Examination Techniques

 Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some 5 balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit. And you are keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, friends, health and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed or damaged or even shattered. They will be never the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

1.  ready and quick to act 2.  bend the body forward and downward 3.  odd, not normal 4.  a large, stately house 5.  a short journey 6.  very wet 7.  comfort 8.  disappear suddenly 9.  agreement 10.  hidden from view 11.  area 12.  lacking, inadequate 13.  very angry 14.  put forward for election or position 15.  line between settled areas and wilderness 16.  to pay no attention to 17.  to prevent or discourage someone from acting 18.  loud enough to be heard 19.  potion, drink 20.  faithfulness *** a. audible b. beverage c. console d. deficient e. deter f. disregard g. eccentric h. excursion i. fidelity j. frontier k. furious l. mansion m. nominate n. pact o. prompt p. secluded q. sopping r. stoop s. vanish t. vicinity Answer:  1.o, 2.r, 3.g, 4.l, 5.h, 6.q, 7.c, 8.s, 9.n, 10.p, 11.t, 12.d, 13.k, 14.m, 15.j, 16.f, 17.e, 18.a, 19.b, 20.i,

There’s no ‘right’ way to revise, it’s largely a matter of what suits you best and the particular exam you’re taking (multiple choice answers, calculations, short-answer questions, or essays). Methods might include making notes from text books, writing quick summaries of topics (in the form of mind map s or spidergrams perhaps), reciting facts out loud, learning dates, formulae or vocabulary by heart, and reading revision books or watching revision programmes. Switching between methods helps you hold your interest and absorb information better. Mix dull subjects with more interesting ones, for the same reason. If it’s hard to get started, begin with something easy. Actively think about, sift and question what you’re writing and reading, and test yourself afterwards. Writing endless notes is probably a waste of time. If you come to something you don’t understand, try reading about it somewhere else. If that doesn’t work, then ask someone who knows the subject well. If you have a p

Try to start your revision in plenty of time. Take time to plan a revision timetable that's realistic and still flexible, and linked to your exam timetable, so you revise subjects in the right order. In planning it, give yourself clear priorities and try to balance your revision with other demands on your time - meals, sleep, chores or other commitments, as well as time for relaxing. Identify your best time of day for studying. If you are on study leave , one way to structure your work might be to divide each day into three units (morning, afternoon and evening), giving you a total of 21 units per week. Then make a list of all the topics you need to cover. Estimate how long you think it will take you to revise each one, allowing more time for things you find most difficult. Then add on plenty of extra. Finally, divide the topics up between the units. Everyone needs time off, and it's a bad idea to abandon your social life and sporting activities, but for a period near the

Inevitably, you will feel anxious about this to start with. Will I be good enough? Can I keep up? This is the major challenge, and you will be facing it without the close guidance you may have previously enjoyed from a teacher or parent. Get the right information from the start. How many lectures, seminars or laboratory sessions are you supposed to be attending? With assignments, what exactly are you being asked to do? How many words are you expected to write? What is the deadline for handing it in? If your tutors don't make themselves clear, ask questions and be persistent. What resources are available? Is there a library; what hours is it open, and how many other students are going to be wanting to read the same book, at the same time? Is there a photocopying machine or scanner, and do you have to pay to use them? How many computers are available to use? Or do you have your own with internet facilities set up? Make yourself a realistic timetable. When you are assigned a ta

1.  eat or use something 2.  thick forest, usually in tropical areas 3.  cut into, make carved marks on a surface 4.  field or clearing covered with grasses 5.  handheld electric light 6.  a large, flat piece of rock 7.  circular flower decoration 8.  give as an example 9.  way of seeing something, point of view 10.  part of car that controls speed 11.  pick up or take something quickly 12.  store owner 13.  walk slowly and leisurely 14.  proof of payment 15.  price increase 16.  person who steals from stores 17.  to save or "rescue" something from being thrown away 18.  traditional way of doing things 19.  to spend time considering or thinking 20.  heavy cloth used as curtains *** a.    accelerator b.    cite c.    consume d.    convention e.    drapery f.     engrave g.    flashlight h.    grab i.     jungle j.     markup k.    meadow l.     perspective m.   ponder n.    receipt o.    retailer p.    salvage q.    shoplifter r.     slab

1.  to make known, divulge, expose 2.  to provide something that is desired 3.  one who has equal standing with another 4.  a substance that is capable of poisoning 5.  produced with poor quality workmanship 6.  to encourage, cultivate 7.  period of one thousand years 8.  sharply sloped or inclined 9.  to do over, revise 10.  a cancer-causing substance 11.  keen enjoyment, excitement 12.  to present for acceptance, offer 13.  to slow down or interfere with 14.  physically harmful or destructive 15.  to stress or emphasize 16.  dismal, gloomy, somber 17.  to flash on and off; open and close the eyes 18.  to persuade someone into wrongful behavior, entice, lure 19.  to make unfriendly, hostile or indifferent 20.  conditions or practices which maintain cleanliness and *** a.     alienate b.    blink c.     cater d.    carcinogen e.    disclose f.     foster g.    hygiene h.    impede i.      millenium j.     noxious k.     proffer l.      punctuate m.    p