Question Type Guides — GRE, SAT & IELTS Strategies
Comprehensive guides for every question type on the GRE, SAT, and IELTS. Each guide explains the format, walks through solving strategies, highlights common mistakes, and provides practice tips from expert test-takers.
GRE Question Types
- Text Completion — fill in one, two, or three blanks using vocabulary and context clues
- Sentence Equivalence — choose two words that produce sentences with similar meaning
- Reading Comprehension — analyze academic passages and answer inference, detail, and purpose questions
- Quantitative Comparison — determine the relationship between two mathematical quantities
- Data Interpretation — read charts, tables, and graphs to answer multi-part math questions
- Issue Essay — present and defend a position on a given topic
- Argument Essay — critique the reasoning in a provided argument
SAT Question Types
- Craft & Structure — analyze word choice, text structure, and cross-text connections
- Information & Ideas — identify central ideas, evidence, and inferences
- Standard English Conventions — fix grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure
- Expression of Ideas — improve rhetorical effectiveness and transitions
- Algebra & Advanced Math — solve equations, functions, and polynomial problems
- Problem-Solving & Data Analysis — work with ratios, percentages, and statistics
- Geometry & Trigonometry — apply area, volume, and trigonometric concepts
IELTS Question Types
- Listening — form completion, multiple choice, map labelling, and matching
- Reading — True/False/Not Given, matching headings, summary completion, and short answer
- Writing Task 1 — describe graphs, charts, maps, or write a letter
- Writing Task 2 — opinion, discussion, problem-solution, and advantage-disadvantage essays
- Speaking Parts 1-3 — interview, long turn, and two-way discussion
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