Research Guides: English Language Program (ELP): GRE test prep

Preparing for the GRE

On this page, there are resources that will help you succeed on the GRE. These resources include practice tests, practice questions, test-taking strategies, and ebooks.

Online Test Preparation Materials

GRE for Dummies
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1118911644
Publication Date: 2015
This hands-on guide helps you assess where you need more study help, gets you up-to-speed on the questions you can expect to encounter on the actual GRE exam, and will have you practicing your way to test-taking perfection by exam day. Includes full-length GRE practice tests, hundreds of practice questions, and trusted GRE test-taking strategies.

Peterson's Test Prep offers a variety of practice tests for undergraduate- and graduate-level standardized tests. Test preparation coverage includes at least one practice test, a preparation book, and articles with test preparation tips.

To access GRE test preparation materials:

Go to the Peterson's Test Prep site (linked above)
Select 'Improve your score', then click on 'Grad School'
Select 'GRE'
You can choose 'GRE Practice Tests' or 'Master the GRE Ebook'
To use the practice tests on this site, you will have to create a free account. Use the 'New User Signup' link at the top of the page.

VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education offers online GRE preparation classes for a fee ($749). The classes meet online at specific dates and times for one month.

Print Test Preparation Materials

GRE® Verbal
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference - College Guides Shelf (1st floor) (LB2367.4 .G688 2015)
ISBN: 9781625232984
Publication Date: 2015
Always study with the most up-to-date prep! Look for GRE Verbal Workbook, 10th edition, ISBN 9781506235295, on sale November 6, 2018. Publisher's Note: Products purchased from third-party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality or authenticity.
Official GRE Super Power Pack
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference - College Guides Shelf (1st floor) (LB2367.4 .O44 2017)
Publication Date: 2017
Includes The Official Guide to the GRE, Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Questions, Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Questions. Includes 4 GRE tests, hundreds of authentic GRE practice questions with answers and explanations, descriptions of every question type, with valuable question-answering tips and test-taking strategies to use in your GRE test preparation.