Exam Preparation Worksheet: Reading the Paper

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

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