Nailing The Verbal Section

Management exams are mired in difficulties and challenges. Cracking CAT and other entrance examinations is no cakewalk; dig deeper into the nuances of these exams and the verbal section would stand tall on all the challenges.

Things are easily said than done. You study hard and you bell the CAT that, ideally, is the mantra. Sadly, with competition as cut throat as that witnessed in CAT and other management entrances, getting into the top B schools in India has gotten a tough nut to crack. Adding on to the pile of problems is the verbal section that gives students the dreaded jitters.

So the million dollar question is- How does one nail verbal without freaking out too much? We have a solution. Just read on!

•    Read, and then some more

If you are an avid reader, you have all the reason to rejoice in the world! Half the battle is won when you have literary, political or art work at the helm of your daily reading rituals. Verbal is all about taking the language English by the horns, and once you get into reading, the bull would not be that difficult to tame!

•    Work on Grammar

Grammar is a tricky area, but since you have jumped into the ring, let’s tackle this too. You can smoothen out the rough edges in your grammar by
a)    Reading. A lot.
b)    Conversing in English with your family members and friends.
c)    Looking out for grammatical errors in the write-ups you come across while reading.

•    Don’t mug up. Try to grasp the contextual meaning of the words learnt and incorporate them in your daily usage. This will you will get their meanings better without forgetting them ever. Also, take as many tests as possible. Practice, a lot, and you will find yourself sailing easily through it.