Reading comprehension tutorial

Last updated: 13 Oct 2008

Reading comprehension problems account for about one third of the questions in the verbal section of the GMAT.

In this tutorial we will take you through some general strategies for tackling reading comprehension questions and show you how to approach the 6 most common types of reading comprehension questions.

  1. Main idea/primary purpose
  2. Title
  3. Specific detail/target
  4. Inference
  5. Tone/attitude
  6. Structure/organization

And we will practice these strategies on each question type as we work through the tutorial.

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