This post gives tricks and hints to study for text completion questions in revised GRE. Also a few sample questions.
There are 3 types of Text Completion Questions that are asked in revised GRE. There will be around 5-6 questions of this type in each section.
There are 3 types of Text Completion Questions that are asked in revised GRE. There will be around 5-6 questions of this type in each section.
Types of Text Completion questions asked in revised GRE
- Questions having 3 blanks
- Questions having 2 blanks
- Questions having 1 blank
Some tricks and hints for Text Completion questions:
- Navigating through the questions is possible in the revised format of the GRE. Attempt these questions before the reading comprehensions as they won’t take a lot of time.
- In the questions having 3 blanks, two are generally contradictory and 1 is supporting. Or else, 1 is contradictory and 2 are supporting. Based on this logic, you can verify whether your selected options are correct. If all the three options are supporting or contradicting, read the question again before proceeding.
- The question having 1 blank has 2 sentences. Read the entire sentence completely before marking an answer.
- Try to fill out the blanks with your own word without looking at the options. Then try to find the synonym in the options. This strategy really helped me a lot.
- All the question types in text completion have 3 options for every blank. In these 3 blanks, 2 have similar meanings(for e.g. focus and overwhelm) and 1 is opposite of that meaning(for e.g. deflect). So without even looking at the sentence, we can guess that the answer is deflect. When in doubt, use this trick.
- Do not waste a lot of time on these questions. If you are unable to answer, make a guess and move on. Reading comprehensions require a lot of time.