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GRE Text Completion practice.

Master GRE Text Completion — the vocabulary-in-context questions that make up about a quarter of the Verbal section — with free daily practice. Each item drops one to three blanks into a short passage; your job is to pick the words that fit the logic of the sentence. Work through today’s set below, with a full explanation on every question.

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How GRE Text Completion works

Text Completion questions give you a short passage — one to five sentences — with one, two, or three blanks. You choose the word (or words) that best complete the passage so it reads as a coherent, logical whole.

  • Single-blank questions offer five answer choices. Drill them on our single-blank practice page.
  • Two- and three-blank questions offer three choices per blank, and you must get every blank right to earn credit — there’s no partial credit. Practice two-blank and three-blank completions.
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Strategy: predict before you peek

The single most effective habit is to predict your own word for each blank before reading the choices. Find the “clue” word or phrase that defines the blank, note whether the sentence continues or reverses that idea (watch for words like although, despite, because), then fill the blank in your own words. Only then match your prediction to a choice.

Study tip: For multi-blank questions, start with the blank you’re most confident about — it often constrains the others. Never grade a multi-blank question as “close”: all blanks must be correct.

Because these questions live and die on vocabulary, pair this drill with our GRE Vocabulary List and vocabulary practice.

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