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TIPS FOR TAKING THE GED TESTS
For tests requiring reading comprehension, the following steps are
helpful:
- Scan the passage quickly to get the main idea.
- Read the questions quickly to get an idea of the information required.
- Read the passage slowly, carefully, and critically, paying attention
to leading phrases and ideas.
In addition, you should:
- Be sure to answer the questions on the basis of information given
in the passage, and not from outside information that you may
have.
- Notice whether a question refers to a specific line, sentence, or
quotation from the reading passage.
- The answer to such a question is almost certain to be found in or
near this reference in the passage.
- Be suspicious of words such as never, always, wholly, forever, in
the answer choices. Usually answers that use such categorical
terms are incorrect.
- Watch out for the "too easy" answer. Be especially careful
when the question seems to follow word-for-word the reference
in the text. The wording in the question may have been changed
slightly so that it has a different meaning from the text. This could
be a test for alertness and attention to detail.
- Choose the appropriate answer to the question. Often more than one
answer seems to be correct.
REMEMBER TO:
- Keep track of time so that the time for the test will not run out
before you complete the test.
- Leave the more difficult questions for last. Try to answer the easier
ones first so that your time may be spent thinking about the more
difficult ones.
- Guess if you can. There is no penalty for wrong answers. Only correct
answers are counted.
Other Key Tips:
- You do not have to take all 5 GED tests on one day. If
the testing center is open enough
for you to take tests at a rate of one or two a day, you are allowed
to do so.
- Hoping to get an easy version of the test is a waste of your time.
Two recent examinees who called me each took the math tests 3 times
within 3 months. They got the exact same scores each time
even though they took 3 different forms of the test. One
examinee took the math test 8 months later and scored a bit worse. There
is no easy version of the test. What improves your scores
is something very simple --- more preparation.
- If you have a history of learning disabilities from High School or
from elsewhere, you are entitled to (possibly) a few special accommodations.
Please check with the Chief Examiner at the site you are planning to
test. Your taking advantage of special accommodations does not give
you an advantage over other examinees. Rather it lifts up your opportunity
to succeed to their level.
- Similarly, if you have physical or emotional disabilities, a few special
accommodations may be available for you also. Again, check things
out with your Chief Examiner at a GED testing site.
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