GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App
The GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review provides focused practice to master the verbal reasoning section of the exam with over 275 practice questions that are not included in the main Official Guide 2025-2026.
Designed by the makers of the GMAT exam, the GMAT Official Guide series is the only study guide that features real exam questions.
Use this guide to:
- Master the verbal section of the exam
- Familiarize yourself with essential concepts through the verbal review chapter
- Grow your confidence with the reading comprehension and critical reasoning questions
- Review detailed explanations to understand correct and incorrect answers
- Get exclusive exam preparation tips from the creators of the GMAT and Test Prep Organizations
- BONUS with your purchase! Focus your studying with the Online Question Bank. Tailor your practice by building practice sets targeting question type and difficulty
- Discover your strengths and weaknesses with diagnostic quizzes
- Track your focus areas and progress with key metrics
- Reinforce concepts with engaging games
- Challenge yourself with timed practice
- Use digital flashcards to master key concepts, also accessible on the mobile app
The Online Question Bank is accessible through your mba.com account.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC™ xi
1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 2
1.1 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.2 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.3 GMAT™ Exam Format 4
1.4 What Is the Testing Experience Like? 6
1.5 What Is the Exam Content Like? 6
1.6 Verbal Reasoning Section 6
1.7 How Are Scores Calculated? 7
2.0 How to Prepare 10
2.1 How Should I Prepare for the GMAT™ Exam? 11
2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day 12
2.3 How to Use the GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026 12
2.4 How to Use Other GMAT™ Official Prep Products 14
2.5 Tips for Taking the Exam 14
2.6 Verbal Reasoning Section Strategies 16
3.0 Verbal Review 18
3.0 Verbal Review 19
3.1 Analyzing Passages 19
3.2 Inductive Reasoning 26
3.3 Deductive Reasoning 32
4.0 Verbal Reasoning 42
4.0 Verbal Reasoning 43
4.1 What Is Measured 43
4.2 Question Types 44
4.3 Tips for Answering Verbal Reasoning Questions 50
4.4 Practice Questions: Reading Comprehension 52
4.5 Answer Key: Reading Comprehension 109
4.6 Answer Explanations: Reading Comprehension 110
4.7 Practice Questions: Critical Reasoning 196
4.8 Answer Key: Critical Reasoning 263
4.9 Answer Explanations: Critical Reasoning 264
5.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index 416
5.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index 417
Appendix A Answer Sheets 428
Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet 429
Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 430
