Foundations of GMAT Verbal (Gmat Strategy Guides)

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  1. Paperback: 300 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Manhattan Prep Publishing; 2011-05-31
  3. Author: Manhattan GMAT
  4. ISBN: 1935707167
  5. Sales Rank in Books: #306489

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Manhattan GMAT's Foundations of Verbal provides a refresher of the basic verbal concepts tested on the GMAT. Designed to be user-friendly for all students, this book provides easy-to-follow explanations of fundamental concepts and step-by-step application of these concepts to examples. It’s an invaluable resource for students who want to cement their understanding of basic principles such as grammar, logic, and reading, while building core verbal skills for the GMAT.

Purchase of this book includes access to the Foundations of Verbal Homework Bank of extra practice questions and detailed explanations not included in the book, as well as to the Foundations of Verbal Bonus Drill Set.

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Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A book to use if you're "preparing to prepare" for the GMAT, May 29, 2011
BeatTheGMAT.com (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Verbal (Gmat Strategy Guides) (Paperback)
I self studied and scored a 770 on the GMAT. Here are my thoughts on the Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Verbal:

===== OVERVIEW =====

The new Foundations of GMAT Verbal book is meant to get you ready to tackle the other, more well-known guides by Manhattan GMAT, namely their series of 3 verbal guides. In case you're just starting to prep for the test, you should know that these 3 verbal guides are some of the most popular GMAT books available. The Sentence Correction guide is exceptionally popular among test takers for its top notch coverage of this question type. Many believe that the three main books do a very good job of presenting the theory and strategy tested on the GMAT, but there's a catch: these three guides assume that you already know some of the basics.

While it is reasonable to believe that a native speaker has no trouble in telling a verb from a noun, this might not be the case for a non native speaker (I myself am one so I can...Read more


3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A very nice way to go through the basics, August 20, 2011
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This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Verbal (Gmat Strategy Guides) (Paperback)
You are supposed to consider this book in the beginning and later graduate to the 8 book series.

I went the other way round. I first completed the 4th edition of the SC guide but then realized that my grasp on the subject is weak. I found out that my basic understanding of grammatical terms is pretty rustic now (after 8 years of high school). I was a bit skeptical about purchasing this book just for SC basics, as I am pretty strong in CR and RC, however I just ordered this book not knowing whether it will be any worth for my money or not.

I am sooooo glad I did, all the missing pieces in my understanding of SC are falling right into the place. I am halfway through the SC part and now considering going through the entire book.

I will highly recommend this book, especially to non native English Speakers. Kudos to Manhattan.

Cheers!!


4.0 out of 5 stars Good but basic, February 1, 2012
Roger Fredrick - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Verbal (Gmat Strategy Guides) (Paperback)
This is a good book, especially if you have been away from academics for a long time.
However, if you are aiming at a really good score, you will need to supplement this with some specialist books like those from gmat pro.

Overall, this book helped me brush up my fundamentals and was a good choice to kick start my prep.

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