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GRE General: Verbal Reasoning Section of The GRE
Reading Comprehension For The GRE

Here in this lesson, about the Reading Comprehension questions on the GRE revised General Test. This lesson covers the passages, the questions, and some general strategy tips.

Reading Comprehension For The GRE

Reading Comprehension

You are to find and analyze information and arguments presented in a passage.
These questions will make up roughly half of the total questions on the verbal reasoning sections of the test.
Always start with a passage: anywhere from one to several paragraphs followed by one to six multiple-choice questions.
Everything you need to know is right there in the passage.

Passage and Questions

Before you look at any actual reading comprehension questions, you'll have to read a passage.
You'll get somewhere around ten passages, which are typically pretty short.
Most of them will be a single paragraph, but some of them will be longer, multi-paragraph passages.
The topics of the passages can be almost anything, but you'll be able to understand them without any specialist knowledge.
Each passage can have anywhere from one to six questions.
The questions ask you only about the information in the passage.

Strategy

Now you're familiar with the format of the test; it's time to talk strategy. Test-taking strategy on the GRE can get you everywhere - here's how to do it on the reading comprehension questions.