Exam Strategies Review - Advanced 1

What should you do first on the exam?

• go straight to the first question

• pre-read the text

• read all the questions

• read the whole text

What is the goal of pre-reading in the exam?

• Find the topic and main idea/claim

• Find the purpose

• Understand the inferences in the text

• Find the tone

What is NOT part of pre-reading during exams?

• Read the title and subtitles

• Read the first section

• Read the sentence between the title and first paragraph

• Read the conclusion

How should you answer a multiple choice question?

• question --> text --> answers

• question --> answers--> text

• text-->question-->answers

• answers-->text--> question

What reading skill is the following question testing? What is the main idea of paragraph 10?

• the main idea

• purpose

• example-->main idea

• reference

What reading skill is this question testing? In paragraph 9, “this practice” refers to...

• inference

• purpose

• reference

• relationships

Which reading skill? What idea does a vacation with excellent food illustrate?

• example -->main idea

• inference

• cause and effect

• vocabulary

Which reading skill? According to Section 1, the demand for corn is on the rise because...

• example --> main idea

• inference

• cause and effect

• tone

Which reading skill? The relation between paragraph 14 to the previous paragraphs is one of

• references

• relationships

• cause and effect

• tone

Which reading skills? The words "suggests otherwise" imply that

• main idea

• references

• inferences

• examples