VERBAL

APTITUDE

About Verbal Aptitude

The verbal section in any competitive examination is

very critical as in most of the cases it becomes
decisive for the overall result.

It is considered as the most important to have

ingredient for any organization to shortlist the
candidates profile for further processing.

In addition, a student admitting to prestigious B

schools through CAT and GMAT this section has
become a yard stick as it deal with logic in the bigger
sense

Objectives of the course

The main objective is - application of Logic to

Grammar

Quickly comprehending complex structured

paragraphs and arguments

Demystify the myths about Reading comprehension

and Critical reasoning

Importance of POE ( Process Of Elimination)

Content
Sentence Correction ---- 10-12 hrs ( If dealing with
examples)

Critical Reasoning
examples)

----

15-18 hrs (If dealing with

Reading Comprehension --- 10-12 hrs ( If dealing with

examples)

Sentence Correction Contents

Subject, Predicate
Grammar and Usage

Agreement

Consistent Tense

Pronoun- Antecedent agreement

Pronoun Consistency

Sentence Correction Contents

Subject, Predicate

The subject of a sentence tells the reader who or what

the sentence is aboutwho or what is performing the
action of the sentence.

The predicate tells the reader something about the

subjectwhat the subject is or does. Consider the
following sentence:

The clock is ticking.

Agreement

Verbs, for example, should agree in number with their

subjects. If the subject is singular, the verb should be
singular; if the subject is plural, the verb should be
plural.

Robin want to meet us later

He do whatever he want

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Agreement

If a compound, singular subject is connected by and, the verb must be

plural.

Both Vanessa and Xui want to join the committee.

If a compound, singular subject is connected by or or nor, the verb must

be singular.

Neither Vanessa nor Xiu wants to join the committee.

If one plural and one singular subject are connected by or or nor, the
verb agrees with the closest subject.

Neither Vanessa nor the treasurers want to join the committee.

Neither the treasurers nor Vanessa wants to join the committee.

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Agreement

There is plenty of reasons to go

Here is the results you have been waiting for.

What is the side effects of this medication

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Consistent Tense

She left the house and forgets her keys again

When we work together, we got better results

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Possessive Pronouns and Contractions

The dog chased its tail.

Their words were comforting

Its time to eat

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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Children will often believe everything their parents tell

them

Everyone has their own reasons for coming

Both of them finished his work.

Only a few are still in its original cases

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