GMAT Verbal Exam Questions and
Answers
This is a problem word for assumption questions - correct answer-always
Like means a comparison. Therefore the clauses must - correct answer-match
assumption questions for reading comprehension questions have the keyword: - correct
answer-assume
and must be used after a comma for a ___ clause
Which is correct?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences
between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered
by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half dozen attempts to avert sectional
civil war.
a) and the first attempt of more than a half dozen attempts to avert
b) and the first attempt of more than a half dozen attempts to avert
c) and just the first of more than a half dozen attempts aimed at averting - correct
answer-independent clause
a is correct
Underlined ___ are a classic sign of errors - correct answer-pronouns
so......, matches with what word after the comma? - correct answer-that
"Yet" signifies... - correct answer-an opinionated argument in reading comprehension
passages
"For instance" signifies... - correct answer-A piece of evidence
contrast words - correct answer-however, although, still, nonetheless, at the same time,
on the other hand, otherwise, but, yet, notwithstanding
intensifying words - correct answer-indeed, moreover, in fact
illustrating words - correct answer-for example, to illustrate
Answers
This is a problem word for assumption questions - correct answer-always
Like means a comparison. Therefore the clauses must - correct answer-match
assumption questions for reading comprehension questions have the keyword: - correct
answer-assume
and must be used after a comma for a ___ clause
Which is correct?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences
between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered
by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half dozen attempts to avert sectional
civil war.
a) and the first attempt of more than a half dozen attempts to avert
b) and the first attempt of more than a half dozen attempts to avert
c) and just the first of more than a half dozen attempts aimed at averting - correct
answer-independent clause
a is correct
Underlined ___ are a classic sign of errors - correct answer-pronouns
so......, matches with what word after the comma? - correct answer-that
"Yet" signifies... - correct answer-an opinionated argument in reading comprehension
passages
"For instance" signifies... - correct answer-A piece of evidence
contrast words - correct answer-however, although, still, nonetheless, at the same time,
on the other hand, otherwise, but, yet, notwithstanding
intensifying words - correct answer-indeed, moreover, in fact
illustrating words - correct answer-for example, to illustrate
