GMAT Verbal Syllabus
GMAT verbal syllabus, being one of the essential components of GMAT test, assesses a person’s eligibility to communicate in Standard English effectively. Without an “effective communication” success and stability is out of reach, when it comes to international business and academic ideal. English serves as a universal language for governments, educational and business purposes. When International companies started outsourcing jobs, standard command in English became a must to get placed in a qualified job. Gradually non-English speaking countries had to work to reach a position where they could shape their English standards to meet global benchmark. GMAT verbal syllabus is designed for this purpose. The main objective of GMAT verbal syllabus is to equip candidates, who want to apply for management courses, with Standard English skills which are mandatory for success in international business schools.
GMAT verbal syllabus is structured in such a way that, it also helps a candidate to work on his/her logical thinking, understanding a complex idea and to presenting it in Standard English style and usage. Depending on the test section, GMAT verbal syllabus is divided into three parts as follows:
Complete GMAT Verbal Syllabus
A. Sentence Correction
Sentence Correction section of GMAT verbal syllabus prepares the candidate to be well versed in Standard English grammar.
This test section in GMAT verbal syllabus tests a candidate’s skill in three grammatical rules as follows:
- Correct Expression - Grammar and framing a sentence
- Effective Expression - Ensure clarity through short sentences
- Proper Diction - Accurate choice of words
Based on these three rules GMAT sentence correction is comprised of the following lessons given in detail below:
- Noun
- Pronoun Verb
- Prepositions
- Parallelism
- Subject-verb Agreement Verb Tense
- Pronoun-antecedent Agreement
- Personal Pronouns
- Relative Pronoun
- Pronoun Reference
These are the lessons in GMAT verbal syllabus, which needs constant practice.
B. Reading Comprehension
In reading comprehension section of GMAT syllabus, logical thinking is a must to understand the content of a passage. This section of GMAT consists of passages and questions that cover different topics.
The candidate should read the passage critically because he/she must understand the logical substance in a passage. The questions are related to the passage to test, how well the candidate has understood the logical structure.
Most of the passages are covered under subjects like, Science, Social Science, Business, Biological Science and Physical Science.
There are various type of questions asked from the passages in a reading comprehension exercise. The candidates have to explain what they inferred from the passage. They are as follows:
- Factual Questions - These questions call for recalling facts which are present in the given passage. For example answers to questions like “what”, “when”, “how”, “who” become the elements of factual questions.
- Inference Questions - These questions will ask candidates to draw conclusions from the circumstances given in the passage. To infer the content of a passage you have to get into the author’s mindset and think like he thought.
- Main Idea Questions – These questions will ask the content and main idea in the passage. There is no need to find implications, because these questions will identify the main idea in the topic.
- Tone Questions – These questions will ask candidates to find the emotion and attitude in the passage. The adjectives in the passage need to be analyzed to find them.
C. Critical Reasoning
The critical reasoning section of GMAT syllabus needs a candidate’s ability to think logically to understand a complex argument. In this section of GMAT syllabus, the candidate is presented with a passage having related questions in the end. They have to analyze the passage and interpret what the writer is trying to say. Then they should read the questions properly and try to construct an argument logically from the multi choice objectives, from which they can draw assumptions, strengths, and weakness. After that they should decide the answer according to their logic.
This section test’s a student’s skill in three things:
- Argument Construction
- Argument Evaluation
- Formulating and Evaluating a Plan of Action
The details given above regarding each section of GMAT verbal syllabus are based on GMAT verbal test. So if a candidate prepares thoroughly all the portions given in the GMAT verbal syllabus then achieving a good score is a piece of cake.
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