In this Subject-Verb Agreement tutorial, we cover the basic rules with examples to learn before you start your practice exercises and GMAT mock tests. Ensure that you’ve read the basic article on nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives before reading further.
Whether you are using units from the Metric system (as we do in this post) or US measurement system (the GMAT being an American test), the concepts don’t change.
In this GMAT grammar tutorial, we look at the definition of pronoun agreement and cover the various types you’ll encounter. Do brush up on the basic building blocks of grammar – nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives – before moving on.
Before you get into distance, time and speed word problems, check out how you can add a little power to your resume by getting our mini-MBA certificate. Problems involving Time, Distance and Speed are solved based on one simple formula. Distance = Speed * Time Which implies → Speed = Distance / Time and … Read more
In this GMAT grammar tutorial, we look at the definition of pronoun agreement and cover the various types you’ll encounter. We’ll first cover the base verbs and the auxiliary verbs and later discuss the various tenses.
Concepts of statistics are used frequently in GMAT maths questions, often in implicit ways. What we’ll cover in this article: Definition, formulas and solved / practice examples for concepts of mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation.
GMAT grammar topics seem simple, as they are based on basic rules you studied in school. However, the GMAT verbal section is precisely where international GMAT test takers and non-native English speakers stumble. Rather than taking the easy (and lazy) route of skipping the simple GMAT grammar rules to focus on more advanced test prep … Read more
When MS and MBA applicants ask us – ‘What are my chances of getting into Harvard?‘ or ‘What’s my probability of getting scholarships from Oxford?‘ we get tongue-tied. There are so many variables at play, it’s difficult to give an accurate answer. But when you get probability questions in your GRE and GMAT exam syllabus, … Read more
Ever wondered about those irritating ‘Solve it if you are a genius‘ or ‘90% will get it wrong‘ puzzles that flood your Facebook and LinkedIn pages? Often on the same image, they also have a confused looking Einstein staring back at you wondering why he’s being dragged into this frivolous race for social media domination. … Read more
With a litany of educational institutes also comes the option of a variety of modes of education – full-time, part-time, distant, online, you name it. And with the variety also comes the dilemma of what to choose. Each of these modes has its own merit, enough to confuse the ambivalent student on which would be … Read more
While preparing for the GMAT, most of the candidates start planning in advance for a high GMAT score in the Quantitative and Verbal sections. The score out of 800 for these two sections seems to be the only aspect that matters. The AWA section which has a score on the scale of 0-6 is totally … Read more
In your GMAT test preparation plan, the GMAT quantitative section would comprise of problem solving and data sufficiency questions. The data sufficiency questions tend to differ from the problem solving ones as you are not required to calculate the answer. There’s more to it than just your quantitative expertise.