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TEST
TAKING TIPS
START
 MAKING
EDUCATED
 GUESSES
   NOW
TESTS ARE TRICKS
TESTS ARE TRICKS
Look for little things Like
         “NOT”
When doing a reading section
When doing a reading section
READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST!
When doing a reading section
READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST!
     Focus your reading
When doing a reading section
When doing a reading section
READ THE WHOLE THING
When doing a reading section
READ THE WHOLE THING
 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
    LAZY READERS
IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE
IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE
NOT JUST SOUND GOOD
IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE
  NOT JUST SOUND GOOD
All the answers will sound good
         pick the BEST
LOOK AT ALL THE ANSWERS




Don’t pick the FIRST ONE YOU LIKE
THIS WILL HAPPEN
THIS WILL HAPPEN
IF YOU GUESS OR AREN’T SURE
IF YOU GUESS OR AREN’T SURE
    Put a DOT IN THE MARGIN
IF YOU GUESS OR AREN’T SURE
    Put a DOT IN THE MARGIN
IF YOU GUESS OR AREN’T SURE
    Put a DOT IN THE MARGIN
IF YOU GUESS OR AREN’T SURE
    Put a DOT IN THE MARGIN



              ERASE AT THE END
FIRST GUESS IS ALWAYS BEST
WORK BACKWARDS
WORK BACKWARDS
 If it’s NOT A or C
WORK BACKWARDS
 If it’s NOT A or C
IT HAS TO BE B or D
WORK BACKWARDS
   If it’s NOT A or C
 IT HAS TO BE B or D

50/50 is better than 25/75
DON’T PANIC
There will be things you don’t know
 Throw OUT - the wrong answers
DOT the guesses - check them later

          MOVE ON!
     It’s about PASSING
    NOT GETTING AN A
It’s about PASSING
    NOT GETTING AN A

If you use the dots, you should
    know if you going to pass
     before you turn it in!!
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