Verbal Ability For Cat

The idea here is not only to test the knowledge of the intricacies of the English language, but also to test the use of words. As you can see the two recent communications CAT, RC zone is being tested which means that the proper use of a word in context is more important than knowing the meaning of the word, "said Manish Saraf, COO, PT Education.

or contextual good use, reading and understanding skills and good reasoning skills good grammar is the key to good performance in the verbal section of CAT entrance exams , "said Vinayak Kudva, IMS Learning Product Manager.

Let us take a look at the trend in verbal ability section in CAT entrance exam.

Year wise trend in CAT Verbal Ability
Cat 2009 had 20 questions in the section on verbal ability 60 questions in total. CAT 2008 had fewer than 40 questions in this section, the 90 questions while other sections had 25 questions each. CAT 2007 had 25 questions in the verbal ability section, which is the same as the other two sections.

Cat 2009 Verbal Ability section was moderate level of difficulty. According to experts, the verbal ability section of CAT 2008 was more difficult as CAT 2007. There were 40 questions on language proficiency, which included 20 questions on grammar and usage of English and 20 questions on reading comprehension, an expert MBA mentioned in the analysis of this section in CAT 2008. This section of CAT 2007 was also moderate to difficult level.

Topics of verbal ability
The verbal ability section contains questions on reading comprehension passages, grammar, vocabulary and English usage. Gejo Sreenivasan said, CAT Verbal Ability section tests in three areas together, the sentence correction, verbal reasoning and reading comprehension. "

Understanding includes much of the verbal skills. Sometimes, the reading comprehension part is considered a separate section all together. In reading comprehension, you are given a pass on any topic. It will be followed by passage issues. Thus, the ability to comprehend and understand who is important here.

Other questions are based English usage in the forms of testing your ability to grammar and vocabulary. The vocabulary-based questions may include synonyms and antonyms, fill in the blanks, matching words with appropriate meanings etc.

The grammar is composed mainly of questions that test your understanding of grammar. One might ask when you are prompted to locate the section of a sentence that is grammatically incorrect or it could ask questions when a portion of a sentence and you're out with four or five possible replacement . You must select the option that corrects the error in the underlined part.

The verbal reasoning questions can take many forms. The most common is the reorganization of the sentences of a paragraph. It could also include paraphrasing what was said in one paragraph.

This section consists of basic questions of the English language. To get a decent score in this section, you only need to be well acquainted with the grammar, words and verbal reasoning. The concepts must be clear, as well as you should know the proper word usage, sentence construction, etc.

Watch out for part 2 of article on how to prepare for verbal ability.