Test-Taking Strategies

When you're writing an essay for a test, what should you do first?

• Make a brief outline.

• Leave the essay for last.

• Write your thoughts as they come to you.

• Read through it for punctuation and grammar errors.

When is the best time to start to study for a test?

• In the bus on the way to school.

• Daily, starting a week before the test.

• The night before the test.

• Skip breakfast and study then.

When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?

• Don't move on until you answer it.

• Take a guess and keep going.

• Mark it and come back to it.

• Write a list of facts that you do know.

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, what can you do first?

• Organize your thoughts in a list.

• Take a guess and move on.

• Double check all your answers.

• Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to __________

• organize your thoughts in a list.

• read the passages first.

• read the questions before the passages.

• highlight the main idea.

Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

• So you will not have to study.

• So you can think clearly.

• So you will know all the answers.

• So you will not be nervous.

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

• Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

• Guess at what they mean and get started.

• Reread them six times.

• Put your head down.

Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.

• So you finish the whole test.

• So you can finish the test before your classmates.

• So you remember to write your name on the test.

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

• Answer the hard questions first.

• Write the essay first.

• Read the passages before the questions.

• Answer the easy questions first.

In a true/false question, every part of the statement must be true for the answer to be true.

• true

• false