Verbal Ability

Study lessons

1. 1

   Vocabulary in ContextFree sample

   How to pin down the meaning of a word from its surrounding sentence, a core skill the CSE Professional exam tests through vocabulary, analogy, and reading items.

   15 min
2. 2

   Synonyms and Antonyms

   A systematic attack plan for synonym and antonym items, including degrees of meaning, near-miss distractors, and a high-yield CSE-level word list.

   16 min
3. 3

   Word Meaning from Roots and Clues

   How to decode unfamiliar words using Latin and Greek word parts plus the four context-clue types, so no CSE vocabulary item is ever a blind guess.

   16 min
4. 4

   Filipino: Bokabularyo at Wastong Gamit

   The Filipino half of Verbal Ability, covering kasingkahulugan at kasalungat, idyoma, and the wastong gamit rules (nang/ng, din/rin, may/mayroon, kung/kong) the CSE tests every cycle.

   17 min
5. 5

   Sentence Completion

   A repeatable method for fill-in-the-blank items: read signal words, predict the missing word before viewing choices, and eliminate by tone and logic.

   15 min
6. 6

   Subject-Verb Agreement

   The agreement rules the CSE tests hardest, including intervening phrases, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, collective nouns, and inverted sentences.

   16 min
7. 7

   Pronoun Reference and Case

   How the CSE tests pronouns: ambiguous reference, agreement in number and person, who vs whom, subject vs object case, and reflexives.

   15 min
8. 8

   Verb Tense and Consistency

   Master the English tense system, sequence of tenses, and how to spot illogical tense shifts, because CSE grammar items frequently hide the error in the verb.

   15 min
9. 9

   Modifiers: Placement and Errors

   Learn to place adjectives, adverbs, and modifying phrases where they belong, because the CSE tests misplaced and dangling modifiers that quietly change a sentence's meaning.

   14 min
10. 10

    Parallel Structure

    Learn to keep items in lists, correlative pairs, and comparisons in matching grammatical form, a favorite CSE test of polished, professional writing.

    14 min
11. 11

    Prepositions and Conjunctions

    Master idiomatic prepositions, confusing pairs like among/between, and the three conjunction families with their punctuation, because the CSE tests these small words relentlessly.

    15 min
12. 12

    Commonly Confused Words

    Build a reliable mental dictionary of look-alike and sound-alike word pairs, the CSE's favorite way to test precise diction in a single blank.

    16 min
13. 13

    Error Identification

    Learn the CSE error-spotting format and a fixed scanning order (verb, pronoun, modifier, parallelism, diction) so you find the flaw fast or confidently declare no error.

    15 min
14. 14

    Sentence Correction

    Learn how to choose the best revision of a flawed sentence by testing grammar first, then concision, clarity, and fidelity to the original meaning, the way the CSE expects.

    15 min
15. 15

    Filipino: Gramatika at Palaugnayan

    Master Filipino pronouns, verb aspects, modifiers, conjunctions, and sentence structure, because the CSE Professional verbal section tests Filipino grammar as heavily as English grammar.

    16 min
16. 16

    Paragraph Organization

    Learn to order jumbled sentences, spot the topic sentence, and detect the sentence that breaks unity, a skill block that reliably appears in the CSE Professional verbal section.

    15 min
17. 17

    Logical Flow and Transitions

    Learn the major transition categories and how to pick the connector that matches the logical relationship between ideas, a skill the CSE tests directly in fill-in items and indirectly in every reading and organization item.

    14 min
18. 18

    Reading: Main Idea

    Learn to separate topic, main idea, and detail, and to handle stated main ideas, implied main ideas, and best-title items, the most common reading question types on the CSE Professional.

    16 min
19. 19

    Reading: Supporting Details

    Master locating explicit details, matching paraphrases, and scanning efficiently, because detail questions are the most answerable reading items on the CSE if you avoid the standard traps.

    15 min
20. 20

    Reading: Inference

    Learn to draw conclusions the passage supports without stating, distinguish what must be true from what merely might be, and read tone and word choice, the highest-difficulty reading skills on the CSE Professional.

    16 min
21. 21

    Reading: Author's Purpose

    How to identify why an author wrote a passage (to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain) and why a specific sentence or example was included, a skill the CSE Professional tests through short reading passages.

    15 min
22. 22

    Reading: Tone and Attitude

    How to name an author's tone from word choice, detect attitude toward a subject, and track tone shifts, because CSE Professional reading items regularly ask what feeling a passage conveys.

    15 min
23. 23

    Fact versus Opinion

    How to separate verifiable statements from judgments using the verifiability test and opinion markers, a distinction the CSE Professional tests directly and inside reading passages.

    14 min
24. 24

    Cause and Effect in Reading

    How to trace causes and effects in passages using signal words, infer implicit causation, follow causal chains, and separate correlation wording from causal claims, all tested in CSE Professional reading items.

    15 min
25. 25

    Summary and Conclusion

    How to pick the best summary of a passage, judge what a valid conclusion may add, and complete final-sentence items, skills the CSE Professional tests at the end of most reading sets.

    15 min
26. 26

    Filipino: Pag-unawa sa Binasa

    How to answer Filipino reading comprehension items on pangunahing diwa, detalye, paghihinuha, tono, at layunin ng may-akda, since the CSE Professional verbal section includes passages entirely in Filipino.

    16 min

Section practice test

14 test sets covering the whole Verbal Ability section, 750 original questions with explanations. After you finish the lessons above, prove it here. Randomized every run.