General
The first thing you should do before starting the test
What is read the directions?
True/False: If you don't know the answer, you should leave it blank
What is false. Make an educated guess.
When answering a multiple choice question, make sure you read all of the
What is answer choices?
Three parts of an essay are
What is introduction, body, and conclusion?
The best thing you can do the night before a test
What is get a good night's sleep?
A strategy to use when you get tired while in the middle of a test
What is raise your hand, ask to pause the test for a short break, stand and stretch, chew gum, etc.?
True/False: Having a bad attitude about the test will not impact your score
False. You should have a positive attitude and believe that you will do well.
Before looking at the answer choices, you should
What is answer it it in your head first?
Before you start writing, you should organize your thoughts by
What is creating an outline or graphic organizer?
The morning of a test you should make sure you
What is eat a good breakfast?
If you're feeling anxious during the test, you should
What is pause and take deep breaths?
True/False: When reading a passage, you should look for key words and use your highlighter tool.
What is true.
If you don't know the answer, you can narrow your choices by
What is using the process of elimination or crossing out what you know is wrong?
These help you separate your thoughts within an essay (hint: you should have multiple)
What is a paragraph?
If you are stressed and cannot sleep the night before, name one thing you can do to help your anxiety
What is deep breathing, listening to music, thinking of something fun or relaxing, etc.?
Name 2 things you should bring with you to the testing room
What is a pencil and a book?
True/False: When reading a passage, you should read the question first so you know what to look for in the passage.
What is true.
True/False: Some multiple choice questions want you to choose more than one answer. If it asks you to select two, and you only know one for sure, you should just select the one you know.
When you finish writing, you should
What is review your essay to look for spelling and grammar mistakes
After answering all the questions you should
What is review your answers
Words like not, always, sometimes and never are important words to look for because
What is if you can find one counter-example it is false?
True/False: If you're working on a problem and it has taken several minutes, you should move on for now and come back to it later.
What is true? Don't spend too much time on one question, pace yourself - don't go too fast either.
If you are stumped on a question, you should
What is skip it and come back to it later? Answer all the questions that you know first.
True or False: In order to get the best score, you should write as much information as possible, even if the information doesn't directly relate to the prompt.
What is false? You should only include relevant information.
When you have completed and submitted the test you should
What is do something quiet at your desk.