Full Potential GMAT Sentence Correction Intensive

by Bara Sapir, Karen Van Hoek

Overview

Master Content. Upgrade your Mind. Elevate your Score!

* Includes Bonus TPNY Full Potential Handbook for test-day success.

* 200+ detailed examples and valuable tips based on real GMAT questions.

* Effective approaches for non-native speakers and different learning styles.

* Fool-proof techniques for mastering each type of Sentence Correction question.

* 30+ exercises for peak performance, drawn from sports psychology, mindfulness, and holistic health

With this book, you'll learn the Sentence Correction concepts and the critical thinking skills required to succeed on the verbal portion of the GMAT. While other books help you only with the GMAT content, TPNY's Full Potential Handbook (included free) gives you the competitive edge: effective methods to access your optimum emotional and psychological state while you study and when you take the GMAT. This is the only book that creates the best-case scenario on test day: SC content mastery combined with the best mindset to answer test questions efficiently and correctly.

Test Prep New York is the only test preparation company to fuse content and strategy-based learning with holistic stress reduction, memory improvement, and confidence building techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781889057552
Publisher:	Nova Press
Publication date:	07/19/2016
Pages:	374
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.77(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Full Potential Method 1
Will this Method Work for Me? 4
What is the GMAT, Really? 5
How to Use this Book 11
Bonus Opportunities 13

Section I Preparation: Lay the Groundwork 15

CHAPTER ONE: Inner GAME, Outer GMAT 16
Mastering the material is only half the battle. How what goes on behind the scenes determines your performance.

CHAPTER TWO: The Power of Goal-Setting 21
We have to imagine our potential to achieve it.

CHAPTER THREE: The Body: We Are Our Emotions 29
How we 'train' the body's response to stress - and how effective handling of stress factors into GMAT success.

CHAPTER FOUR: Meditation 38
Calming the mind so it works for you.

CHAPTER FIVE: The Incredible Mind: Hypnosis 44
Bypassing the mind's resistance to new information.

CHAPTER SIX: Fire the Inner Critic 52
A powerful method for freeing your mind from negative programming.

CHAPTER SEVEN: Writing Things Down: Intentional Journaling 64
Intentional journaling to clear the canvas for optimal thinking and performance.

CHAPTER EIGHT: Behavior Modification 66
Re-mapping thoughts to change behavior patterns.

CHAPTER NINE: Optimal Learning 75
Using mandalas and optical illusions to achieve the optimal mental state for learning.

CHAPTER TEN: Additional Practices And Resources 77
Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Massage and Body Work, Nutrition and Sleep, Yoga and Pilates, and more.

Section II Preparation: A Map to Success 97

CHAPTER ONE: Setting Your Schedule 99
Why all work and no play is not the way to a great GMAT score. Setting up a plan that works for you.

CHAPTER TWO: Managing Your Physical Environment 111
Take control of your surroundings to maximize learning.

CHAPTER THREE: What Kind of Learner are You? 112
Discover your best learning mode and how you can maximize the benefits of studying.

CHAPTER FOUR: Three Kinds of English Learners 120
Some native speakers still need to learn the rules of formal written English; non-native speakers have special challenges, but also some advantages.

CHAPTER FIVE: Ready, Set, Go! 124
Get ready to take the mastery of your inner and outer games to the next level.

Section III Execution: The Journey 127
Major Areas that are Tested

Module 1: Subjects and Verbs 140
How the GMAT tests subject-verb agreement, verb tenses and more.

Module 2: Pronouns 164
When is it OK to say "it"? When is "this" wrong? How the GMAT tests pronouns.

Module 3: Modifiers 186
How can you tell if a relative clause is constructed correctly? How the GMAT tests modifiers.

Module 4: Comparisons 206
Why "New York consumes more electricity than Los Angeles" doesn't make sense.

Module 5: Parallelism 218
Which parts of a sentence have to be parallel - and what counts as parallel?

Module 6: Idioms 238
The phrases the GMAT tests frequently - and the phrases that are never correct.

Module 7: Clauses and Clausal Connections 236
How the GMAT tries to trick you with sentence fragments, clausal connectors, and more.

Module 8: Special Issues of Meaning 276
Some GMAT sentences don't make sense, but look as if they do. How the GMAT sets traps by subtly tinkering with meaning.

Module 9: Diction 286
GMAT traps based on word choice. Commonly tested words to watch out for.

Module 10: Hallmarks of Formal Written English 292
Sentences that look incorrect only if you don't know all the patterns of formal written English.

Answer Key 306

Additional Resources 325
Tools for Organized Study & Study Spreadsheet 326
Basic Grammar Review 327
Grammar Rule Chart 330
Important Idioms 334
Expressions That Are Usually Or Always Wrong On The GMAT 335
General GMAT Time Line 336
Conclusion 338
Bara Sapir and the Test Prep New York Story 340
Contributors 343
Gratitude and Acknowledgments 347
Bibliography 349
Endnotes 351

Editorial Reviews

"The Full Potential section in this book is a welcome guide for those who want to go beyond just studying hard: it addresses all the psychological and emotional processes involved in test-taking. Students of Sapir's holistic approach have enjoyed success in New York City for years. Now others can learn about and incorporate the valuable techniques described in this clear and easy-to-read guide. The techniques are effective and time-tested. Sapir and van Hoek have produced a winning book for those whose scores are compromised by test anxiety, as well as those striving for peak performance."
-- Tom Akiva, PhD. Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh School of Education

"Bara Sapir's/TPNY's progressive test preparation technique is good for test-takers who want an edge when taking the test, as well as test-takers who require extra assistance. The model is effective because it teaches mediation of cognitive, academic, attentional, and emotional control. This book contains the necessary ingredients to succeed on the GMAT--it skillfully teaches the essential components of test taking through a clever blend of aggressiveness, logic, and relaxation. After practicing the techniques herein, the trepidatious test taker can expect to enter testing arenas with a greater confidence to achieve that may have alluded them in the past."
-- Dr. Jason Smith, School and Clinical Psychologist

"Full Potential GMAT Sentence Correction Intensive is by far and away the most advanced study aid available for the sentence correction section of the GMAT. We highly recommend this guide to all test takers seeking the 700+ scores the top business schools like to see."
-- David Petersam, President, AdmissionsConsultants

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