 | Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com | The only official verbal review for the GMAT from the creators of the test Anyone preparing for the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT) knows it's important to study with the experts. With The Official GMAT Verbal Review, 2nd Edition, you'll get questions, answers, and explanations straight from the source. The only official verbal review for the GMAT Exam, this book targets your study and helps you improve your verbal skills by focusing on your ability to read and comprehend written material, to reason and evaluate arguments, and to correct written material to conform to standard English. Inside, you'll find
- 300 actual questions from past GMAT tests, including 75 questions new to this edition
- Sections on Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction, and Analytical Writing Assessment
- Questions organized in order of difficulty to save study time
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Average Customer Rating:   Excellent for verbal workout I loved the workout the book gave, lots of questions to try and practice. I would have liked tougher passages, but the CR and SC are really good. Its not a good starting book, but if you are done with OG, then this is a good book for further practice. Good book Its a good book if you are adding it to the main course.Can find additional practice item.I do not think English changes much over the years so edition does not matter much. Good book Good book, for those who want to understand the way of taking the GMAT, but only practice and most of the material will change all of the time. Worked awesome My math skills are far superior to my verbal skills so I bought this book to try to improve my verbal score. SOMEHOW I scored Higher on the verbal than on the math and I did awesome in both parts so these official guides REALLY work. Excellent GMAT Verbal practice makes this book worthwhile I self studied and scored a 770 on the GMAT. Here are my thoughts on the Official Guide Verbal book:
===== OVERVIEW =====
The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, 2nd edition, is a welcomed addition to the Official GMAT Review "family" of books. Since most test takers score lower in the verbal section than in the quantitative section, you should not be surprised to learn that this is one of the most popular resources available for GMAT preparation.
As compared with other books with 100% verbal focus, the verbal supplement has the unequaled advantage of bringing you 300 official, retired questions. I cannot stress enough the importance of having real GMAT materials to practice: their quality and style is unmatched in the test prep industry! In terms of number of problems, the book contains:
* 104 Reading Comprehension
* 83 Critical Reasoning
* 113 Sentence Correction
===== PROS =====
* The verbal review offers 300 additional official questions at a decent price, so if you're having trouble with verbal you should definitely consider investing in this book
* As is the case with the Official Guide, explanations are neatly and clearly formulated. Each question is amply analyzed, with proper space given to the correct answer, the incorrect options and the reasoning behind the choice
* Questions are arranged in order of difficulty should you wish to focus on harder material
===== CONS =====
* One would expect a supplement to be centered around harder questions, but this is not the case. The overall level of difficulty is comparable to that of the Official Guide (largely easy and medium difficulty questions)
* The strategy/tips section of each chapter is subpar, meaning that you will need an extra book or two for concepts. Consider the Sentence Correction section - its strategy section is only 7 pages long, while the GMAT tests for enough English language grammar rules to fill a whole volume!
* If short on time, it is wise to go through The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition, rather than to buy this book
===== BOTTOM LINE =====
If you've finished The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition and still feel the need for more practice, or have taken a diagnostic test and feel you're still having trouble with verbal, then this is the book for you. Note however that you should not simply go through official questions without a guidebook at hand, since this would mean using up valuable material without building a solid foundation of knowledge of common patterns and structures. Consider the Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review as an extra opportunity to strengthen your verbal muscle!
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you already have the first edition of this book, there's no point in buying the second edition. The second edition contains 81 new problems (less than a third of total). It's not worth paying more money just to see these problems. Here's a complete list of new problems:
* Reading Comprehension: 1 - 6, 18 - 23, 45 - 49, 64 - 70, 91 - 97 (5 new passages and 31 new questions)
* Critical Reasoning: 1, 3, 6, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 40, 45, 48, 51, 54, 59, 62, 65, 70, 74, 78, 81 (23 new questions)
* Sentence Correction: 1, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 22, 27, 31, 36, 42, 45, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 79, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112 (27 new questions)
Good luck on your GMAT prep!
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