What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

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

Read the questions before the passages.

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

Answer the easy questions first.

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

Daily, starting a week before the test.

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.

cross off the choices you know are wrong.

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1
When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?
Write a list of facts that you do know.
Take a guess and keep going.
Mark it and come back to it.
Don't move on until you answer it.
2
What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?
Reread them six times.
Put your head down.
Guess at what they mean and get started.
Ask the teacher to explain them to you.
3
When you're writing an essay for a test, what should you do first?
Read through it for punctuation and grammar errors.
Leave the essay for last.
Write your thoughts as they come to you.
Make a brief outline.
4
Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?
So you remember to write your name on the test.
So you finish the whole test.
So you answer only the questions you know.
So you can finish the test before your classmates.
5
Why should you eat breakfast on test day?
So you will not have to study.
So you can think clearly.
So you will know all the answers.
So you will not be nervous.
6
If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to ________.
Read the passages first.
Highlight the main idea.
Organize your thoughts in a list.
Read the questions before the passages.
7
In a true/false question, every part of the statement must be true for the answer to be true.
True
False
8
What does it mean to prioritize the questions?
Answer the easy questions first.
Write the essay first.
Answer the hard questions first.
Read the passages before the questions
9
When is the best time to start to study for a test?
Daily, starting a week before the test.
The night before the test.
Skip breakfast and study then.
On the bus on the way to school.
10
When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.
double check all your answers.
take a guess and move on.
cross off the choices you know are wrong.
organize your thoughts in a list.

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