GRE Sentence Equivalence Practice Questions

Here you'll find a series of eight GRE Sentence Equivalence practice questions. You'll probably find earlier questions to be a bit easier than later questions.

NOTE: On the actual GRE exam, each Verbal Reasoning section will include several Sentence Equivalence questions — mixed with Text Completion questions and Reading Comprehension sets.

Instructions for Practice Questions:
  1. Review the test directions (below).

  2. Go to any of the numbered practice questions. Select and deselect answer choices by clicking on the boxes.

  3. Scroll down the page for the correct answer and an analysis of the question. Click on "Directions" to return to this page.

  4. This is not a timed test. But if you want to simulate timed testing conditions, limit yourself to 1 minute per question, on average.
TEST DIRECTIONS — SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE

Select the two answer choices that, when used to fill in the blank, fit the sentence's overall meaning and produce two sentences that are alike in meaning.

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