GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2024-2025: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App
The GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review provides focused practice to master the verbal reasoning section of the exam with 250+ practice questions that are not included in the main Official Guide 2024-2025.
Designed by the makers of the GMAT exam, the GMAT Official Guide series is the only study guide that features real exam questions.
Use this guide to:
- Master the verbal section of the exam
- Familiarize yourself with essential concepts through the updated verbal review chapter
- Grow your confidence with the reading comprehension and critical reasoning questions (featuring 50+ new questions!)
- Review detailed explanations to understand correct and incorrect answers
- New! Get exclusive exam preparation tips from test prep organizations
- New! Practice with two-part analysis questions in the book
PLUS! Focus your studying with the Online Question Bank - Bonus: included with purchase!
- Tailor your practice by building practice sets targeting question type and difficulty
- Discover your strengths and weaknesses with diagnostic quizzes
- Track your focus areas and progress with key metrics
- Reinforce concepts with flashcards and engaging games
- Challenge yourself with timed practice
- Use digital flashcards to master key concepts, also accessible on the mobile app
Table of Contents
Letter From the President and CEO, GMAC™ vii
1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 2
1.1 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.2 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.3 GMAT™ Exam Format 4
1.4 What Is the Testing Experience Like? 6
1.5 What Is the Exam Content Like? 6
1.6 Verbal Reasoning Section 6
1.7 How Are Scores Calculated? 7
2.0 How to Prepare 10
2.1 How Should I Prepare for the GMAT™ Exam? 11
2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day 12
2.3 How to Use the GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review 2024-2025 12
2.4 How to Use Other GMAT™ Official Prep Products 14
2.5 Tips for Taking the Exam 14
2.6 Verbal Reasoning Section Strategies 16
3.0 Verbal Review 18
3.0 Verbal Review 19
3.1 Analyzing Passages 19
3.2 Inductive Reasoning 26
3.3 Deductive Reasoning 32
4.0 Verbal Reasoning 42
4.0 Verbal Reasoning 43
4.1 What Is Measured 43
4.2 Question Types 44
4.3 Tips for Answering Verbal Reasoning Questions 50
4.4 Practice Questions: Reading Comprehension 52
4.5 Answer Key: Reading Comprehension 103
4.6 Answer Explanations: Reading Comprehension 104
4.7 Practice Questions: Critical Reasoning 187
4.8 Answer Key: Critical Reasoning 253
4.9 Answer Explanations: Critical Reasoning 254
5.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index 404
5.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index 405
Appendix A Answer Sheets 416
Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet 417
Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 418
