Although multi-blank Text Completion questions contain more blanks and can contain more sentences than Sentence Equivalence questions, the former won’t always necessarily be harder than the latter.

For each of these question types, you may encounter easy, medium, and hard-level questions on any given GRE. Furthermore, each of these question types presents its own challenges. For both, you will need strong knowledge of GRE vocabulary words. However, for Sentence Equivalence, you will also need to be able to recognize synonyms among GRE words.

For multi-blank Text Completion, you may have to relate multiple sentences to each other in addition to understanding the “internal” logic of each sentence. However, for Sentence Equivalence, you will have to not only understand the sentence logic, but also ensure that your answers produce two sentences that have equivalent meanings.

Not all test-takers will agree on which of these question types is harder. We do know, however, that 3-blank Text Completion questions generally require more time to answer than Sentence Equivalence questions. So, in that sense, we could consider 3-blank questions “harder.”

The good news is that, with strong techniques and ample, realistic practice, you can master the art of efficiently solving all the Verbal question types, including 3-blank Text Completion questions.

Warmest regards,

Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep