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TESTING STRATEGIES
100

The biggest idea that the author wants the reader to understand. 

What is the main idea?

100

A word that shows an action or state of being. 

What is a verb?

100

The answer to a multiplication problem.

What is the product?

100

This button moves you to the next question.

What is the Next button?

100

The best thing to do if you don't know an answer immediately.

What is eliminate wrong answers and make your best guess?

200

Facts, examples, or details that explain the main idea.

What are supporting details?

200

The complete predicate contains this important part of the sentence.

What is the verb?

200

Twenty-five percent written as a fraction in simplest form.

What is 1/4?

200

This icon helps you make text larger on the screen.

What is the Zoom icon?

200

Reading every answer choice before selecting one is an example of this.

What is careful reading?

300

Using clues in the test and what you already know to figure something out. 

What is making an inference? 

300

The helping verb in the sentence, "She has finished her work."

What is has?

300

The perimeter of a rectangle that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide.


What is 26 feet?

300

This bar lets you move up and down through a passage.


What is the scroll bar?

300

The strategy of I don't know it yet.

what is Self-Efficacy?

400
The reason an author writes a passage, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain.

What is the author's purpose?

400

A sentence with a subject and predicate that expresses a complete thought.

What is a complete sentence?

400

The sale price of a $60 item after a 25% discount.


What is $45?

400

This action lets you select one answer choice.

What is clicking?

400

Doing this can help you avoid making simple mistakes on the TABE.

What is checking your work?

500

The text structure used when directions are given in order using words like first, next, and finally. 

What is sequence?

500

The verb tense used in the sentence, "Yesterday we visited the museum."

What is past tense?

500

The value of x if 3x + 9 = 30.

What is 7?

500

This feature allows you to return to a question later.

What is flagging or marking a question for review?

500

The most important attitude to have during the TABE.

What is confidence?