Five tools to sharpen your analytical thinking — All free.
The resources below are offered freely to anyone who finds them useful — whether you are preparing for the LNAT, studying law, writing academic essays, or simply wanting to think and write more precisely.
RESOURCE 1 — FREE CHAPTER & DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Chapter 2: The Progressive Difficulty System — Read Free Online + LNAT Diagnostic Test
Read the foundational chapter of Master LNAT on this website and take the 20-question LNAT Diagnostic Test. Discover your PDS level — from Foundational to Elite — and get a personalised study plan recommendation.
RESOURCE 2 — PRECISION OF LANGUAGE
Precision of Language — A Guide for Analytical Writers
Who It Is For
LNAT candidates, law students, university applicants, and anyone who wants to write more clearly and persuasively under pressure.
What It Covers
- What precision means in analytical writing — and what it is not
- The four forms of vagueness and how to eliminate them
- The three forms of inflation and how to avoid them
- A self-assessment checklist for practice essay review
- What precision means in analytical writing — and what it is not
RESOURCE 3 — LOGICAL FALLACIES
Logical Fallacies — A Guide for LNAT and Analytical Reasoning
Who It Is For
LNAT candidates, law students, philosophy students, and anyone working with analytical arguments.
What It Covers
- What a logical fallacy is and why identifying them matters for LNAT
- The 10 most common fallacies in LNAT-style passages — with definitions and examples
- How each fallacy appears in everyday argument and in LNAT passages specifically
- How to identify fallacies quickly under exam conditions
- A practice exercise with answer and explanation
RESOURCE 4 — GRAMMAR FOR CLEAR ARGUMENT
Grammar for Clear Argument — The Analytical Writer’s Guide
Who It Is For
LNAT candidates who want their essay and multiple-choice reasoning to read with precision — no ambiguous sentences, no modifier errors an examiner would catch.
What It Covers
- Misplaced modifiers — the proximity errors that quietly shift what your sentence actually argues, plus the “only,” “almost,” and “even” placement traps that change an essay’s whole meaning.
- Dangling modifiers — the passive-voice habit that leaves sentences with no clear subject, common wherever LNAT essays lean formal.
- Squinting modifiers — words that could modify either side of a sentence, producing the kind of genuine ambiguity examiners are trained to flag.
- Stacked & cumulative modifiers — adjective order, comma rules, and the noun-stack problem that makes dense analytical writing hard to follow.
- 48 worked examples + 40 practice questions — graded from introductory to expert, with full explanations and exam tips throughout.
A Note on the Nature of This Book — Ramana Rao MLV
A short, personal statement from the author on the foundational assumption behind every test preparation book — and why the cognitive training in Master LNAT equips you to handle whatever appears on your test, including question types not covered in these pages.
AUTHOR'S PERSONAL NOTE
“Give a person a fish, and he will have food for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will have food for life.”
This principle has guided my teaching career for over four decades. Over the years, I have observed one truth repeatedly: persistence and perseverance make everything possible. The LNAT does not test intelligence alone. It tests skills — and skills can be developed.