1. Text Completion & Sentence Equivalence

2. Text Completion Questions
Passages composed of one to five sentences
Passages have one to three blanks
Three answer choices per blank; five choices if only one blank
No partial credit!......Sorry!

3. Tips for answering
1- Read through passage for overall sense “big picture”
2- Identify significant words/phrases; look for signal words
3- Think up your own words for the blanks
4- Don’t assume that you must do the first blank first. Others may be easier to choose!
5- Double check your answer for logic, grammar, style, etc

4. Sample Questions
See samples on page 49 and 50 of your book

5. Sentence Equivalence Questions
These consist of a single sentence with one blank
You will have six answer choices
You need to choose two answer choices that produce sentences with the same meaning
No partial credit!....Sorry again!

6. …and some more tips Answer choices preceded by a
1- Read the sentence for overall sense of whole
2- Identify significant words/phrases
3- Think of your own words, look for choices close to this
4- Double-check answers; do not just scan for synonyms!

7. Sample questions on page 52
Practice again
Sample questions on page 52