Basic Facts
The Critical Reading section is made up of three timed
sections that test your critical reading skills for 70 minutes.
Two of the timed sections are 25-minutes long, and one is 20 minutes
long.
In all, the Critical Reading sections contain 67 questions.
- 19 Sentence Completions: Single
sentences with one or two blanks.
- 8 Short Reading questions: Two single passages
followed by 2 questions each; one dual passage followed by 4 questions
- 40 Long Reading questions : A 400–500 word
passage with 6 questions; a 500–600 word passage with 9 questions;
a 700-–800 word passagewith 12 questions; a dual passage with 13
questions.
The different types of questions break into the three
timed sections in the following way:
- 25-minute Section with 24 Total Questions:
8 Sentence Completions; 2 Short Reading Comp passages (each with
2 questions); Long Reading Comp passage with 12 questions.
- 25-minute Section with 24 Total Questions:
5 Sentence Completions; the dual Short Reading Comp passage with
4 questions; Long Reading Comp with 6 questions; Long Reading Comp
with 9 questions.
- 20-minute Section with 19 Total Questions:
6 Sentence Completions; Long Reading Dual passage with 13 questions.
On some versions of the test the 800-word Long Reading
Comp and the Dual Passage Long Reading Comp switch positions. When
this happens, the 800-word LRC has 13 questions, while the Dual
has 12.
