GRE Practice Exam

The Verbal Reasoning measure assesses the ability to:

• analyze and draw conclusions from discourse and reason from incomplete data
• understand multiple levels of meaning, such as literal, figurative and author's intent
• summarize text and distinguish major from minor points
• understand the meanings of words, sentences and entire texts
• understand relationships among words and among concepts

In each test edition, there is a balance among the passages across three different subject matter areas: humanities, social sciences (including business) and natural sciences.  There is an emphasis on complex reasoning skills.

Source: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/gre-guide-to-the-use-of-scores.pdf 

The Quantitative Reasoning measure assesses the ability to:

• understand, interpret and analyze quantitative information
• solve problems using mathematical models
• apply the basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis

There is an emphasis on quantitative reasoning skills.

Source: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/gre-guide-to-the-use-of-scores.pdf

The Analytical Writing measure assesses critical thinking and analytical writing skills, including the ability to:

• articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively
• support ideas with relevant reasons and examples
• sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion
• control the elements of standard written English

The measure does not assess specific content knowledge and there is no single best way to respond.

Analytical Writing essay responses are evaluated on a 6-point holistic scale, including receiving a score from the e-rater scoring engine, a computerized program developed by ETS that is capable of identifying essay features related to writing proficiency.  In holistic scoring, scores are assigned on the basis of the overall quality of the essay in response to the assigned task.

A single score is reported for the Analytical Writing measure.  Score Level Descriptions can be found here.

Source: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/gre-guide-to-the-use-of-scores.pdf

To access and review your practice exam after this event, log back into the ETS website and follow these steps:

1. Select "My Test Preparation and Services" under the Test Preparation and Tools section.

2. Select "Go to Practice Test" for the exam you wish to review.

3. Select "Review Your Test"

4.. Review and confirm that your Test Taker information is correct.

5. Review the Summary of Performance to find your Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores, as well as a Section Summary that breaks down each of the exam sections with details of how many questions were answered correctly and incorrectly.

6. You may also click on "Continue" in the top right corner to review the exam question by question.  There are two options at the top of the screen for each question, and you can toggle between them to view "My Answer" and "Correct Answer" to see what questions were missed.