Verbal

Question 1

When the question stems refer to a specific paragraph, make sure you read the whole paragraph

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Question 2

Reading comp: when comparing events of large time periods (such as 5,000 years versus 3,000 years) that is still relatively close together

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Question 3

Critical reasoning: don’t avoid an answer because it seems too obvious (it might be an easy question)

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Question 4

SC: When single entities are mentioned such as “each of which” the verb and pronoun much be singular rather than plural. Is recognizes or recognize singular?

Answer 4

Recognizes is singular: “That cat recognizes it’s friend” rather than “That cat recognize it’s friend”

Question 5

SC: If in doubt of the decision point, look at the answer choices and assess how they differ to give a clue of the decision point.

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Question 6

SC: DO NOT BE AFRIAD TO CHOOSE ANSWER A

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Question 7

SC: lists should be all plural or all singular items

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Question 8

SC: make sure that dangling modifiers are logically linked to what precedes them.

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Question 9

SC: It is ok to have a list that is x and y and z

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Question 10

CR: When answering which question would be helpful or not helpful to answer to evaluate the conclusion, make sure you concentrate on the…

Answer 10

Conclusion statement and not something that would deal with the premises.

Question 11

When there is a modifier (such as what something is called) it should be as close as possible to what is modifies. For example…

Answer 11

Marking the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the festival called Eid-ul-Adha, during which sheep are traditionally sacrificed..
This is correct because the modifier ‘called Eid-ul-Adha’ is next to what it modifes - the festival.

Question 12

CR: when the benefits of two things are being compared remember that there may be a third (or more) unmentioned things and therefore it’s impossible to conclude what percentage of people will be benefitted.

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Question 13

Is ‘set of expenses’ plural of singular?

Answer 13

Singular, because it is a single set of expenses.

Question 14

SC: Remember to look for parallelism in answer choices, for example, which is right between having, for example, been given homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios or having been or when they have, for example, been given unrealistic scenarios in their homework, or were

Answer 14

‘having, for example, been given homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios or having been’ is correct because it properly parallels: “having been given x or having been assigned y”

Question 15

CR: If struggling with a strengthen/weaken question, try to insert the answer choice as a premise and see if it makes sense or doesn’t

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Question 16

Looks for comparison words such as ‘unlike’ and concentrate on what is being compared, for example: ‘This year, unlike last year, the contract was awarded not simply to the firm offering to complete the work on time for the least cost;’ or ‘Unlike the previous year’s bidding, this year the contract was awarded not simply to the firm offering to complete the work on time for the least cost;’

Answer 16

‘This year, unlike last year, the contract was awarded not simply to the firm offering to complete the work on time for the least cost’ because this year is being logically compared to last year.

Question 17

Idiom: “A’s are to B what X is to Y.”

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