GRE practice test: free verbal and quant questions with explanations

Practise for the GRE General Test with original questions in the current shorter format: text completion, sentence equivalence, reading comprehension, quantitative comparison and problem solving. Start with 5 free questions, then take two full tests of 54 questions in 88 minutes, the real time for the GRE's verbal and quant sections, with an explanation for every answer.

• 5 free questions
• 2 full tests, 108 questions
• 88 minutes, the real verbal + quant time
• An explanation for every answer
• Practice certificate PDF

What is on the GRE General Test?

Since 22 September 2023 the GRE General Test is a shorter test of about 1 hour 58 minutes. Analytical Writing always comes first; the Verbal and Quantitative sections follow in either order.

The test is adaptive by section: the first verbal and quant sections are of average difficulty, and the second gets harder or easier depending on how you did. Verbal is about half reading comprehension, plus text completion (one to three blanks) and sentence equivalence (pick the two words that give the sentence the same meaning). Quant covers arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis, with an on-screen calculator; question types are quantitative comparison, multiple choice and numeric entry. Source: ets.org, GRE General Test structure and Verbal Reasoning pages, checked 18 October 2026.

How is the GRE scored, and what is a good score?

Verbal and Quantitative are each scored 130 to 170 in 1-point steps, and Analytical Writing 0 to 6 in half points. There is no pass mark: every graduate program decides what it wants. For test takers from July 2022 to June 2025 the average was 151.4 in Verbal (788,021 people), 157.6 in Quant and 3.5 in Writing (ETS, Interpreting Your GRE Scores 2026-27), so a score above those averages is above the middle.

Fees: ets.org GRE fees page, checked 18 October 2026. You can take the GRE at home or at a test center, once every 21 days and up to five times in any 12 months; scores arrive in 8 to 10 days.

What you practise on MyLevel

Each full practice test has 27 verbal and 27 quant questions, all original and all with a worked explanation:

• 8 text completions (one and two blanks) and 6 sentence equivalence questions, shown as one choice between word pairs.
• 13 reading comprehension questions on short science, history and argument passages, including strengthen and weaken questions.
• 9 quantitative comparisons with the four standard GRE answer choices.
• 18 problem-solving questions on percent change, ratios, exponents, remainders, geometry, coordinate geometry, mean and median, probability and counting.

Every quant answer is re-solved by a script before it goes live. The real GRE also has numeric entry and select-all questions and an essay; MyLevel practises the same skills with single-answer questions. Start with 5 free questions. The pack with 2 timed tests costs $9.99, a one-time payment with no subscription, and also unlocks every other MyLevel job test.

How to prepare for the GRE

• Learn the quantitative comparison trick: plug in 0, 1, a negative number, a fraction and a large number. If two values give different results, the answer is 'cannot be determined'; if both quantities are fixed numbers, it never is.
• Read for the clue, not the blank: in text completion, words like although, but, because and a colon tell you whether the missing word agrees with or contrasts the rest of the sentence.
• Sentence equivalence needs a pair: both words must fit and give the same meaning. A pair of synonyms that does not fit the sentence is the classic trap.
• Answer reading questions from the passage only, not from what you already know about the topic.
• Practise at the real pace: about 1.5 minutes per verbal question and 1.75 minutes per quant question. Take a full test in one sitting, then study every explanation. ETS also offers free official POWERPREP practice tests.

MyLevel is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, ETS (Educational Testing Service). GRE is a registered trademark of ETS. All questions are original practice questions written by MyLevel, not real GRE questions, and a practice score is not a GRE score.

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