VA Resources

[the_gladiator]

I was just wondering that in the initial stages of the CAT prep - what materials to use for VA. There's loads for QA, but for VA, there seems to be a dearth of material - barring the BRMs of course.

It'd be a little too early to practise VA using old test papers, dont u think? Right now, I am doing vocab by the "Word Power Made easy" by Norman Lewis and then I intend to start off with the BRMs from IMS. But from the look of it, the BRMs just explain the concept and do not give sufficient exercises.

What materials are u guys using for ur VA prep?

[pranav]

hi ppl

hey i agree there is a real dearth of matter available
on VA moreover the study material that is available
is not specific enough it seems to keep beating round the bush

can somebody please suggest what to do for

ERROR DETECTION
&
SENTENCE CORRECTION

what do u ppl think will going for wren & mertin help in any way??

well i have heard that the CL material is effective for VA
also there's a book

ENGLISH IS EASY (BSC publication)
available in the market wat do u think bout it

following URL can also be tried

http://esl.about.com/

[the_gladiator]

I just found a good book for VA. It doesnt cover all of the kinds of Qs that can be asked, but it is quite good.

It is "Advanced English Grammar" by Martin Hewings. Published by Cambridge University Press.

It will help greatly for fill in the blanks and sentence correction. It has brief explanation and is followed by extensive exercises. I find Wren and Martin too pedantic but this one is more tailored for CAT prep - that's imo.

[Yanky]

Hi guys......
I feel that prepn for VA should start with WORD POWER MADE EASY by Norman Lewis and brushing up basics about grammer and english usage; and this must begin atleast an year before CAT. Go through WPME again n again till all the words become an integral part of ur conscience and vocab. Go through newspaper and magzines regularly, keep ur mind open and try to discover as many new words as possible. Then you can switch over to SIX WEEKS TO WORDS OF POWER by Wilfred Funk. This will further enrich your vocab. I think going through these gives you a sound base. Besides wordlist in HOW TO PREPARE FOR CAT by Muhammad Muneer is also pretty good. I think these sources will equip you with sufficient ammu to crack VA awa RC in CAT .
See ya...tc...
Priyank

[Catalytic]

hi...
found these question while surfing the web
have copypasted the ques...
hope they help

cheers

[the_gladiator]

Thanks for that catalytic. However, since the Qs are "correct the sentences", it would be better if you can upload the word format of these Qs (so that underlining is intact). In the current text versions, the underlining has been lost. Or maybe you can just post the URLs from where you obtained these questions.

[Catalytic]

Originally Posted by the_gladiator

Thanks for that catalytic. However, since the Qs are "correct the sentences", it would be better if you can upload the word format of these Qs (so that underlining is intact). In the current text versions, the underlining has been lost. Or maybe you can just post the URLs from where you obtained these questions.

sorry... no underline on the website also...
but from the ques u can guess the part which needs to be corrected...
and the KEYS are also there after each SET

[the_gladiator]

oops...by mistake i clicked the "report" link on the previous post by catalytic. Sorry abt that - I believe a notice went out to the moderators.

[pagalguy]

No probs

[Catalytic]

Some RC for Practice

Cheers