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Text Completion: two and three blanks · GRE · Courselo

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Verbal Reasoning: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence

Text Completion: two and three blanks

Verbal Reasoning: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence · Lesson 3 of 5

Lesson 3 of 5

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Unit 2

Verbal Reasoning: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence

5 lessons · 6 h 10 min of study

Sentence logic, clues and signal words1 h of study
Text Completion: one blank1 h 10 min of study
Text Completion: two and three blanksReading · 0%
Sentence Equivalence1 h 10 min of study
High-yield GRE vocabulary1 h 30 min of study

This unit is ≈23% of the GRE, across 5 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 3 of 5 · Verbal Reasoning: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence

Text Completion: two and three blanks

3 quick checks≈6% of the testStretch: Stretch: harder material that separates the top grades

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By the end you’ll be able to

Start with the blank that has the strongest clue (not necessarily the first) and fill the others from the relationships it creates
Use the logical link between blanks (same direction, opposite direction, cause and effect) to test combinations quickly
Reread the whole passage with all choices inserted to confirm it is coherent before moving on

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Pace long three-blank passages at about 1.5–2 minutes and know when to mark and return

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