only have singular forms

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non-countable nouns

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What part of a sentence performs the action?

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the subject

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What happens when a noun is used as an object in a sentence?

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It receives the action

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Most common conjunctions the GMAT uses to create parallelism errors (but not the only ones)

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and, but, and not only… but also

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Subordinating conjunctions

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join a dependent clause to an independant clause

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Auxiliary verbs

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verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs

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Phrases

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a group of words that act as a part of speech

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Modifying Phrases

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take on the role of adverb or adjective (adjectival and adverbial)

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Two most important auxiliary verbs

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“to be” and “to have”

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13
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All present participles end in?

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ing

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Is there a rule for what past participles end in?

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mostly -ed but there are many irregular ones

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Pronouns

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stand in for nouns within a sentence

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What is the noun that a pronoun refers to?

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the antecedent

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17
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Which pronoun type does the GMAT focus on when creating errors?

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personal pronouns

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personal pronouns

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represent specific people or things

I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, and them

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4 properties of personal pronouns

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number, case, person, and gender

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Case (pronoun property)

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the role a pronoun uses in a sentence

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The comparative (adjective)

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Used to compare two objects, usually created by adding -er to base adjective

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The superlative (adjective)

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Used to compare more than 2 things. Usually created by adding -est to base form of adjective

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Are adjectives or adverbs common sources of error in sentence correction on the GMAT?

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No, can be helpful to ignore underlined adjectives. Look for other errors first

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Prepositions

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small words in a sentence that help establish relationships

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Can a noun play multiple roles in a sentence?

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No. If a noun of is an object of a preposition, it cannot also be the subject of the sentence

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The GMAT generally observes this convention regarding prepositions which can be used to spot correct answer choices

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That it is improper to end a sentence with a preposition.

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Conjunctions

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provide links in sentences

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two types of conjunctions

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coordinating conjunctions

correlative conjunctions

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coordinating conjunctions

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provide links between items of similar grammatical status

30
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What are the seven coordinating conjunctions in the English Language? (FANBOYS)

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for 
and 
nor
but
or
yet
so
31
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what is the mnemonic to memorize the seven coordinating conjunctions

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FANBOYS

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Parallelism (referring to sentence construction)

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The requirement that all list items in a sentence be in the same grammatical structure

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prepositional phrases

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a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object. Can also act as parts of speech by modifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

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When can the subject of a sentence be the prepositional phrase?

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NEVER

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Clause

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group of words that has a subject and a verb

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independent clause

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can stand alone as a complete sentence

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dependent clause

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cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

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Noun clause

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dependent clause that acts as a noun. comes after the verb unless is the the subject of the sentence

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Adjetival clause

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dependent clause that acts like adjective. Must come right after the noun it modifies

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adverbial clause

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dependent clause that acts like an adverb. Needs to be right next to the independent clause it is modifying.

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What is the part of speech for the word “is”?

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verb

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Subject verb agreement

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both verb and subject have to be singular or plural

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abstract noun

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a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object

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collective noun

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names a group of things, treated as a single entity (singular)

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“Everybody” and “no one” are singular pronouns because…

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they are collective! and should be treated as a single entity

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Compound subject

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when a subject indicates more than one noun

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pronoun ambiguity

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when it is not clear which noun a pronoun refers to. (must be avoided)

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present tense

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a habitual action, or something that is happening now

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present progressive tense

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Ongoing in the present

uses a form of “to be” followed by the ing form of a verb

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present perfect tense

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an action that is ongoing

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simple past tense

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indicates a completed action or condition

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past progressive tense

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action that was ongoing in the past

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past perfect tense

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to make clear that one action in the past happened before another requires helping verb “had”

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Simple future tense

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action that will take place in the future

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future progressive tense

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ongoing action that takes place in the future. Required form of to be, followed by -ing form of a verb

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future perfect tense

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indicates an action that will be completed by a specific time in the future

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misplaced modifier

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when a modifier is not adjacent to the thing it’s intended to modify

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quantity words for countable nouns

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fewer, number, many

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quantity words for non countable nouns

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less, amount or quantity, much

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comparing words between two things

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-er, more, between

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comparing words among 3 or more things

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-est, most, among

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parallel construction

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in a list of two or more things, each item in the list must be the same part of speech and use the same grammatical structure

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