We may speak excellent English, yet when it comes to written
English, many of us tend to flounder. Verbal Ability is an important part of
the CAT exam.
CAT's Verbal Ability section tests basic grammar and your
vocabulary through questions on analogies, antonyms/ synonyms, logical
sequencing of paragraphs and sentence completion. This section cannot be mastered in one long
cram session or within a scheduled number of days. You need to start small and
then pick up fast, until the desire to know the language becomes second nature
to you.
In order to do well in Verbal Ability you need three things,
reading, clarity on English grammar basics and building up your vocabulary. It
consists of questions which are vocabulary based, English and grammar usage,
verbal reasoning and reading comprehension.
The Vocabulary-based questions of VA can comprise of synonyms
& antonyms, fill in the blanks, matching words with their appropriate
meanings etc. The grammar usage mostly comprises of questions which test your
understanding of grammar. It could be questions where you are asked to spot the
section of a sentence that is grammatically incorrect or it could be questions where
a part of a sentence in underlined and you are provided with four or five
alternative choices.
You have to select the choice that corrects the error in the
underlined part. The verbal reasoning questions could take multiple forms. The
most common one is that of rearranging sentences of a paragraph. It could also
include paraphrasing what has been said in a paragraph.
This section consists of basic questions of English language.
In order to get a decent score in this section, all you need is to be well versed
with grammar, words and verbal reasoning. The concepts have to be clear, as
well as you should know the right usage of words, sentence construction etc.
Practice, practice and practice for achieving mission CAT 2012.
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