Test Taking Strategies

The best thing to do before a test is __.

• get plenty of rest, eat breakfast
• stay up late
• get in a fight with your siblings.

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

• In the bus on the way to school.
• The night before the test. 
• Daily, starting a week(s) 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. 
• Mark it and come back to it. 
• Take a guess and keep going. 
• 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.
• Double check all your answers. 
• Take a guess and move on. 
• Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

If there are reading the passages on a test, it's a good idea to _______. 

• Organize your thoughts in a list.
• Read the questions before the passages. 
• Read the passages first. 
• Highlight the main idea. 

Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.
• So you can finish the test before your classmates. 
• So you finish the whole test.
• So you remember to write your name on the test. 

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

• Answer the hard questions first. 
• Read the passages before the questions 
• Write the essay first. 
• Answer the easy questions first.

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions? er the easy questions first.

• Ask the teacher to explain them to you. 
• Guess at what they mean and get started.
• Reread them six times. 
• Put your head down.