GRE tests students in Math and English. Math is quite easy. Percentages, profit and loss, probability, permutations and combinations etc.
English is the tough thing to crack. Firstly its not our mother tongue so we dont have an intuitive grasp over it. If you are an avid book reader its definitely an advantage.
How to prepare for the English(Verbal) part ?
There is no fixed method or like the correct method. But you need to do the following things.
1) Obtain the 3500 words and their meanings. You can do this by borrowing from your friends or joining in some coaching institute.
2) Learning the words: Out of the 3500 words there will definitely be a certain number of words which are new and unfamiliar to you. Lets say 2000 words. So you have to learn these 2000 words. Write down all the difficult words and learn their meanings. After you try to learn their meanings you will only remember some 1000 of them. So there are 1000 very difficult words left. This is the tougher part. How would you tackle this ?? I felt that using the words in sentences is a good and easy way to learn. So go to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ type your words in there and get sentences with the difficult words in them.
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For eg:
Lets say you find the word 'ostensible' very difficult. Then what i would do is. I would go to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ and type 'ostensible'. This will turn up http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ostensible . In it you will find the meaning of the word and the word being used in a sentence.
"Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity."
Now you understand the meaning of the word ostensible right? The sentence helps your memory too.
Now copy it paste in a word document. Repeat the procedure for the 1000 difficult words. Take print outs of the sentences so that you dont have to use the computer too much.
3) Practice tests :
Rule of thumb :
Don't write the Power prep timed practice test that GRE provides until the end. Write it like 5 days before your actual exam. Writing a practice test every day is not helpful. Don't waste your practice tests. Practice tests are merely for self appraisal. If you don't know the meaning of appraisal go to freedictionar.com and learn it. At any point of time if you don't know the meaning of a word write it down somewhere and search for its meaning.
Any questions are welcome.
English is the tough thing to crack. Firstly its not our mother tongue so we dont have an intuitive grasp over it. If you are an avid book reader its definitely an advantage.
How to prepare for the English(Verbal) part ?
There is no fixed method or like the correct method. But you need to do the following things.
1) Obtain the 3500 words and their meanings. You can do this by borrowing from your friends or joining in some coaching institute.
2) Learning the words: Out of the 3500 words there will definitely be a certain number of words which are new and unfamiliar to you. Lets say 2000 words. So you have to learn these 2000 words. Write down all the difficult words and learn their meanings. After you try to learn their meanings you will only remember some 1000 of them. So there are 1000 very difficult words left. This is the tougher part. How would you tackle this ?? I felt that using the words in sentences is a good and easy way to learn. So go to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ type your words in there and get sentences with the difficult words in them.
*****KEEP A POCKET DICTIONARY NEARBY. BUY THE BARONS GRE 2012 edition.
For eg:
Lets say you find the word 'ostensible' very difficult. Then what i would do is. I would go to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ and type 'ostensible'. This will turn up http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ostensible . In it you will find the meaning of the word and the word being used in a sentence.
"Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity."
Now you understand the meaning of the word ostensible right? The sentence helps your memory too.
Now copy it paste in a word document. Repeat the procedure for the 1000 difficult words. Take print outs of the sentences so that you dont have to use the computer too much.
3) Practice tests :
Rule of thumb :
Don't write the Power prep timed practice test that GRE provides until the end. Write it like 5 days before your actual exam. Writing a practice test every day is not helpful. Don't waste your practice tests. Practice tests are merely for self appraisal. If you don't know the meaning of appraisal go to freedictionar.com and learn it. At any point of time if you don't know the meaning of a word write it down somewhere and search for its meaning.
Any questions are welcome.
