The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2016 with Online Question Bank and Exclusive Video, by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)
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With 25% brand new content, The Official Guide for the GMAT Verbal Review 2016 is the only official study guide focusing on the verbal portion of the GMAT® exam. It delivers more than 300 retired questions from the GMAT®, complete with answer explanations to help focus your test preparation efforts.
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- Includes 25% NEW content
- 300 Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction questions with answer explanations
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Atlantic GMAT's Analysis of the Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2016 with Complete New Question Breakdown! By Andrew Geller I’m a GMAT tutor with over ten years of experience and founder of Atlantic GMAT (100% GMAT 0% BS!). Here is my analysis of the Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2016 along with a complete breakdown of the new questions.Although it would have been nice to have more questions in the higher difficulty levels, the Verbal Review 2016 is a solid update especially if you look at the book as a skill builder. In this role it will be useful to most GMAT students - even those seeking 700+ GMAT scores.READING COMPREHENSION26 new questions/24.7%Page 22/23 (short)-Questions 1-4Page 26/27 (medium)-Questions 11-17Page 30/31 (short)-Questions 23-26Page 38/39 (long)-Questions 39-42Page 58/59 (medium)-Questions 99-105It is nice to have some new passages though for many people the first three easy/easy-ish ones are not going to be very helpful. On the bright side you have some fodder for the beginning of your preparation so you don’t have to waste hard passages while you are still learning the basics.CRITICAL REASONING25 new questions / 30.1%3, 7, 16, 21, 25, 28, 33, 35, 38, 43, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 78, 83ASSUMPTION - 18-Strengthen 7, 38, 67, 78-Weaken 21, 25 (best criticism), 68, 72, 83-Assumption 75-Flaw 62-Evaluate 46 (wordy prompt), 52-Fill in the Blank/Strengthen 3, 28, 43, 50, 71CONTENT - 7-Boldface 60, 64 (long)-Inference 16, 53 (two person)-Paradox 33 (wordy prompt), 35, 55Fill in the blank questions got a substantial boost considering they only represented 8% of the verbal review 2nd edition but represented 20% of this update. The number of flaw questions has doubled! But that only brings the number of them from a lonely one to a lovely couple:) We have only been treated to one new assumption question - so unfortunately we’re left mostly with old ones in that category. Everything else seems to have gotten the proportional treatment that you would expect. On the difficulty level the news is good - the update focused much more medium and hard questions and seems to have loaded the critical reason with some tougher, wordier arguments including a boldface that looks like a mini reading comprehension.SENTENCE CORRECTION25 new questions / 22.1%2, 3, 8, 11, 14, 19, 23, 26, 30, 33, 37, 38, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50, 55, 63, 65, 73, 80, 92, 99, 103-Agreement/Verbs/Pronouns 11, 19 (past perfect), 30 (tenses), 43, 48, 80 (tense), 103 (tense)-Parallelism 2, 23 (list), 33 (list), 38 (comparison), 55 (comparison), 65 (list), 92 (comparison, modifier)-Modifier 3 (like vs as), 8, 14, 37 (list), 47, 50, 63 (comparison), 73 (comparison), 99-Other 26, 42Most of the SC questions fall into the easy/medium range. I would have liked more difficult questions as you see on the actual GMAT exam. It is unfortunate that we are not being treated to any of those beasts! In terms of content: No surprises with parallelism clearly dominating.Is this SC update still helpful even though the new questions aren’t all that tough? Yes. You are still getting an additional 25 official GMAT sentence correction questions which you can use to build up your sentence correction skills. That’s a good thing considering there aren’t that many of these to practice on. I would certainly still use the Verbal review 2nd edition in addition to this book so that you have a whole bunch of verbal practice especially considering you can probably pick up a cheap used copy of the second edition.CONCLUSION:The critical reasoning is the best part of this update. Lots of quality there. Consider the new RC and SC an added bonus. I’ve already reviewed the online component in the GMAT Official Guide 2016 review so I’ll spare you my complaints. Needless to say that I find the online components underwhelming. Just a quick tip to spare you some frustration: your access code for the GMAT Online Question bank is in a pouch attached to the back cover of the book. The website for the GMAT online question bank is GMAT.Wiley.com.Comment with any questions that you have - Happy Studies!BTW - if you need any GMAT study tips, GMAT Questions of the Day, Inspiration, or Study Schedules have a look at AtlanticGMAT.com.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. GMAT Genius’ Detailed Analysis of the 2016 Verbal Official Guide By GMAT Genius GMAT Genius worked closely with the publishers of the GMAT Official Guides in the weeks leading up to the release of the 2016 editions, in order to help improve the online versions of the Official Guides. This has given us an opportunity to thoroughly analyze the 2016 Verbal Official Guide, and we want to share our insights with you. Feel free to read our detailed analysis or to skip down to our conclusions.OVERVIEWThe Official Guides for GMAT Review contain retired real GMAT questions, and are an essential component of your GMAT preparations. The GMAC places questions in order of increasing difficulty, based on its assessment of difficulty. The Verbal Official Guide has no overlap in questions with the main Official Guide.Unlike the 2015 edition, which contained no new questions, the 2016 edition contains 76 new questions out of the 301 total questions, representing just over 25% new content as promised by the GMAC. These are brand new questions that we have not encountered before; they are not questions recycled from older GMAC resources.SENTENCE CORRECTIONThis book contains 113 Sentence Correction questions. The GMAC classifies question difficulty into three categories as follows:Easy – 31 (5 more than 2015 edition)Medium – 51 (13 more)Hard – 31 (18 fewer)The Sentence Correction section contains 25 new questions, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 9 / 13 / 3. This is in lieu of 25 questions from the 2015 edition that have been removed, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 6 / 12 / 7. A total of 16 questions have been assigned a different difficulty than they were in the 2015 edition. Most notably, 12 Hard questions have been downgraded to Medium. The biggest change in difficulty is #111 (Hard) in the 2015 edition dropping all the way to #31 (Easy) in this edition.GMAT Genius classifies question difficulty into five categories. Our assessment skews slightly further away from the center, but contains notable differences from the GMAC. Our difficulty assessment is only 70.1% correlated with the GMAC’s assessment, clearly showing that there is subjectivity involved in assessing question difficulty. Here’s our breakdown:Super Easy – 5 (same as 2015 edition)Easy – 33 (2 more)Medium – 39 (3 fewer)Hard – 25 (2 more)Very Hard – 11 (1 fewer)Although Sentence Correction questions typically entail multiple grammar concepts (as described on our website), GMAT Genius classifies questions based on our assessment of the primary tested concept. Parallel construction clearly stands out as the most prominent category. We break down the 113 Sentence Correction questions as follows:Verb Agreement: 8 (2 fewer than 2015 edition)Verb Tense: 12 (1 fewer)Pronoun Ambiguity: 11 (1 fewer)Pronoun Agreement: 11 (same)Parallel Construction: 36 (1 fewer)Misplaced Modifiers: 12 (2 more)Idioms: 8 (1 more)Comparison & Quantity: 8 (1 more)Expression & Meaning: 7 (1 more)Here’s a list of the 25 new Sentence Correction questions: 2, 3, 8, 11, 14, 19, 23, 26, 30, 33, 37, 38, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50, 55, 63, 65, 73, 80, 92, 99, 103CRITICAL REASONINGThis book contains 83 Critical Reasoning questions. The GMAC classifies question difficulty into three categories as follows:Easy – 34 (9 more than 2015 edition)Medium – 26 (12 fewer)Hard – 23 (3 more)The Critical Reasoning section contains 25 new questions, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 7 / 9 / 9. This is in lieu of 25 questions from the 2015 edition that have been removed, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 6 / 14 / 5. A total of 21 questions (more than 25%) have been assigned a different difficulty level than they were in the 2015 edition, including four Hard questions that have been downgraded all the way to Easy (#15, #19, #20, #34 in this edition).GMAT Genius classifies question difficulty into five categories. Our assessment skews slightly more towards the middle, but contains notable differences from the GMAC. Our difficulty assessment is only 54.0% correlated with the GMAC’s assessment, demonstrating tremendous subjectivity involved in assessing question difficulty. Here’s our breakdown:Super Easy – 0 (same as 2015 edition)Easy – 30 (1 more)Medium – 33 (3 fewer)Hard – 15 (same)Very Hard – 5 (2 more)We have grouped the questions based on the question type categorization that GMAT Genius uses for Critical Reasoning (as described on our website). Weaken and Strengthen questions continue to dominate, but Complete the Passage has noticeably increased. We break down the 83 Critical Reasoning questions as follows:Weaken: 21 (2 fewer than 2015 edition)Strengthen: 18 (1 more)Assumption: 7 (2 fewer)Reasoning: 2 (1 more)Conclusion: 7 (1 fewer)Explain: 6 (same)Evaluate: 7 (2 fewer)Boldface: 3 (1 more)Complete the Passage: 12 (4 more)Here’s a list of the 25 new Critical Reasoning questions: 3, 7, 16, 21, 25, 28, 33, 35, 38, 43, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 78, 83READING COMPREHENSIONThis book contains 105 Reading Comprehension questions across 19 passages. This edition contains 1 additional question and 1 additional passage than the 2015 edition. The GMAC classifies question difficulty into three categories as follows:Easy – 26 (9 more than 2015 edition)Medium – 47 (8 fewer)Hard – 32 (same)The Reading Comprehension section contains 26 new questions, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 15 / 4 / 7. This is in lieu of 25 questions from the 2015 edition that have been removed, with difficulty of Easy / Medium / Hard as follows: 6 / 11 / 8. Interestingly, the GMAC has downgraded 3 passages (and their associated questions) from Hard to Medium, while upgrading 3 other passages (and their associated questions) from Medium to Hard.GMAT Genius classifies question difficulty into five categories. Whereas the GMAC assigns the same difficulty to all questions for a given passage, GMAT Genius assesses the difficulty of each question individually. Our assessment skews slightly easier, but contains notable differences from the GMAC. Our difficulty assessment is only 48.0% correlated with the GMAC’s assessment, in large part due to different difficulty assessment methodologies. Here’s our breakdown:Super Easy – 5 (same as 2015 edition)Easy – 30 (3 more)Medium – 38 (2 fewer)Hard – 21 (1 fewer)Very Hard – 11 (1 more)We have grouped the questions based on the question type categorization that GMAT Genius uses for Reading Comprehension (as described on our website). Specific Reference and Inference questions continue to dominate, with Inference increasing noticeably. We break down the 105 Reading Comprehension questions as follows:Primary Purpose: 15 (1 more than 2015 edition)Author's Tone: 6 (1 fewer)Organization: 3 (2 fewer)Function: 16 (2 more)Specific Reference: 38 (1 fewer)Inference: 25 (5 more)Critical Reasoning: 2 (3 fewer)Here’s a list of the 25 new Reading Comprehension questions: 1 to 4, 11 to 17, 23 to 26, 39 to 42, 99 to 105OTHER NOTESThe book contains a 4-page review of English grammar that is highly inadequate; we highly recommend that you use additional study materials to learn the verbal concepts. Although all questions include answer explanations, most GMAT test takers consider the Sentence Correction explanations quite cryptic. The Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension explanations, however, are reasonably good overall.The book includes an access code that provides 12-month usage of an online version of this Official Guide. Since the GMAT is a computer-based test, we believe that it is advisable to work though the questions online. We recommend that you use Exam Mode rather than Practice Mode, since we recommend that students practice using timed question sets.The online practice interface has improved from last year’s version. The publishers implemented some of our recommendations, but they did not incorporate many of our functionality improvement suggestions. One major flaw that we discussed with the book publishers, but that has not been fixed, is the inaccurate timing for “Previous Sessions.” Timing statistics are accurate when you initially review a question set, but the timing per question data is inaccurate when you later access the same question set.If you already have the 2015 edition of this book, it is debatable whether the addition of 76 new verbal questions makes this book worth purchasing. Our opinion is that advanced verbal students will not find enough additional challenging practice to justify the purchase, but other students could purchase the book for additional practice given the relatively low cost.CONCLUSIONSThe Official Guide has three primary weaknesses, in our opinion:1) An insufficient amount of difficult practice questions2) Answer explanations for Sentence Correction that are too cryptic for most students3) Inaccurate timing data for Previous Sessions and inadequate functionality in the online practice interfaceDespite its flaws, the Verbal Official Guide is an essential source of GMAT practice. We are pleased to see 25% brand new questions in the 2016 edition. We believe that every GMAT aspirant must use this book (or the prior edition). For these reasons, we give this book a 5-star rating. For the best value, we recommend purchasing this book as part of the Official Guide Bundle (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1119101816/?tag=gg057-20).GMAT Genius provides significantly more analysis of the Official Guides on the GMAT Genius blog at GMATgenius.com/blog/. Click on the category Official Guides. You will also find extensive free GMAT preparation advice on the GMAT Genius website at GMATgenius.com/gmat-preparation/. In addition, we offer the highest-quality private GMAT tutoring to students worldwide. Feel free to get in touch with any questions about your GMAT preparations. We look forward to helping you achieve GMAT success!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. You only get 301 questions, online bank recycles old questions, otherwise, good value By Casey L. They're the official questions, Kindle version is good value, probably no better practice material is available (GMAC does not release official questions through any other channel so the stuff used by Manhattan Prep, etc is made up by their authors to be as similar as possible, but are NOT official questions).That said, I'd like to cut through some of the marketing BS and point out some flaws:- When I purchased this and read "more than 300 practice questions, plus access to online question bank", I got the impression that the book contained 300 questions, and then there would be MORE old questions online. This is not the case. There are exactly 301 questions in the book, so their "more than 300" claim is accurate, but the online question bank contains the EXACT same questions. You are paying for 301 practice questions, period.- The online software is nice since it keeps track of your time and progress. However, one BIG flaw is that it will give you old questions that you have already seen before, with the tendency that the first few questions you see will be the exact questions that you got WRONG in your last session. Then, every once in a while you will see older questions that you got wrong.There is NO way to ask the software for fresh questions only, so usually if I want a practice set of say, 20 fresh questions, I will ask the software to give me 25-30 questions (depending on how many I got wrong in the last set) so that after the initial set of stale questions, I get new ones.This is silly, but you can work around it. Otherwise, great value, and the only official set of practice questions out there besides the 2 practice exams that you get when you sign up for the GMAT.
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