Exam Preparation Worksheet: Reading the Paper

Exam preparation lesson 18: Reading the paper first · Set 323 · 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: writing without reading? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
2. 2.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: try the harder ones or mark the easy questions? (a) try the harder ones (b) mark the easy questions
3. 3.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the instructions or check your answers? (a) read the instructions (b) check your answers
4. 4.Which of these is a smart way to start an exam? (a) answering extra parts (b) panicking at a hard Q (c) planning time per part (d) stuck on Q1 for ages
5. 5.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: answering extra parts? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
6. 6.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Distinguish between weather and climate.” (a) reasons and how (b) short points (c) the exact meaning (d) how they differ or match
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking at a hard Q (b) moving on when stuck (c) ignoring instructions (d) writing without reading
8. 8.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: answer known ones first or check your answers? (a) answer known ones first (b) check your answers
9. 9.Which of these is a smart way to start an exam? (a) stuck on Q1 for ages (b) ignoring instructions (c) noting the marks (d) panicking at a hard Q
10. 10.📄 Why read the whole paper before you start? (a) to look busy (b) to copy answers (c) to plan your time (d) to finish faster
11. 11.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: planning time per part? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
12. 12.Which of these is a poor way to start an exam? (a) panicking at a hard Q (b) reading every question (c) noting the marks (d) planning time per part
13. 13.🔑 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
14. 14.📄 “Answer any four of six” means… (a) choose only four (b) skip the section (c) answer all six (d) answer two
15. 15.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Give the meaning of ‘erosion’.” (a) the exact meaning (b) reasons and how (c) how they differ or match (d) short points
16. 16.True or false: “Give reasons for floods in cities.” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “What is meant by a democracy?” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: answer known ones first or try the harder ones? (a) answer known ones first (b) try the harder ones
19. 19.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: mark the easy questions or try the harder ones? (a) mark the easy questions (b) try the harder ones
20. 20.Which of these is a smart way to start an exam? (a) watching others write (b) stuck on Q1 for ages (c) ignoring instructions (d) reading every question
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting the marks (b) panicking at a hard Q (c) stuck on Q1 for ages (d) writing without reading
22. 22.True or false: “Explain why we have day and night.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: starting with a sure one? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
24. 24.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “List three uses of water.” (a) the exact meaning (b) reasons and how (c) short points (d) how they differ or match
25. 25.📄 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
26. 26.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: watching others write? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
27. 27.True or false: “Distinguish between weather and climate.” asks for the exact meaning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “How is a lake different from a sea?” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Distinguish between weather and climate.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “State two features of a desert.” asks for short points. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: stuck on Q1 for ages? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
32. 32.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: moving on when stuck? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
33. 33.True or false: “Why do metals feel cold to touch?” asks how two things differ or match. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a poor way to start an exam? (a) noting the marks (b) moving on when stuck (c) watching others write (d) planning time per part
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) moving on when stuck (b) noting the marks (c) planning time per part (d) writing without reading
36. 36.📄 You are stuck on a question. What is best? (a) stare at it for ages (b) give up the paper (c) leave the hall (d) move on, come back
37. 37.📄 Circling key words in a question helps you… (a) answer what is asked (b) skip reading (c) write more pages (d) finish early
38. 38.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: noting the marks? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
39. 39.True or false: “Why do metals feel cold to touch?” asks for reasons and how. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Compare a plant cell and an animal cell.” (a) reasons and how (b) short points (c) the exact meaning (d) how they differ or match

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