Exam Preparation Worksheet: Reading the Paper

Exam preparation lesson 18: Reading the paper first · Set 2 · 40 questions

Study tip (Read, plan, bank): Order: read the instructions → read the whole paper → mark the easy questions → answer known ones first → try the harder ones → check your answers. Key words: list / name / state → short points; explain / why → reasons; compare / distinguish → how they differ or match; define / meaning → the exact meaning. Stuck? Move on and come back. “Answer any four of six” means choose only four.

1. 1.📄 Circling key words in a question helps you… (a) finish early (b) answer what is asked (c) skip reading (d) write more pages
2. 2.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: mark the easy questions or check your answers? (a) mark the easy questions (b) check your answers
3. 3.True or false: “List three uses of water.” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: circling key words? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
5. 5.True or false: “Give reasons for floods in cities.” asks for short points. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: planning time per part? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
7. 7.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: stuck on Q1 for ages? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
8. 8.📄 Why answer the questions you know first? (a) to skip the rest (b) to bank sure marks (c) to look clever (d) to finish early
9. 9.True or false: “List three uses of water.” asks for reasons and how. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “List three uses of water.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) moving on when stuck (c) answering extra parts (d) writing without reading
12. 12.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Define photosynthesis.” (a) reasons and how (b) short points (c) the exact meaning (d) how they differ or match
13. 13.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: noting the marks? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting the marks (b) starting with a sure one (c) answering extra parts (d) circling key words
15. 15.True or false: “How is a lake different from a sea?” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 “Answer any four of six” means… (a) answer all six (b) choose only four (c) answer two (d) skip the section
17. 17.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: answer known ones first or read the whole paper? (a) answer known ones first (b) read the whole paper
18. 18.True or false: “Define photosynthesis.” asks for reasons and how. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Define photosynthesis.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “List three uses of water.” (a) reasons and how (b) the exact meaning (c) short points (d) how they differ or match
21. 21.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “State two features of a desert.” (a) how they differ or match (b) the exact meaning (c) reasons and how (d) short points
22. 22.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: panicking at a hard Q? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
23. 23.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Explain why we have day and night.” (a) how they differ or match (b) the exact meaning (c) reasons and how (d) short points
24. 24.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the instructions or mark the easy questions? (a) read the instructions (b) mark the easy questions
25. 25.True or false: “What is meant by a democracy?” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the whole paper or answer known ones first? (a) read the whole paper (b) answer known ones first
27. 27.True or false: “Define photosynthesis.” asks for the exact meaning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: try the harder ones or answer known ones first? (a) try the harder ones (b) answer known ones first
29. 29.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Name two rivers of India.” (a) the exact meaning (b) how they differ or match (c) reasons and how (d) short points
30. 30.True or false: “Define photosynthesis.” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 You are stuck on a question. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) give up the paper (c) move on, come back (d) stare at it for ages
32. 32.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: moving on when stuck? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
33. 33.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: check your answers or try the harder ones? (a) check your answers (b) try the harder ones
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking at a hard Q (b) noting the marks (c) writing without reading (d) stuck on Q1 for ages
35. 35.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the instructions or read the whole paper? (a) read the instructions (b) read the whole paper
36. 36.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: answer known ones first or read the instructions? (a) answer known ones first (b) read the instructions
37. 37.True or false: “List three uses of water.” asks for the exact meaning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the instructions or try the harder ones? (a) read the instructions (b) try the harder ones
39. 39.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “How is a lake different from a sea?” (a) how they differ or match (b) short points (c) the exact meaning (d) reasons and how
40. 40.True or false: “Give the meaning of ‘erosion’.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) True (b) False

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