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GRE General: Verbal Reasoning Section of The GRE
GRE Text Completion Question Format

In this lesson, you'll learn about the structure and format of Text Completion questions on the GRE revised General Test. These questions can be confusing, but if you're prepared, they're a lot easier.

GRE Text Completion Question Format

Text Completions

The question formats can be more confusing, than the questions themselves.
Text Completion questions test your ability to fill in multiple blanks, in a passage of one or more sentences.

First off, here's a look at the question format. On each Text Completion question, you'll get…

One to five sentences - You'll get a short passage with either one long sentence or several shorter ones.
One to three blanks - Somewhere in that passage will be between one and three omitted words.

There's no partial credit if you have a multi-blank and get one of them right.

Example Question

Good interior design requires not only ____ value but also functionality. Design elements that look good in preliminary drawings are not appropriate if they do not ____the needs of actual users.

Blank one

A. Aesthetic B. Pragmatic C. Archival

Blank two

D. Propitiate E. Exacerbate F. Address

Identify context cues in the sentences that give you some idea of what the word should be.
Cross out inappropriate choices.
Choose from your remaining options.
Check your answer by plugging it in.