Verbal Chapter 3
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| Are people countable ? | YES
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| Are animals uncountable ? | NO
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| Are liquids countable ? | NO
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| Are materials countable ? | No. exception: when they stand for objects they are countable. exmaple: a stone
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| Are names countable ? | NO
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| What is uncountable ? | Names, Materials, Substances, Liquids
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| Indefinite article for a singular countable? | "a"
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| Indefinite article for a plural countable ? | "some"/"any"
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| Definite article for a plural countable ? | "the"
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| Definite article for a singular uncountable ? | "the"
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| Indefinite article for a singular uncountable ? | "some"/"any"
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| Is that ok? "advices" | No. advice is uncountable.
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| Is that ok? "sugars" | Might be. If we're talking on different kinds of sugar.
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| What's the equivalent of "many" for singular uncountable nouns ? | Much
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| For uncountable nouns we say "a little" (e.g. a little different). What's the equivalent for plural countable nouns ? "______ students" | "a few"
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| Building A has 4 windows. Building B has 10 windows. Building A has _____ windows than building B. 1. fewer. 2. less | 1. fewer
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| You need to put the same _____ of water in the cake as you put in the bread. 1. number 2. amount | 2. amount
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| The ______ of students in this class is the greatest. 1. number 2. amount | 1. number
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| What words describe amount and number ? | great, small, large
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| What words describe percent, percentage, score, rate ? | high, low
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| In order to get a _____ score, you need to study hard. | high
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| Correct the sentence: "There are less applicants this year." | replace "less" with "fewer"
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| Correct the sentence: "Souvenir helps one to remember a past occasion." | A souvenir helps one to remember a past occasion.
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| How to check if the word with "ing" is a gerund ? | Replace it with a noun and see if it fits the sentence well.
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| T/F - gerunds are always uncountable. | TRUE
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| Which one is correct ? (A) We object to him leaving the meeting. (B) We object to his leaving the meeting. | B is correct.
replace the gerund with the noun "departure" and check if it fits.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) Solving the mathematics problems did not take him much time. (B) Solving of the mathematics problems did not take him much time. | A is correct.
remove the "ing" and check if it fits.
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| If you do not know whether the verb takes 'of', choose the option with no 'of'. except: _______, _______, _______ and _______. | approve, confess, consist, dispose.
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| Which one is correct: (A) We are not able to even remember the first days of our lives. (B) We are not able even to remember the first days of our lives. | B is correct. (infinitives)
never split the "to" from the verb.
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| Which one is correct: (A) I'm happy to buy a cat. (B) I'm happy to have bought a cat. | Both!
A - there's an infinitive after the verb and it's something that's going to happen in the future.
B - there's a perfective infinitive after the verb and it's something that happened in the past.
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| Which on is correct ? (A) Approving of the license is a necessary procedure. (B) Approving the license is a necessary procedure. | A is correct.
remove the "ing" from the gerund and see if it makes sense.
we say "approve of"
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| What are the pronouns ? | (1st), (2nd), (3rd)
Singular: (I), (you), (he, she, one, it)
Plural: (we), (you), (they)
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| What words cannot be used in the passive voice ? | evolve, derive, originate and graduate
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| Which one is correct ? (A) Plants evolved from simpler forms of life. (B) Plants were evolved from simpler forms of life. | A is correct.
evolved cannot be used in the passive voice.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) Plants developed by scientists in the early 90s. (B) Plants were developed by scientists in the early 90s. | B is correct.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) The word derives from the Latin root. (B) The word is derived from the Latin root. | A is correct.
you can't use "derive" in the passive voice.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) The results of the tests will be obtained tomorrow. (B) We will obtain the results of the tests tomorrow. | A is correct.
B changes the meaning.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) They speak French in Guadeloupe. (B) French is spoken in Guadeloupe. | B is correct.
you can't start a sentence with "they".
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| Which one is correct ? (A) In the last lesson, we have learned a lot. (B) In the last lesson, a lot has been learned by us. | A is correct.
Both are correct grammatically. B is using the passive voice.
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| Adjective: fast Adverb: ______ | fast
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| Adjective: good Adverb: ______ | well
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| Adjective: ______ Adverb: well | good
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| Adjective: hard Adverb: ______ | hard - same meaning
hardly - "almost not"
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| Adjective: deep Adverb: ______ | deep - same meaning
deeply - "very much"
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| Adjective: flat Adverb: ______ | flat - same meaning
flatly - exactly
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| Adjective: mere Adverb: ______ | mere - a little
merely - simply
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| Which one is correct ? (A) He has been playing the violin merely five years. (B) He has been playing the violin a mere five years. | A - wrong (merely five years =simply five years)
B - correct ( a mere five years - as little as five years)
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| Which one is correct ? (A) merely + number (B) a/mere + number | B is correct.
(merely is simply)
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| What are the adverbs of frequency ? | constantly, always, often, frequently, usually, permanently, regularly, sometimes, temporarily, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never.
+ gradually/eventually (exceptional adverbs of manner that work according to the rules of adverbs of frequency)
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| What adverbs of manner work according the rules of adverbs of frequency ? | gradually & eventually
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| What are the adverbs of degree ? | only, nearly, merely, hardly, scarcely, barely, certainly, definitely, even, just, typically, virtually, almost, totally, fully, specifically, originally, primarily.
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| Which one is correct ? (A) phrases that answers the question "where?" comes before those that answer the question "when?". (B) phrases that answers the question "when?" comes before those that answer the question "where?". | A is correct.
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| Adjectives comes before: _______ and _______. | nouns / gerunds
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| Adjectives comes after: _______ and _______. | verbs / verbs of senses
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| Adverbs of manner comes after: _______ and _______. | verbs / participles
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| Adverbs of manner comes before: _______ and _______ and _______. | adjectives / adverbs / participles
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| Adverbs of frequency comes before: _______ and _______. | verbs / participles
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| Adverbs of intensity comes before: _______ and _______ and _______. | adjectives / adverbs / participles
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| Adverbs of degree comes before: _______. | any pare of speech. depends on logic.
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| What adverbs can come after what they describe ? | ONLY adverbs of manner
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| Say some common conjunctions ... | and, but, because, since, therefore, however, thus, although, even though, though, nevertheless, so, that, when, as, while, after, before, if, yet, for, nor, thereby.
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| This is correct: We think that she is right. Is this correct? We think she is right. | YES. you can omit "that" after "think".
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| T/F - It is allowed to omit a "that" in GMAT ! | FALSE !!!!
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| Say some prepositions ... | of, in, at, from, for, off, to, without, among, between, between and , by, throughout, after, before, while, on, upon, beside, but, except for, in spite of, despite, because of, instead of, due to, like, as, including, regarding, concerning, according to.
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| Is that correct ? Despite of the heavy traffic, we arrived on time. | NO.
"despite of"
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| Prepositions: 1. __ ________ of 2. ________ 3. ________ of 4. ________ | 1. In spite of
2. Despite
3. Because of
4. but
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| Conjunctions (equivalent to prepositions): 1. ________ 2. ________ ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ | 1. although
2. even though
3. though
4. because
5. but
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