GRE Verbal

[harrypotter]

Hi,

Can someone share his/her experience of writing new GRE?

What is the difficulty level of new GRE verbal portion? I can see lots of folks getting scores in the range if 155-165 for verbal.

I wonder whether the new GRE still has those complex vocab. words or whether it has questions which got to do more with the usage of commonly used words. Also, I have heard that comprehension is the toughest of the lot !!

Please share your experience.

Regards

Harry

[starstuff]

The new GRE Verbal Reasoning section focuses on more commonly used words, and on using the words in context (ie: in a sentence, rather than in isolated analogies). Some questions on the new GRE have a different answer format, asking you to select multiple answer choices. In reading comprehension, you might have to identify which statements about a passage are true, and it can be a bit tricky determining whether the answer is just "b", "b and c", "b, c, and e", etc. etc; it is a lot more difficult to guess when there are 120 different answer combinations for each question.

The ETS free practice guide is definitely worth doing to get used to the new question and answer types.

For what it's worth, I have taken both the old and new GRE, and scored exactly the same on the verbal sections (740 old, 169 new, which are equivalent according to the concordance table).

[harrypotter]

Thanks Starstuff...

[Kitkat]

I would add to what Starstuff in saying that part of the reason (I think) that they are using more common words is so that they can see if you know less well known definitions of those words. As for how common the words they use I would have to say this. They are more common then they were on the old test but not as common as most words that we use on a daily basis. It is easier I think on the new test because, like it has been said, you get it in context, so you can use that to help you on the test.

[converse3]

How would you recommend studying for the reading comp?

[neeravbm]

Hi guys,

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Regards,

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