NAPOLCOM PNPE Verbal Ability (Verbal Reasoning) Review

NAPOLCOM PNPE Verbal Ability (Verbal Reasoning) Review

Verbal Reasoning is one of the four areas of the NAPOLCOM PNP Entrance Exam. NAPOLCOM lists three parts:

1. Vocabulary — synonyms and antonyms
2. Comprehension — paragraph organization and reading comprehension
3. Grammar — correct usage

NAPOLCOM doesn't publish how many items this area has, so give all three parts regular practice.

This post is the topic plan behind the NAPOLCOM PNPE guide.

Vocabulary: synonyms and antonyms

The most efficient habit is daily reading:

• Read one English editorial a day.
• Write down unfamiliar words with their meaning and one example sentence.
• Review the list every few days. After a few weeks you'll recognize far more words.

When you don't know a word, use prefixes and roots (mal-, bene-, -cide, -phobia) and the tone of the word (positive or negative) to narrow the options.

Paragraph organization

You're given scrambled sentences and asked for the best order:

• Find the sentence that introduces the topic. It usually doesn't start with a pronoun or a connector like however.
• Follow the connectors (first, then, as a result, however) and pronouns back to what they refer to.
• Look for the sentence that clearly concludes the idea.

Reading comprehension

Short passages with questions on:

• Main idea
• Inference
• Vocabulary in context
• Details

Skim the questions before reading the passage, then answer from what the passage says, not from what you already know.

Grammar: correct usage

• Subject-verb agreement
• Pronoun reference and case
• Tense consistency
• Modifier placement
• Commonly confused words (affect/effect, fewer/less, its/it's)
• Prepositions and idiomatic expressions

A 3-week Verbal drilling plan

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What to read next

The NAPOLCOM PNPE guide covers the full review. Other area plans: Quantitative, Logical, General Information.