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- 43 concepts covering all concepts tested on Sentence Correction
- 500+ questions, 1000+ learning items
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Diagnostic Concepts
Sentence Correction Diagnostic Test
Tests your SC skill level with 10 GMAT like questions. Questions in this timed quiz are carefully selected to estimate your skill level. Access to competence level access is determined per the score in the diagnostic test.
Level 1 Preview Concepts
Introduction to e-GMAT SC
Explains the course structure and e-GMAT methodology, describing the philosophy and concept distribution.
Sentence Structure Part 1
Teaches the importance of understanding sentence structure and explains the difference between clause & phrase and then teaches how to distinguish between independent clause & dependent clause.
Sentence Structure Part 2
Teaches the building blocks of sentence, explaining how independent and dependent clauses can be combined to form complex sentences. Provides a framework to identify the sentence structure.
Subject verb - Must Exist
Teaches the basics of Subject Verb concept and how to identify SV pair(s) in long sentences by omitting prepositional phrases. Also explains how all verb-like words do not act like verbs.
Subject verb - Agree in Number
Teaches how to identify SV pair(s) in a sentence. Presents the technique to identify prepositional phrases for easy identification of SV pairs. Teaches how all verb-like words do not act like verbs.
Verb Tenses - I
Teaches basic verb tenses including simple & continuous present, past, future tense & present perfect tense. Explains difference between present tense & present perfect tense. Also explains how simple present tense and continuous present tense convey different meanings.
Pronouns
Explains how GMAT tests the use of pronouns in SC. Explains why Pronouns should not be used in ambiguous manner and why Pronoun-antecedent pair must agree in number. Covers complex example with multiple nouns prior to the use of pronoun.
Modifiers - Verb-ing Modifiers
Explains one of the most commonly dreaded modifiers - verb-ing modifiers. Explains the different entities that this versatile modifier can modify when separated by comma and when not separated by comma. Also explains verb-ed modifiers.
Preview Application File
Introduces e-GMAT SC process and solves two basic questions using the process. All through the course, we teach 1 and only 1 method to approach SC questions. This includes first understanding the meaning of the sentence, then thoroughly analyzing it to determine the errors, and then reviewing the answer choices to determine the best worded answer choice.
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Level 1 Concepts
Subject verb - Always Singular Subjects
Teaches some specific subjects that are always singular. This understanding is required to ensure that in a given sentence SV pairs agree in number.
Verb Tenses - II
Teaches perfect verb tenses. Explains use of past perfect tense and future perfect tense. Explains scenarios in which past perfect tense is required and the scenarios in which its use may be optional. This is important to ensure that test taker does not reject an answer choice that is indeed correct.
Verb Sequencing
Teaches how to apply the knowledge of verb tenses on complex sentences through 5 carefully chosen scenarios.
Level 1 Application File 1
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve easy SC questions with SV, verb tense, & pronoun errors. List of numbers of relevant OG12 questions is provided. These questions must be attempted after completing the application file. This ensures that all concepts and process is solidified in the mind.
Introduction to Modifiers
Explains the structure of concepts covering modifier errors. Explains the relevance and important of learning about this error type.
Type of Modifiers
Describes the different types of modifiers, including noun modifiers, verb modifiers. Modifiers can either modify the nouns, verbs, or the complete clause.
Correcting Modifiers Errors
Using examples, shows how modifier errors can be corrected. Three commonly used methods are taught; Reposition the modifier, reword the modifier, and change voice of the modified entity. The same modifier error is corrected using multiple methods. This type of analysis provides an arsenal for attacking modifier errors.
Introduction to Parallelism
Explains the structure of concepts covering parallelism errors. Explains how GMAT tests these errors.
Parallelism - Identify & Correct
Provides framework for identifying and correcting parallelism errors. Explains that identifying lists should be governed not only by structure of the elements of the list but also by the intended meaning conveyed by the sentence. Explains how to correct lists. All concepts are explained using multiple examples.
Parallelism - Helping Tips
Provides a framework to approach parallelism errors. Explains the helpful tips with use of examples and then presents carefully selected questions so that the student can apply the learned tips and solidify the concepts in his/her mind.
Idioms - Standard Expressions
Presents correct idiomatic usage of commonly used expressions. These expressions are formed using "and", "or", "so", "not", "as".
Idioms - Quantaties
Presents quantity related idiomatic usage, including words used with countable and uncountable nouns, how to identify if word is countable or uncountable, words to be used to compare quantities, etc.
Level 1 Application File 2
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve easy SC questions with all basic errors primarily modifier & parallelism errors. List of numbers of relevant OG12 questions is provided. These questions must be attempted after completing the application file. This ensures that all concepts and process is solidified in the mind.
Level 1 Application File 3
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve easy SC questions with all basic errors combined. List of numbers of relevant OG12 questions is provided. These questions must be attempted after completing the application file. This ensures that all concepts and process is solidified in the mind.
Level 1 Qualifying Exercise
Tests your new SC skill level with 10 GMAT like questions. Questions in this timed quiz are carefully selected to estimate your skill level after you have attempted level 1 concepts and application files.
Level 2 Concepts
Level 2 Application File 1
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve medium difficulty level SC questions with all errors combined. A sentence may contain basic errors but the sentence structure and choices may make the question more difficult.
Subject Verb - Make Sense
Advanced Subject-verb error concept in which the concept of SV making sense is discussed. Just mere presence of SV pair is not sufficient. The SV must in fact make sense when used with one another.
Subject Verb - Words that Change Number
Advanced Subject-verb error concept in which we teach the use of certain words that change the number of the subject of the sentence. We discuss words that convert the number to plural, words that change the number to singular, and words that do not have any impact on the number of the subject.
Verb - Conditional
Advanced verb concept teaching the nuances of conditional verb usage, providing framework for usage and application for the if..then constructions. Also explains the use of "would" verb to express uncertain events.
Verb - Subjunctive
Advanced verb concept teaching the nuances of subjunctive verb, explaining what is subjunctive verb, when it is used, and how it should be used. Provides a handy list of the bossy words which requires use of subjunctive verb. Also provides a similar list of words that do not use subjunctive verb.
Level 2 Application File 2
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve medium difficulty level SC questions with advanced subject-verb & verb errors.
Modifiers - Relative Pronouns
Explains one of the most commonly tested noun modifiers - relative pronoun modifiers. Presents the rules governing usage of which, that, who, whose modifiers in terms of what entities each can modify. Explains the scenario in which these noun modifiers can modify slightly far away noun or the complete noun phrase. Also describes the use of who vs. whom
Parallelism - Comparsion
Teaches how to identify and correct comparison related errors on GMAT. Provides a framework to approach comparison issues with multiple examples.
Idioms - Comparsion
Teaches idiomatic usage associated with comparison expressions, including expressions with that, compared, contrast, differentiate, distinguish with multiple examples.
Idioms - Function I
Teaches usage of often confused words such as as-like, aggravate-aggravated, effect-affect, such as-like with multiple examples.
Idioms - Function II
Teaches multiple idiomatic usage of words such as rate, means, account, and aid with multiple examples.
Level 2 Application File 3
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve medium difficulty level SC questions with advanced parallelism & modifier errors.
Level 2 Qualifying Exercise
Tests your new SC skill level with 10 GMAT like questions. Questions in this timed quiz are carefully selected to estimate your skill level after you have attempted level 2 concepts and application files.
Level 3 Concepts
Level 3 Application File 1
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve 700+ difficulty level SC questions covering all errors types.
Level 3 Application File 2
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve 700+ difficulty level SC questions covering all errors types.
Level 3 Application File 3
Uses e-GMAT 3-step SC process to solve 700+ difficulty level SC questions covering all errors types.
Level 3 Qualifying Exercise
Tests your new SC skill level with 10 GMAT like questions. Questions in this timed quiz are carefully selected to estimate your skill level after you have attempted level 3 application files.