Reading Comprehension: Main Purpose, Inference [+4 Worked RC questions] - GRE, GMAT and other exams!

[@adityabhat5189]

THIS IS GOLD! Absolute peach of a video. But I messed up the last two questions.😕 Now we know the right way to solve RCs. Too strong, too narrow and misinterpreted options are the WRONG ones. Thanks a ton Sir and surely you’ll get thousands of more subscribers in the future!

[@TheTestedTutor]

What a wonderful comment! My favourite.

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Pure gold! There is a calmness in your voice that makes me want to watch your videos over and over.!

[@SMA265]

I got 4/4 correct following your instructions. You're a champ. Keep 'em coming. There's a guy GregMat, teaching online... I think you should do too.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Maybe!

[@priyangadurairaj6091]

I was a student who was very weak in verbal but after watching this video, it really helped me how to solve RC passages and you exactly pointed out the mistakes that I usually do. I'm worried why I didn't watch this earlier not before 4days of my GRE

[@jasonlopez8499]

wow. reading this slowly actually helped me see the extra info to condense this down even further, helping me understand what i read even more and the questions became second nature! THANK YOU!!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Excellent!

[@x12624]

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[@abhilasha1225]

Such a concise and clear video on deriving inference. Thank you so much for this and your video on assumptions!

[@equallyyoked1]

Tip number 1 was worth watching this video alone. Now on to the rest. Thank you!

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Haha nice

[@permitaahmed1236]

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Philip! Thank you very much for your time and the fact that you are sharing your problem-solving approaches with us.👍

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you Ana! 😃

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Got confidence to solve RC by seeing your videos and applying the tricks you gave.

[@jessicanemerovsky3981]

Such a helpful video, I feel 1,000% more confident in passages now. 🎉

[@indian_scouser_ynwa]

Was anxiously waiting for this. Helped a lot. Thank you 😎

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks so much abbhijith

[@abhisheksathe123]

OMG, thanks man. I got all of them right after I used the way of thinking that you told at the start. This is really good

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you so much for commenting Swaroopa. I am really glad they helped. Let me know if there are other topics I can cover, have just been a bit ill recently.

[@swaroopashigli910]

@@TheTestedTutor could you please make a video on the TRAPS that are present in GRE questions and how not be distracted by them? (Verbal and quant)

[@soniaparissos9393]

excellent explanation !!thank you!!! you are right, reading slowly is the trick

[@MerilynSweet]

You nailed this one dead center!!! You’re a genius!!!

[@parthprajapati7676]

Thank you for making reading comprehension questions a piece of cake. There are still some questions in which I am able to break it down to two options, but always end up choosing the incorrect one. I hope you can help me solve this problem. Thank you for your efforts.

[@PratikaJoshi]

Thank you so much for posting these videos. RCs were really getting on my nerves.

[@danyahannah3084]

Nice, clear instructions and it's super helpful you going over a RC passage in this manner. We would love to see a couple more examples to hammer the message home :)

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you for your comments Danya - you will get plenty more examples. :)

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Wow, thank you Shristy!

[@PuneetBhushan93]

A thing that REALLY is to note for most of the people is that it may seem like too slow of a reading, but the timing is not that bad. That is why most of them at the gmatclub suggests READ SLOW. We assume that we are already reading slow to have timed such bad, but actually we are reading the same sentences over and over again. Thanks, man.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Exactly, Puneet

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You explain so well☺️

[@aashishsatwani4567]

Hands down!! What a wonderful explanation.

[@cassius8373]

This is truly marvelous way to solving. Thanks a lot. ❤

[@filippoiguera3224]

Thank you, Philip! You're fantastic

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you!

[@kemo8577]

Thank you so much for helping us. This is reassuring to see that this is possible to read slowly. I'm a french speaker and I always tried to read fast because of time, but I did not understand nor memorize anything. Now I'm implementing your methods and that is much better! I take time to read slowly and I get my answers correct! Thank you so so much! :D

[@ganesha6574]

This is so useful. Looking forward to taking my score to a higher level thanks to you sir!

[@rishiksarkar62]

Thank you so much sir! This video was really helpful. You are a legend and your explanation is fabulous. This channel is so underrated and I really wonder how come you have so less subscribers? Keep growing and may god bless you!

[@manasvininittala5777]

This helps a lot! For the first time I was able to answer all the 4 correctly

[@vineetrao8516]

Many Thanks for helping !

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks Vineet!

[@pranavpurushan3480]

I am really anxious about the verbal section on the GRE, my strategy so far has been to nail the 10 questions from SE and TC in each section and try to solve the RCs as accurately as possible. This lands me in 15/20 score territory which is pretty good. Thanks for the super helpful video Philip!

[@sayantanghosh6714]

Awesome explanations. Thank you!

[@chirayusanghvi13]

Great video mate, Keep up the good work , Absolutely loved the way you explained and clear all my doubts , Thank you

[@siddhipowar6883]

Hey!! Thank you so much. This helped me improve a lot and also helped increase my solving speed.

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[@MassuNoEgao]

Thank you for the clear explanation!

[@TheTestedTutor]

You bet Yeshashree!

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your method is really good please make more videos on same topics👍

[@bilalansarkhan3008]

Emotional engagement with the text and constant summarization are the two things I have to get in my dna

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You're a saint!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks so much for the support Mayank!

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Nice Explanation....You are a gem...

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks Rasheed!

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Thank you. Could you please make a video on how you take a gre exam. I mean an outline on how you go through the questions. Which question you attack first and how you manage the time and maintain good spirit during the exam.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Maintaining good spirit. Great point!

[@jorgeluisfernandezramirez9154]

Great stuff. Is really helpful your detailed explanations on such broad topics!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Glad it was helpful Jorge!

[@ibironke_regina]

Thanks a lot, this passage was difficult but u made it look easy

[@TheTestedTutor]

Glad to hear that Ibironke

[@asifbinsyedsourav2967]

thanks for your wonderful video. Most of the time I forgot the line when I moving forward in the passage.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Me too! We need the techniques...

[@rhythmsomaiya9993]

Messed up the last one but such a helpful video 🙏🏻

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Great work!! Kudos

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Great video. Keep posting!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you, I will Himanshu!

[@nischalwagle8577]

Wow great video sir. enjoyed it a lot

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks nischal

[@Omobolgrace]

Thank you Philip

[@ananthd4797]

Thank you so much for your videos, especially your reading comprehension and sentence completion. They helped me do very well on the GRE with very little practice!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Great to hear Ananth!

[@Thestorywhisperer7]

I do common mistakes sometimes and it's really silly. I hope I'll overcome that through practice but it really annoys me. Thankyou so much for these videos. It's really helpful.

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Thank You so much sir !!! Helped me alot...

[@TheTestedTutor]

Great to hear Ajay!

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1.4k subs and already your video and audio quality is great! Futureproofing your content eh?

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks Gnome, though it could definitely be better! I have a huge microphone but do like standing.

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Great video sir, really helped a lot.keep going👍 ..lots of respect

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you, I will

[@jahidinam]

This is helpful, how to decode a logical context more easily? Sometimes after half of the passage reading I find myself blank, what should I do to mitigate it?

[@ajitpatil91]

Thankyou for wonderful content, Any suggestions for practice materials on GRE verbal?

[@TheTestedTutor]

GMAT Critical reasoning and RC content is actually really helpful if you run out of official GRE material.

[@fvs261dheerkachalia7]

Very helpful, thanks alot!!!!!!

[@jyosnaaragonda]

Hi This video is great. These tips are great. I am preparing for GRE. Please suggest RC passages book or online documents for RC , Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Have you tried GMAT RC resources? They are perfectly relevant! Thank you for the comment.

[@jyosnaaragonda]

@@TheTestedTutor Thanks for replying so quickly. I did not try GMAT RC resources. I will check.

[@aceallen7558]

Main purpose - answer is a broad theme, eliminate narrow ones Inference - proof(hand of God) from passage - binary

[@udayachanigarapu7510]

Hi, how to differentiate between confusing phrases in questions such as explains/supports/gives examples of/questions etc?

[@TheTestedTutor]

That would take a long reply! Is your exam soon? I would have to do a video on each!

[@RishabSg]

Hi Philip, when can I expect a video on normal distribution? Great video anyways!

[@TheTestedTutor]

In 5 minutes

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Thank you very much

[@TheTestedTutor]

No worries

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[@Sunflower-xf5gt]

Thanks for this video. I am preparing for GRE and your videos are very helpful. Could you also make a video on the RC questions where one or two sentences are highlighted and they ask the relation of those sentences. e.g. first is the topic of the passage and second is the conclusion. Or first mentions general concept and second refutes it. I get these questions wrong many of the times. It would be helpful if you could make a video dedicated to this. Thanks in advance! 🙏

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[@TheTestedTutor]

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[@94D33M]

Thanks! 10:10 On Q1, was confused between C and E but I chose E because I thought that throughout the whole text he has shown that there are similarities, despite the fact that there are some notable differences. By 'fundamentally' I thought I could ignore those differences and go with E. I cancelled C because he says at the very end that it merits more studies by scholars but was that the main point?

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you so much!!

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So helpful!

[@intoxi8nincantatn]

Congratulations on building this community! Impressive stuff. I have my GRE in 5 days and I am struggling with timing on the RC. Could you please give me an estimate on how long should I ideally spend on a long GRE passage? I am currently scoring in the range of 157-158 in V, getting 4/10 RC questions correct, though if I had more time, I think I could get more! Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Instead of focussing on the overall time taken for RC, instead try to reallocate the time by investing more in understanding the passage and less on answering the questions. 8 questions answered properly is better than 10 rushed. Thank you for the comments on the community, I hope you stay part of it as it branches out.

[@intoxi8nincantatn]

@@TheTestedTutor Thanks mate! I'll try that. Definitely.. All the best to you 😊

[@Abhishek-fe3zs]

I got 4/4. For the 3rd question I was confused between A and B though.

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[@TheAmazingmayowa]

Thank you Please what's the best way to increase your verbal Score from 140 to 158 in two weeks Thanks tested tutor How do we manage time for verbal

[@TheTestedTutor]

That's an ambitious increase! Follow all the advice in the videos, get at least 14/20 in the first Verbal section, if necessary by guessing the 3 blank questions.

[@mayankchoudhury1087]

So I was getting a consistent 167-168 in quants on my mocks including the official ones, but somehow ended up with 160 on the actual test. Any suggestions for preparing for my second attempt?

[@TheTestedTutor]

Other than completing a minimum 10-12 practice tests to develop stamina then no, just accept there will be variance on the day. Definitely do it another 1-2 times.

[@gokilavanis7928]

do you nee more than 160?

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GOLD!

[@abuzarak08]

Hey! Awesome video 😄 quick question, I'm about two weeks off from my scheduled GRE exam, out of the GMAT RC sources and the old GRE book, which, in your opinion, would be the better option?

[@TheTestedTutor]

GMAT RC definitely, very similar

[@abuzarak08]

The Tested Tutor - thank you! any suggested source?

[@maf6544]

where is the proof in the passage for the inference question ? can't find it. Could you please help me locate this evidence in the passage ?

[@Rutik9999]

Primary purpose vs main purpose of the passage, is there any difference?

[@ikponwmosaobaseki3645]

please if a question ask for main purpose in a paragraph are we to go broad or specific

[@TheTestedTutor]

Broad for that paragraph

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Hi I am doing sat prep and please do help in detail for comprehensive reading...I saw yr video but still I need help

[@TheTestedTutor]

Will do more