Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

Tip

If you practice reading these types of passages, you can become quite skilled at extracting the important information from them as you skim through. For instance, in almost every passage there will be one main point - make sure that you understand what it is and whether the writer agrees or disagrees with it.

Critical Reasoning

These questions have short passages (between 20 and 100 words) and are followed by one or two questions. As the passages are far shorter than in Reading Comprehension questions, pay closer attention to each word. These questions often center on the logic involved in the passage: what the writer has assumed, what the conclusion is, and ways in which the conclusion could have been strengthened or weakened.

Sentence Correction

Here you will be presented with a sentence or short paragraph in which a section of the text is underlined. Below are 5 possible pieces of text that could be used to replace the original. Your job is to select the one that best follows the rules of English grammar and sentence construction. The first answer is always the same text as in the question. It is important to note that your job here involves picking the best possible answer, not the perfect one – there may not be a perfect one to select!

Example

Before coming to work today, Jane went to the gym for an hour where she spent an hour exercising.

1.Before coming to work today

2.Before

3.Prior to attending her job

4.Prior to her job

5.Earlier today, before work

Tip

If you find a question that has two possible statements that both look correct - choose the simplest one.

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