Doing Multiple Question Strategies (MCQ)

Doing Multiple Question Strategies (MCQ)

by Teacher Vida

​What is mutiple Choice Question?

There are......... people in this room.

• ​A. is

• ​B. someone

• ​C. a lot of

1. You job is to simply choose the correct answer from a list of possible choices.​

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1. Here are the skills tested for these types of question:

​Common Problems

​Tips for multiple choice questions

​1. Read the questions before you read the text.

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2. Always write an answer. It is better to guess than not answer at all.

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3.Try to narrow the choices down to 2 or 3 out of the 4 possible answers.

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4.This will increase your odds of getting the question correct.

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5. If you are unsure of the meaning, try rephrasing the answers in your own words.

​Be aware of ‘distractors’.

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Don’t panic if you don’t know anything about the topic.

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Try to predict the correct answer before you read the text.

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Carefully read all of the options before making your final decision.

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The answers will be in the same order as the text.

​Strategy for Multiple Choice Questions

​1. Read the questions carefully.

2. Skim the text to get the general meaning.

3. Underline any keywords in the question, and think about any

synonyms that might appear in the text.

4. Read the choices and underline any keywords.

Think about the differences in meaning between the different

choices.

5. Predict the correct answer

​6. Read the text and, using keywords and synonyms, locate the part containing

the answers.

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7. Read that part of the text very carefully, thinking about the difference in

meanings.

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8. Don’t only think about which options are correct, but think about how the

other options are wrong.

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9. Go back and read the question again, then mark your final choice.

​Tips for multiple choice questions

​1 What _____ next weekend?

​A. are you going

​B. are you going to do

​C. do you do

Multiple Choice

2 Have you ever _____ Mexican food?

• eaten

• eat

• ate

Multiple Choice

3 This is _____ old film. Have you seen it?

• a

• an

• some

Multiple Choice

4 My mum doesn’t like _____ tennis.

• play

• to playing

• playing

Multiple Choice

5 They _____ to the radio at the moment.

• ’re listening

• listened

• listen