Apporach Of Students In Examination Hall

Stretegy is an appropriate word to use for your approach to the examination on the day.It has been said that about 50 percent of your chances of success relate to your examination skill rather than to your subject knowledge. So check and double-check your exam dates and times. Check what you are allowed and what you are not allowed to take in with you and have these ready the day before. Budget your time. Do not waste time elaborating adequate answers if you ought to be moving to the next question. Always attempt to answer all the questions. Follow the

instructions. It is a good idea to double-check this before the exam. Read through the whole question paper before starting to write. Take each question as you come to it and think how you might cope with it. Then move on to the next question and do the same again. By the time you get to the last question, you will have found the question easier than they seemed at first glance. Spend at least five minutes per question thinking about and planning your answer. This is never a waste of time. Underline the key words in the question that indicate what you are required to do. Again, it is useful half way through writing the answer, to check back that you are doing what you should. Make your answer  legible. You can’t change your handwriting but if it is very tiny or very large use double spacing to make it easy on the eye for the reader.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives:                                                   1  5 = 5

a) Besides subject knowledge, what else helps a student succeed in the examination ?

     i) learning by heart                                                                               ii) reading long hours

     iii) examination skills                                                                    iv) examination questions

b) Time should not be waste----------.

     i) writing many questions                                                                 ii) writing long answers

     iii) elaborating adequate answers                                                iv) writing broad questions

c) According to the text, when students sit for the exams, they should be careful that----------.

     i) they make less mistakes                                ii) revise the answers that they have written

     iii) they write the answers to the questions properly          iv) their handwriting is clear and tidy

d) `Half  way through’ implies the idea of----------.

     i) situation at the middle point                                                                         ii) going back

     iii) the end                                                                                             iv) point blank range

e) What does the reader in the passage mean ?

     i) the invigilator                                                                                             ii) the examiner

     iii) the examinees                                                                                         iv) none of them

2. Write whether the statements are true or false.If false, give the correct  answer:           1 5 = 5                                                                                                         

a. Underline the key words helps you to get the directions properly.

b. It is unwise to elaborate answer unnecessarily.

c. A student should not write illegible answer.

d. Only good handwriting can help you to attain goodmarks.

e. An examinee can not but change his handwriting.

3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary :                                                                    

strategies	based	rather	followed	allowed	checked
useful	unwise	attempted	reading	depends	seem

to do well in examination strategies should be(a)----------. Exam strategies mean exam skills (b)---------- than subject (c)---------- knowledge. Chances of success in examination mainly (d)---------- on the exam skills. Checking and double checking exam dates and time is a part of exam (e)----------. A student should take only (f)---------- things with him. It is (g)---------- to write elaborate answer in examination. All the questions should be (h)----------. It is good (i)---------- through the whole question paper. Questions (j)---------- difficult at first glance.

4. Write a paragraph based on the information about strategy taken for the examination. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in a logical sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words.                               5                                                

strategy--------------examination--------------skill--------------check--------------spend

5. Answer the following questions :                                                                          1  5 = 5

a. Why should you try to answer all questions ?

b. Why is thinking and planning important ?

c. What will you use if your writing is very tiny ?

d. How do you spend your time ?

e. What do you do as soon as you get the question paper ?

6. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the text :                                       

Students should (a)---------- strategic about their exam. All instructions should be (b)----------. They should go (c)---------- the whole question paper before they (d)---------- writing. They ought to avoid (e)---------- very lengthy answers. They must (f)---------- segment of his time in order that they (g)---------- get enough time (h)---------- all questions. Few (i)---------- may be (j)---------- for planning answer.

7. Write a paragraph in about 70-80 words stating what you should do and what you should notdo when you are in the examination hall.                                                            5

8. Read the passage again and write the main idea of the passage in not more than five sentences.                                                                                                                                  5

9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words.                                                                                 10

A flower is the best (a)---------- of nature. It is a symbol of (b)---------- and beauty.It (c)---------- us pleasure. There is nobody but (d)---------- a flower. But it is a matter of sorrow that (e)---------- does not last long. It (f)---------- in the morning and (g)---------- away very soon. Nowadays flowers (h)---------- cultivated in our country. Many people earn their (i)---------- by flower cultivation. At present flower exhibition are (j)---------- in our country.