1. Use your time wisely.

2. Answer practice questions ahead of time.

3. Read all test directions carefully.

4. Read each question carefully and thoroughly.

Before you answer a multiple-choice question, determine exactly what is being asked, then eliminate the wrong answers and select the best choice. Never skim a question or the possible answers; skimming may cause you to miss important information or nuances.

5. Do not spend too much time on any one question.

If you do not know the correct answer, or if the question is too time-consuming, try to eliminate choices you know are wrong, select the best of the remaining answer choices, and move on to the next question. Try not to worry about the impact on your score—guessing may lower your score, but not finishing the section will lower your score more.

Bear in mind that if you do not finish a section in the allotted time, you will still receive a score.

6. Confirm your answers ONLY when you are ready to move on.

Once you have selected your answer to a multiplechoice question, you will be asked to confirm it.

Once you confirm your response, you cannot go back and change it. You may not skip questions, because the computer selects each question on the basis of your responses to preceding questions.

7. Plan your essay answers before you begin to write.

Th e best way to approach the two writing tasks that comprise the Analytical Writing Assessment is to read the directions carefully, take a few minutes to think about the question, and plan a response before you begin writing. Take care to organize your ideas and develop them fully, but leave time to reread your response and make any revisions that you think would improve it.

1. Familiarize yourself with the GMAT verbal section, specifically the sentence completion questions. This can be accomplished through specialized books, courses or tutoring.
2. Don’t bother to read answer choice (A). It simply repeats the underlined part of the sentence.
3. Do not worry about spelling or capitalization errors.  The test writers do not test for these 2 errors.
4. Eliminate any answer choice that distorts the intended meaning of the sentence.
5. Test-takers have a natural tendency to hyper-correct — to find fault with the original version (the first answer choice). Keep in mind that, on average, in 1 out of 5 Sentence Correction questions the original version (the first answer choice) is the best among the five choices.
6. Some answer choices might contain internal grammatical errors (they’re grammatically improper, even apart from the sentence). Eliminate them right away to narrow down the viable choices.
7. You’ll always encounter a second-best answer choice as well. Resolve close judgment calls in favor of the version that most effectively and concisely expresses the intended meaning of the sentence.
8. Just because an answer choice is a bit wordy or awkward, don’t assume it’s a wrong choice. If it contains no grammatical errors, while each of the other choices do, then it’s nevertheless the best of the five choices.
9. Just because an answer choice is grammatically correct, don’t assume it’s the best choice. It might be a bit wordy or awkward; or it might contain a redundancy; or it might employ the passive voice. Another choice might be better overall.
10. Trust your ear. If an answer choice sounds awkward in the context of a sentence, don’t bother to analyze it — eliminate it and move on.

There are 3 types of topics addressed in the the passages and each type of passage calls for a slightly different optimum test-taking strategy

1. Science topics. These passages deal with topics including astronomy, biology and medicine.
2. Social science topics. Typically, these passages deal with topics such as history, politics, and geography.
3. Business topics.

Business school students are likely unfamiliar with science passages but actually they are very factual and straightforward. Hence, they will likely provide the easiest reading comprehension questions you will encounter on the GMAT exam. You are not likely to see any inference questions drawing on a science passage. You are much more likely to see several factual questions that can be answered directly from the passage.

Generally there are 4 types of question a GMAT test taker can encounter. The 4 types are:

1. Main idea questions (primary purporse). For example:
   

   The primary purpose of the passage is to

2. Inference questions. For example
   

   It can be inferred from the passage that both Tulving and Clayton would agree with which of the following statements?

3. Details interpretation questions. Sample question:
   

   According to the passage, the WIDC believed that the proposed legislation resembled earlier legislation concerning women’s labor in that it

4. Structure questions. Sample question:

The function of the first sentence of second paragraph is