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Test Taking Strategies

Test Taking Strategies. Practice for the ITEDs, ACTs, and other Standardized Tests. General Strategies. 1) Before taking any test, familiarize yourself with the instructions and format of the test to avoid wasting time when taking the actual test.

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Test Taking Strategies

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  1. Test Taking Strategies Practice for the ITEDs, ACTs, and other Standardized Tests

  2. General Strategies • 1) Before taking any test, familiarize yourself with the instructions and format of the test to avoid wasting time when taking the actual test. • 2) Skip difficult questions and return back to them when done with the easier questions to avoid wasting too much time. • 3) Avoid making wild guesses. Try to eliminate answers before filling in the bubbles. • 4) Trust your first instincts. • 5) Make sure to look over your test before moving on to the next section. If you skip a question, make sure that your numbering stays accurate.

  3. Antonyms • Antonyms require you to choose the best opposite of a given word. • Example: Interest • A) enrage • B) bore • C) punish • D) displease • E) annoy

  4. Verbal Analogies • Verbal analogies require you to determine a relationship between a give pair of words and then look at five other word pairs and select the pair with the relationship most similar to the original pair. • Example • Fiction: Poetry:: • A) jazz: music • B) Painting : sculptor • C) science: chemistry • D) writing : journalism • E) baseball: basketball

  5. Typical Relationships in Verbal Analogies • Same Meaning- Invent: Originate:: Angry: Mad • Punctual: Promptly:: Elegance: Ornate • Opposite Meaning- Silent: Talkative:: Please: Disappoint • Courageous: Timidly:: Permanently: Temporarily • Cause/Effect- Downpour: Flood • Lesser/Greater- Whisper: Shout • Whole/Part- Hand: Finger • Group/Example- Mammal: Bear

  6. Continued • Type of person/Essential Quality- Miser: Stingy • Creature or thing/Associated Quality- Cat: Furry • Sequence- Earlier: Later • Person or Thing/Function or Action- Carpenter: Builds • Object/Action- Knife/Cuts • Profession/Tool- Gardener: Shovel • In certain cases, there may not be a relationship, but this is rare.

  7. Sentence Completion • Sentence completion items test your ability to recognize structural or stylistic choices that require you to choose a word that correctly completes the meaning of a sentence. • Example • Because Mr. Wellman tended to be ______ new ideas, everyone at the meeting was surprised when he responded favorably to the proposal. • A) supportive of • B) open to • C) indifferent to • D) appreciative of • E) enchanted by

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