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forgivenskeptic in applyingtograd

Fill in the Blank on the GREs

Mar 04, 2010 16:46

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I was wondering if these fill in the blank sentence completions and math questions are actually on the GRE. As in my previous post, I am studying for the GREs with study materials that are a couple years old. As I was skimming 2010 GRE study books today at the bookstore, where all of the information ( Read more... )

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sarahleigh13 March 4 2010, 21:19:16 UTC

I am not sure when you are scheduled to take the GRE (and I did see a post on here a while back saying that the format will be changed, so you may want to check the ETS website for when those changes will occur)but I took the general GRE this fall and there were several sentence completions on my test ( ... )

subfusc March 5 2010, 03:23:35 UTC

They are supposed to appear, but I did not get any. I took mine November 16 2009.

hearts_of_hope March 7 2010, 06:13:14 UTC

Same here. I took it November 9 2009.

thruyourveins March 5 2010, 03:27:07 UTC

I got several (I couldn't give you an exact number, but at least 3-5) of them on my test, which I took last November.

diva_tami March 5 2010, 06:18:35 UTC

I took the test at the end of January (this year), and I DID have these questions, but they were in the optional section...I did a few questions, then got hungry and quit. I suppose they could be on "normal" part of the test, and I just happened to not get any there.

amyinwyoming March 5 2010, 12:26:06 UTC

I took them recently and there were about 5 fill-in-the-blank questions. I believe most of the questions had 2 blanks in the sentence(s).
The big changes to the GRE aren't supposed to take place until 2011, and I do not think test prep from ETS, or any company for that matter, has been published as of yet. They have an area on the official ETS website where you can sign up to receive updates about the new version of the exam, if you're interested.
From what I've heard about the new GRE is that the math questions will remain the same in terms of difficulty, but a calculator will be provided. The idea here is that they don't want you to be punished for simple calculation errors and so they provide you with a calculator to do that simple math. You will still need to know how to solve a problem and which formula is needed.
Best of luck with it!