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CLEP English Composition W/ Essay - TIME PROBLEM - PINSAM - 12-11-2007
Hello all,
I am preparting to take the English COmposition W/ Essay on this Thursday. While preparing for the multiple choice questions...though I am timing myself during the practice sessions...I am unable to finih all questions in 45 mins. Please advise.
CLEP English Composition W/ Essay - TIME PROBLEM - larry7crys - 12-11-2007
Try finishing the easy ones first. You really don't need to read the entire passage but only a few sentences in between. Good Luck
CLEP English Composition W/ Essay - TIME PROBLEM - snazzlefrag - 12-11-2007
PINSAM Wrote:Hello all,
I am preparting to take the English COmposition W/ Essay on this Thursday. While preparing for the multiple choice questions...though I am timing myself during the practice sessions...I am unable to finih all questions in 45 mins. Please advise.
Larry7crys is correct.
Try using this technique...
Go through the exam and only answer the questions you find easy. Mark any questions you have skipped. When you get to the end of the exam, go back through and tackle the ones you marked earlier. Repeat this process until you have either answered all the questions, or time has run out.
The reason for this is that you get EXACTLY the same number of points for EVERY question regardless of whether it is easy or hard. If it takes you ten minutes to answer a really hard question, you will get one point. If it takes you ten seconds to answer a really easy question, you will get one point.
You still may end up with some questions left unanswered when your time runs out. But at least they will be the harder questions that yo umight not have been able to answer correctly anyway. You will have maximized your time by ensuring you had a chance to answer all the easy questions that you are most likely to get right.
I have used this technique, to great success, with every exam I have taken. The harder the exam, the better this technique will work for you.
Hope that helps,
Snazzlefrag
CLEP English Composition W/ Essay - TIME PROBLEM - BeeMarie - 12-12-2007
Those are good ideas, and here's another technique that I use.
1) Before I read anything, I skip ahead to the actual question, which is usually the last sentence right before the multiple choice, and usually has a question mark at the end.
2) Next, I glance at the answer choices given so I have some idea of what kind of answer I'm looking for when I read. Occasionally I find I already know the answer without reading the rest at all...time saved. If I don't know the answer, I may still be able narrow my choices by recognizing answers I think are wrong. At the least, now I have an idea what I'm searching for when I read.
3) Last, I go back and read (or skim) the rest of the passage. Reading in this order helps me focus on what I'm actually looking for when I read and usually saves time from having to read the passage more than once.
4) I don't second guess my answer choice. If I'm unsure on my answer, I mark it so that if there's time at the end I can go back to it. Usually I'm either out of time at the end, or I feel good enough about the rest of my answers don't feel the need to go back to the marked ones.
~Bee