What is word association?

See if you know the word or have heard it before.

What are multiple meaning questions?

Test your understanding of words with more than one meaning.

What does "correct as is" mean?

Underlined phrase is correct, no changes needed.

Read first and see if you know the correct answer.

What is substitution (when reading)?

Plug in a replacement word for the tested word.

Making sure you don't spend too much time on one question.

Word sounds positive or negative

What are wrong answer traps?

Questions with four appealing answer choices.

What are elimination strategies?

If two answer choices mean the same thing, eliminate them!

What are ways to deal with tough vocabulary?

Look for structural clues, Use commas, Use word charge, Match words to sentences.

What are underlined questions?

Questions where you fix an error in the underlined part.

How do you "backsolve" a question?

Eliminate correct as is & double trouble choices and guess.

What is skipping around?

Doing questions you understand first.

What is an educated guess?

Eliminate wrong answers and choose from choices that remain.

When you read a boxed question, you should

Eliminate answer choices that don't sound right.

What are paragraph questions?

Questions where you analyze a paragraph for errors.

What is a double trouble answer choice?

When an answer choice corrects two things.

What are boxed questions?

Question with a sentence in a box where you identify errors.

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1
What is word association?
Words that are spelled the same.
When you compare two words.
See if you know the word or have heard it before.
When you associate the word.
2
What are multiple meaning questions?
Questions with a lot of words.
Test your understanding of words with more than one meaning.
Question with multiple answers.
Test your understanding of several words in a sentence.
3
What does "correct as is" mean?
Sentence is "as is".
Underlined phrase is correct, no changes needed.
Underlined phrase is incorrect, changes needed.
Underlined word should be changed to as or is.
4
What is predicting?
Read first then skip.
Used to skip questions.
Read first and see if you know the correct answer.
Read answers first.
5
What is substitution (when reading)?
Plug in a word you know.
Plug in a number for the missing word.
Plug in a replacement word for the tested word.
Plug in a replacement number for the tested number.
6
What is pacing?
Making sure you don't spend too much time on one question.
Skipping questions you don't know.
Going very slow so you don't make a mistake.
Going as fast as you can to finish in time.
7
Which of the following is NOT a "Classic Error"?
Incorrect capitalization.
Incorrect punctuation.
Incorrect subject/verb agreement.
Incorrect numbering.
8
What is word charge?
Word sounds friendly
Word sounds happy
Word sounds positive or negative
Word sounds angry
9
What are wrong answer traps?
Word charge
Read the sentence looking for context clues, and commas.
Questions with four appealing answer choices.
Predict the meaning of the tested word.
10
What are elimination strategies?
Cover up choices you don't want.
If two answer choices mean the opposite, eliminate then!
If two answer choices mean the same thing, eliminate them!
Crossing out answers you don't want.
11
What are ways to deal with tough vocabulary?
Look for structural clues
Use commas
Use word charge
Match words to sentences.
12
What are underlined questions?
Questions where you underline the directions.
Questions where you fix an error in the underlined part.
Questions where you underline the correct answer.
Questions where the underlined part is always wrong.
13
How do you "backsolve" a question?
Eliminate correct as is & double trouble choices and guess.
Solve the question.
Go back and read the answer choice again.
Go back and read the question again.
14
What is skipping around?
Skipping questions you know.
Doing questions carefully.
Doing questions you don't understand first.
Doing questions you understand first.
15
What is an educated guess?
Guess how good your education is.
Prove you are educated by guessing.
Eliminate wrong answers and choose from choices that remain.
Educate yourself before the test by studying.
16
When you read a boxed question, you should
Eliminate answer choices that don't sound right.
Look at the answer choices first.
Predict, then read to find the answer.
Box the correct answer.
17
What are paragraph questions?
Where you mark the paragraphs.
Question where you write paragraphs.
Questions with several paragraphs.
Questions where you analyze a paragraph for errors.
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What is a double trouble answer choice?
When the question is worth double points.
When there are two errors to be corrected.
When an answer choice corrects two things.
When two answers are right.
19
What is a synonym?
Word that sounds the same
Word that is spelled the same
Word that means the same
Word that is pronounced the same
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What are boxed questions?
Question where you put the answer in a box.
Question with box around important information.
Question with numbers in a box.
Question with a sentence in a box where you identify errors.

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