Exam Preparation Worksheet: Reading the Paper

Exam preparation lesson 18: Reading the paper first · Set 684 · 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: planning time per part? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
2. 2.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: writing without reading? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
3. 3.📄 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering extra parts (b) reading every question (c) panicking at a hard Q (d) stuck on Q1 for ages
5. 5.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: noting the marks? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
6. 6.True or false: “Compare a plant cell and an animal cell.” asks for the exact meaning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: panicking at a hard Q? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
8. 8.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: starting with a sure one? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
9. 9.📄 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
10. 10.🔑 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
11. 11.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: read the whole paper or read the instructions? (a) read the whole paper (b) read the instructions
12. 12.📄 Circling key words in a question helps you… (a) finish early (b) answer what is asked (c) skip reading (d) write more pages
13. 13.Which of these is a poor way to start an exam? (a) planning time per part (b) panicking at a hard Q (c) reading every question (d) circling key words
14. 14.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “What is meant by a democracy?” (a) short points (b) the exact meaning (c) how they differ or match (d) reasons and how
15. 15.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Give reasons for floods in cities.” (a) the exact meaning (b) how they differ or match (c) reasons and how (d) short points
16. 16.📄 Why read the whole paper before you start? (a) to copy answers (b) to finish faster (c) to plan your time (d) to look busy
17. 17.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Why do metals feel cold to touch?” (a) short points (b) reasons and how (c) the exact meaning (d) how they differ or match
18. 18.True or false: “Why do metals feel cold to touch?” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: answering extra parts? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
20. 20.📄 “Answer any four of six” means… (a) answer all six (b) answer two (c) skip the section (d) choose only four
21. 21.True or false: “What is meant by a democracy?” asks for short points. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting the marks (b) panicking at a hard Q (c) circling key words (d) reading every question
23. 23.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Compare a plant cell and an animal cell.” (a) short points (b) the exact meaning (c) how they differ or match (d) reasons and how
24. 24.True or false: “Define photosynthesis.” asks for the exact meaning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 You are stuck on a question. What is best? (a) stare at it for ages (b) leave the hall (c) move on, come back (d) give up the paper
26. 26.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Name two rivers of India.” (a) how they differ or match (b) the exact meaning (c) reasons and how (d) short points
27. 27.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: watching others write? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
28. 28.📄 Why answer the questions you know first? (a) to look clever (b) to bank sure marks (c) to skip the rest (d) to finish early
29. 29.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: stuck on Q1 for ages? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
30. 30.True or false: “Compare a plant cell and an animal cell.” asks how two things differ or match. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “Distinguish between weather and climate.” (a) reasons and how (b) the exact meaning (c) how they differ or match (d) short points
32. 32.📄 In the exam hall, which should you do first: answer known ones first or mark the easy questions? (a) answer known ones first (b) mark the easy questions
33. 33.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: reading every question? (a) a poor start (b) a smart start
34. 34.📄 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
35. 35.📄 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
36. 36.Which of these is a poor way to start an exam? (a) planning time per part (b) stuck on Q1 for ages (c) reading every question (d) noting the marks
37. 37.True or false: “List three uses of water.” asks for short points. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔑 What does this exam question ask for? “List three uses of water.” (a) reasons and how (b) how they differ or match (c) the exact meaning (d) short points
39. 39.True or false: “Give reasons for floods in cities.” asks for reasons and how. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a smart way to start an exam? (a) stuck on Q1 for ages (b) ignoring instructions (c) reading every question (d) writing without reading

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