Is Sentence Correction on the GMAT Focus Edition?

No. The GMAT Focus Edition has no Sentence Correction questions. Its Verbal Reasoning section tests only Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension: 23 questions in 45 minutes.

When was Sentence Correction removed from the GMAT?

When GMAC launched the GMAT Focus Edition in November 2023. The older exam, which still had Sentence Correction, was retired at the end of January 2024, so every GMAT taken since February 2024 has been the Focus Edition.

Does the GMAT still test grammar?

Not directly. No question asks you to fix or choose a sentence. Careful reading still matters, because Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension answers often turn on a single qualifier such as some, most, only or not.

Should I study Sentence Correction for the GMAT?

No. Time spent on Sentence Correction earns no points on the current exam. Put those hours into Critical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension and Data Insights, which counts for a third of your total.

Are scores from the old GMAT still valid?

GMAT scores are valid for five years, so a score from the older exam can still be sent to schools until five years after its test date. Old and new scores use different scales, so compare them by percentile.

What Happened to GMAT Sentence Correction?

Sentence Correction is gone from the GMAT. GMAC removed it when it launched the GMAT Focus Edition in November 2023, and the older exam that still had it was retired at the end of January 2024. Every GMAT taken today is the Focus Edition, whose Verbal section tests only Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension: 23 questions in 45 minutes, with no grammar questions at all.

Is Sentence Correction Still on the GMAT?

No. If you search for GMAT Sentence Correction questions, most of what you find was written for the old exam, the 10th Edition, which was scored from 200 to 800. On that exam, Sentence Correction asked you to pick the best version of an underlined part of a sentence, testing grammar, idiom and concise style, and it made up a large share of Verbal.

The GMAT Focus Edition has no question of that kind. Its Verbal Reasoning section is entirely reading and reasoning:

Critical Reasoning: short arguments you have to analyze, weaken, strengthen or draw conclusions from.
Reading Comprehension: passages followed by questions on their main idea, details, inferences and structure.

What Changed in GMAT Verbal?

	Old GMAT (10th Edition)	GMAT Focus Edition
Verbal questions	36	23
Verbal time	65 minutes	45 minutes
Question types	Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension	Critical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension
Grammar tested directly	Yes	No
Weight in the total	Half (with Quant)	A third (with Quant and Data Insights)

Sentence Correction was not the only thing cut. The Focus Edition also dropped geometry from Quant and the essay (the Analytical Writing Assessment), replaced Integrated Reasoning with a scored Data Insights section, and moved Data Sufficiency from Quant into Data Insights. The exam became shorter: 2 hours 15 minutes of testing against roughly 3 hours 7 minutes before. Our GMAT syllabus and exam pattern guide covers every section topic by topic.

Does Grammar Still Matter on the GMAT?

Not as a tested skill, but careful reading does. Many Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension answers hinge on one small word. "Some" and "most" are not the same claim; neither are "only" and "usually". An answer choice that says "all employees" when the passage said "many" is wrong for that word alone.

So the habits Sentence Correction trained, such as noticing what a modifier attaches to or what a pronoun refers to, still help you read precisely. You just don't need the rulebook: there is no list of idioms or grammar rules to memorize for the current exam.

What Should You Do With Old Sentence Correction Material?

Skip it. A book, course or question bank that still has a Sentence Correction chapter was written for the old exam, and hours spent there earn nothing on test day. Check the rest of that material too: if it covers geometry or the essay, its Quant and Verbal advice was also built for a different test.

Look instead for material that covers the Focus Edition's three sections, including Data Insights, which counts for as much of your total as Verbal does. A quick check: current material describes a 205-805 score scale, three 45-minute sections and 64 questions.

Are Old GMAT Scores Still Valid?

Yes, for five years from the test date, the same as Focus Edition scores. But the two scales do not line up number for number. GMAC links them by percentile: on its August 2026 concordance table, a 700 on the old exam sits alongside a Focus 645 to 655, around the 86th to 90th percentile. The GMAT Focus score calculator has more rows from that table and the current percentile for every Focus total.

How Should You Prepare for GMAT Verbal Now?

Put Sentence Correction hours into the two question types that are actually on the exam:

Critical Reasoning: learn the main question types (assumption, strengthen, weaken, evaluate, inference, paradox) and a method for each. Our GMAT Critical Reasoning guide walks through all of them with worked examples.
Reading Comprehension: practice reading for the author's purpose and the passage's structure, then go back for details only when a question asks for them.
Timing: Verbal gives you just under two minutes per question, and passages take extra reading time, so practice in timed sets.

To see what Focus Verbal questions look like, try the Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension items in our free GMAT practice questions. When you want a plan built around your test date, the free 7-day trial starts with a 12-question diagnostic across all three sections.