EXAMS STRATEGIES (DON´T PANIC)

REVISING FOR THE EXAM

1. Match the revision tips and reasons

1. Work out a revision timetable.
2. Read through your notes and highlight the most important information.
3. Prepare for the questions you find difficult.
4. Make a list of your most common grammar mistakes and learn the rules.

1. This will help you to make fewer mistakes.
2. This will help you to organize your time and revise systematically.
3. This will make your work clearer and easier to use when you are revising.
4. This will help you to feel more confident about questions that you are worried about.

TAKING THE EXAM

2. When you take the exam, which things should you do? Which things shouldn´t you do? Write YES or NO.

1. Make sure how many marks each question is worth. Decide how long to spend on each question.
2. Spend a long time on the first question.
3. Start with the question that you feel confident about. If you aren´t sure of an answer, go onto another question and come back to it later.
4. Check that you have answered all the questions.
5. Look at the context to guess the meaning of any important words that you don´t know.
6. Try to translate every word in the reading text.
7. Spend a few minutes planning your essay.
8. Write an essay longer than the number of words given in the essay question.
9. Leave time at the end to check your answers and do any questions that you left out.