This type of question contains a passage consisting of three to five sentences with between one and three blanks. For each blank, test-takers must choose the word or phrase that would logically complete the sentence using context clues from the passage.

GRE Text Completion Questions

This type of question contains a single sentence with one blank. Test-takers are provided six GRE vocabulary words and must select the two words that logically complete the sentence and produce completed sentences that are alike in nature.

GRE Sentence Equivalence Questions

- Multiple Choice (select one answer choice)
- Multiple Choice (select one or more answer choices)
- Select-in-Passage

Types of GRE Reading Comprehension Questions

- Reading Comprehension
- Text Completion
- Sentence Equivalence

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Each section of the verbal reasoning test contains 20 questions to be answered within 30 minutes. This section is meant to test a test-taker's reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and vocabulary. Each GRE test contains two scored verbal reasoning sections.

GRE Verbal Reasoning Section

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GRE structure and sections

GRE Verbal Reasoning Question Types

This section of the GRE is presented as either a verbal reasoning or quantitative reasoning section, but does not count toward a test-taker's final score. Instead, the questions on this section are used to evaluate what questions should appear on future editions of the GRE.

GRE Unscored/Research Section

Both the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections are scored out of 170 points in one-point increments. Test-takers will receive both a raw score, which is their average score between either the two verbal reasoning or two quantitative reasoning sections, and a scaled score that takes into the account the difficulty of each section. The lower score possible on either section is 130 points.

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