gretipsforyou: Gre verbal section(STEP 1)

Saturday 19 October 2013

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Gre verbal section(STEP 1) is all about understanding the format and question properly.

The verbal section contains 3 types of tasks:

1.Reading Comprehension(9-11 questions in each set,two or three passages)

2.Text Completion(4-5 questions in each set)

3.Sentence Equivalence(4-5 questions in each set)

1.Reading Comprehension:

Contains two or three passages.

Passage type may be varied as small,medium,large in the sense of length

Difficulty level will be medium and tough

Takes time to reads

Handling RC

Read the passage once and underline the key words.

Read once again passage for clarity(if required)

Try to score more in RC

Each question has 5 options,so answer accurately by elimating the other options,which are not pertaining to the passage,so discard them

2.Text Completion:

Each question has 5,6,9 options depending on single blank,double,triple blank.

Try to complete the sentence on your own (but never directly try to fit the options)

Choose a word that makes sense so you,then cross check the options

There will two parts.

One will tell something about the subject or object

Other part of sentence will support or contradict.

There will be certain key words with will we can simplify them.

In next post I will update them

3.Sentence Equivalence:

Choose words or phrases to complete a sentence.

The word list you have studied may be useful here.

From the options three or four will be having same meaning

Other two may have negative meaning.So discard them

Then try filter the correct two options from four left over

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