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Test Taking Strategies

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What should you do before a big test?

a)

Eat tons of junk food!

b)

Get a full night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast.

c)

Have a sleepover.

d)

Watch a scary movie.

2.

When you have a passage to read, what should you do before reading it thoroughly?

a)

Read, just read.

b)

Answer the questions without reading.

c)

Look at the questions so you know what to read for.

d)

Just skim the passage and guess the answers.

3.
How many of the answer choices should you read on each question?
a)
All of them
b)
Skim until you see a correct one
c)
the first and last one
d)
Just guess
4.
What is the method of eliminating answers?
a)
Cross out or ignore ones that you KNOW are wrong
b)
Don't read the first two answers
c)
Chose an answer you think is wrong
d)
Eat pizza
5.
What questions should you eliminate?
a)
Obviously wrong answers
b)
Choices that are partly wrong
c)
Answers that are correct but don't answer the question
d)
All of the above
6.
What is an educated guess?
a)
Using everything you know in attempt to answer the question
b)
Knowing the correct answer and getting ti right
c)
Having no idea and guess any random answer
d)
All of the above
7.
What are the 3 things you should ALWAYS do when taking a test?
a)
Eat, Sleep, Drink
b)
Laugh, Cry, Scream
c)
Listen, Read, Ask for clarity
d)
Rise, Shine, Live
8.
How much time should you spend on a test?
a)
As little as possible
b)
All the time allowed
c)
Take a long time and hope it is extended
d)
None
9.
Where can you usually find the main idea of the reading passage?
a)
At the end
b)
In the first two paragraphs
c)
In the last paragraph
d)
In the first sentence
10.

When taking the reading part of a test, which of these strategies should you use?

a)

Read the questions first

b)

Plot diagram

c)

Only do the even questions

d)

The writing process

11.

How should you handle the directions on a test?

a)

skim them and forget them

b)

read every other word

c)

ask someone else

d)

Read or listen carefully and be sure you understand them.