Understand The GRE Exam Pattern


The Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, is a vital step towards your admittance to graduate, business, Ph.D. programs, and even a few law schools globally.

The test assesses your mastery of basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis along with college-level vocabulary.

The first step towards starting the GRE Preparation is to understand the GRE Exam pattern

ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSESSMENT

Analytical Writing Assessment, AWA is the first section on the GRE test. Although there is skepticism about the significance of this section, countless universities consider this section as of pronounced nature.

AWA section tests your command over the English language via an Essay. This Essay demands you to set forth your thoughts and responses to a tangled idea. This idea can be an Argument, an Opinion, or a claim in general.

The section has two different timed tasks of 30 min with a score range of 0-6 for each. The task consist of “Analyze an Issue” and “Analyze an Argument”.

 Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning

It is also important to understand the question types of both the Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning.

The Quantitative section of the GRE tests 3 types of questions: Multiple choice questions, Numeric entry questions and Quantitative Comparison questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple-choice questions are of two types, namely:

  1. Select one answer choice – an easier way to identify that the ovals are labeled before answer choices

  2. Select one or more answer choices – an easier way to identify that the checkboxes are labeled before answer choices

Numeric Entry Questions

Numeric entry questions are of two types, namely:

1.    Single box question where a number needs to be entered as an integer or as a decimal as per the directions.

2.    2 boxes question - to enter the answer in a fraction format only

Quantitative Comparison Question

Some information will be given under the two quantities with additional conditions. One has to evaluate which quantity is greater, or are both quantities equal or the relationship cannot be determined. 40% of the Quantitative Section accounts for this type of question.

The verbal section of the GRE is just about Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension. The vocabulary questions on GRE are popularly known as Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence and majorly ask to fill in the blank to complete sentences. Do not worry, the answers are hidden in the sentence itself. Just learning proper tricks can be helpful. 

TEXT COMPLETION

The identification of the question can help you more. This question will ask you to fill in the blank with just one word. Although you can see a variation in the number of blanks i.e., 1-, 2-, or 3- blanks questions with 5, 6, 9 answer choices respectively.

You will come across approximately six of these questions in each section. There is no partial credit on these questions; you must answer correctly for all blanks to get points on these questions.

SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE

Sentence Equivalence questions require you to fill in a blank with two words, which means you have to look for two answer choices. The two words selected should be logically similar, need not be synonyms. You will encounter four questions in each section.

Vocabulary building and understanding the context is important.

There is no partial credit for this question too, which means you will get points only if the two selected answers are correct, not either of them.

 READING COMPREHENSION

The Reading Comprehension questions are based on passages of one or more paragraphs that either gives an explanation or develop an argument on the topic. Most of the passages will be short. Reading Comprehension questions may ask you to look for the main purpose of the passage along with its structure, make inferences, and find the detail in the passage. So it is important to read the passage in a strategic way and learn how to paraphrase it.

Each section will have 10 questions, which means fifty percent of the verbal. So, you should have the required skill in order to answer the questions effectively.

 IMPORTANCE OF VOCABULARY

Many people have a perspective that the GRE Test is all about vocabulary. Maybe Yes! But if you start working on it from day one, you will not be with the same opinion. Vocabulary is something you can build subsequently. Try to learn a fixed set of words daily. Always try to be consistent with the Vocabulary. There are a number of ways to learn vocabulary.

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