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GRE Verbal & Quantitative: Question Types

The GRE General Test is used for graduate and business school admissions. Its Verbal and Quantitative sections use distinctive question formats, and the test adapts between sections.

Format

Two Verbal and two Quantitative sections — the answerable parts — within a test of about 1 hour 58 minutes.

Sections

Verbal Reasoning

Reading Comprehension (select one, select one-or-more, select-in-passage), Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence (pick two synonyms).

Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative Comparison (compare Quantity A and B), multiple choice (single and multiple answer), and Numeric Entry (type an integer, decimal or fraction). On-screen calculator provided.

Signature question types

  • Text Completion (1–3 blanks)
  • Sentence Equivalence (choose two synonyms)
  • Quantitative Comparison
  • Numeric Entry

New to these formats? See the question-type glossary for how each one works.

Is it adaptive?

The GRE is section-adaptive: your performance on the first Verbal/Quant section sets the difficulty of the second.

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How does GRE Sentence Equivalence work? ▼
You pick two of six words that both fit the sentence and produce the same meaning. Choosing a single best word — the multiple-choice instinct — scores zero.

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