Wednesday, September 24, 2008

STRATEGIES - VERBAL SECTION



Sentence Completion


The following strategies can be used in tackling the sentence completion questions in a more effective manner. They are
  • Read the incomplete sentence and try to fit your own words in before looking at the answer choices.
  • Pay attention to grammatical clues.
  • Break down sentences with two blanks into parts and analyze each part individually.
  • See that both parts of your answer choice fit the sentence correctly.
Antonyms

The below points will be helpful in answering the antonyms accurately:
  • Try to define the word precisely
  • Look for shades of meaning of the given word
  • Make a sentence with it
  • Analyze the prefix or suffix to help establish a individual words meaning
  • Eliminate irrelevant answer choices
Analogies

The key points to tackle in the analogies are given below:
  • Try to establish a strong relationship between the given pair of words
  • Consider relationships of kind, size, spatial contiguity, or degree.
  • If more than one of the answer choices seems correct, try to state the relationship more precisely.
  • Check for second meanings of the given words
Reading Comprehension

This is the more difficult and a very challenging section with regard to the students. To solve them, you need:
  • Go through the passage once to get the general idea of the passage.
  • Do not try to memorize details but instead pay attention to the topic and the focus of the passage as you read.
  • For questions asking you to give the passage a title, look at the first and last lines of the passage for clues.







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