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GRE Verbal Insights and Summary and Tips

 

 

Verbal Section Composition:

Here we summarize the composition of the verbal section of the CBT GRE test as likely encountered today. The GRE verbal sections consist of four types of questions: Sentence Completions, Analogies, Reading Comprehension, and Antonyms. They are designed to test your ability to reason using the written word. The section is 30 minutes long and contains 30 questions. The questions can appear in any order.

  • Sentence Completions:   (about 6 questions)

    This question includes a sentence that has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that BEST fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

    The sentence completions form the most straightforward part of the GRE.

  • Analogies:   (about 7 questions)

    This question includes a related pair of words or phrases. Beneath the pair are five more pairs of words or phrases. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

    In analogy questions, the relationship between the words is more important than the meanings of the words themselves. The analogy section of the GRE is one of the easiest parts of the test to improve on.

  • Reading Comprehension:   (about 8 questions)

    The reading comprehension of the verbal section of the GRE contains two to four passages and about 8 questions. Each passage is followed by three to five questions. The subject matter of a passage can be almost anything, but the most common themes are politics, history, culture, and science.

  • Antonyms:   (about 9 questions)

    This question consists of a word printed in capital letters, following by five words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word in capital letters.



 
 
 

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