Text Completion — Fill the Blanks

These questions give you a passage with 1-3 blanks to fill.

1-blank questions: 5 answer choices. Pick one.

2-blank questions: 3 choices per blank. Must get BOTH right.

3-blank questions: 3 choices per blank. Must get ALL THREE right. No partial credit.

Strategy:

1. Read the entire sentence/passage FIRST — don't look at choices yet

2. Predict your own word for each blank based on context clues

3. Look for signal words: "however" (contrast), "moreover" (continuation), "because" (cause)

4. Match your prediction to the closest answer choice

5. For multi-blank questions, start with the easiest blank — whichever one has the strongest context clues

Key insight: The passage ALWAYS contains enough information to determine the answer. You're not guessing — you're reading for clues.

Reference:

Wikipedia: GRE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_Record_Examinations