Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook

the book was great. verbal is hard to prep for, you've been speaking english your whole life and reading it almost as long, so it's a bit foreign to test on it like they want you to. granted, my verbal skills far exceed my math skills, but i just went through this book once, took a low stress approach, just to brush up and the strategy they suggest and the hints and tips are invaluable! i scored in the 90th percentile and i know it's due to this book. my friend used it upon my recommendation and english is his 2nd or 3rd language and he said it really helped him too. good luck on the gmat, i hope you do well:) BUY THIS BOOK AND USE IT!

Pros (in the order of personal preference):- #1 by far is the questions: tough as nails, at least as difficult as the ones in the GMAT 800 book (also by Kaplan);- Idiom reference and their GMAT-specific usage (i.e.: "consider to be" will never be correct on the GMAT, but "consider" will be);- More comprehensive discussion of strategies for all of the questions types. In fact I would skip the verbal section of Kaplan's general GMAT guide (the one with the CD) in favor of this workbook.Con:- A couple of questions on the sample verbal section test appear in the other Kaplan guides.Overall, the best guide to the verbal section of the GMAT I have seen. Highly recommended.

This book is very helpful as long as what you're needing is additional practice to build up your performance and confidence for the verbal sections of the GMAT (note that it covers the Analytical Writing section as well, however it does not do so as well as it covers the other verbal sections). It takes you through each of the three types of verbal sections (Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning and Sentence Correction), with strategies on how to excel at each. But the basics you need for each can be found in the GMAT with CD-ROM book by Kaplan. Get this book only if you really need to improve in any of the three verbal sections, as you will be able to take a set of practice questions and three additional practice sets for each of them, followed by a comprehensive verbal section that should bring you up to speed even if your idioms and your grammar is a little rusty. Rounding up the book are precisely a Gramma Reference, a Guide to GMAT's most common idioms and a Guide to Usage and Style.

Having taken a couple of practice GMATs, I had the math down cold but needed some help on the verbal. I hadn't written an essay in about 7 years (since college). I bought this book and it paid off. I ended up acing the GMAT. To practice for the verbal, I ...1) mercilessly drilled idioms2) learned every verb tense and the proper use (from an English as a Second Language website)3) did every problem in this book. drill, drill, drill.I studied for about 40 hours, at least, but it was worth it. 760 total and a 5.0 on the AWA.Good luck on GMAT!

This book is absolutely worth every penny that it cost. Considering how much you can get out of a quality MBA program, it pays to invest into getting into the best possible school.This book is great for anyone who did well on the math sections of the SATs/GREs, but needed improvement on the verbal section because this book focuses specifically on that. While it provides great and practical good tips for the average test-taker to score higher, it is not a miracle worker. It isn't a quick fix, and will not double your score.Having said that, I still consider this book a must have. You will be thankful that you used it. I was.Good luck on your GMATs.