GMAT Verbal Flashcards
Relative Pronouns
that, which, who, whom, whose, where, when
Common beginnings to noun clauses
that, which, who, how, whether, whom, where, what, why
A clause that follows a noun and modifies that noun
relative clause
A clause that acts as a noun
noun clause
Compound Subject
subject composed of multiple nouns joined by a coordinating conjunction such as “and”, “or”, or “nor”
Additive phrases structures and are they plural vs singular subjects?
along with, as well as, in addition to, accompanied by,
together with
DO NOT create a plural subject
Compound subjects with or, nor, either/or, neither/nor
verb must agree with subject noun it’s closest to
Collective Nouns
refers to a group of people or things, almost always singular
Subject begins with: “every”, “each”, “many a/an”
always singular
Singular Indefinite Pronouns
always singular; anybody, anything, anyone, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something, whatever, whoever*
Plural Indefinite Pronouns
always plural; both, few, many, several
SANAMM Indefinite Pronouns
can be singular or plural; some, any, none, all, more, most
Subjects that begin with “the number of..”
singular verb
Subjects that begin with “a number of..”
plural verb
Subjects that begin with “the percentage of..”
singular verb
Subjects that begin with “a percentage of..”
takes a verb that agrees in number with what the percentage is a percentage of
Subjects that begin with fractions
can be singular or plural
Subjects in the forms of infinitives, gerunds, and noun phrases/clauses always have a/an ____ verb
singular verb
A pronoun (must or must not) agree in number with its antecedent
must; singular pronoun must refer to singular antecedent and a plural pronoun must refer to a plural antecedent
Pronouns that refer to “each” and “every” must be…plural or singular?
always singular, regardless of whether they begin a phrase that contains a plural noun or describes a group
When “term”, “label”, or “name” refer to a noun in quotes…
look out for pronoun-antecedent errors in the sentence. Pronouns must refer to the thing and not term/label/name
Pronouns can/cannot refer to entire clauses
cannot
“Who/Whoever” usage
subject pronouns
“Whom/Whomever” usage
object pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
that, this, these, those
Non-traditional subjects always require a ___ verb
singular
always singular; anybody, anything, anyone, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something, whatever, whoever*
singular indefinite pronouns
along with, as well as, in addition to, accompanied by,
together with
structures for additive phrases
that, which, who, how, whether, whom, where, what, why
noun clause beginnings
that, which, who, whom, whose, where, when
relative pronouns
Demonstrative Pronoun
takes place of a noun and always stands alone
this, that, these, those
demonstrative pronouns
