Multiple Choice - Strategies

Question 1

tips

Answer 1

• eliminate answer choices that you know are not correct
• if any part of the answer is false, the entire answer is incorrect
• eliminate answer choices that don’t work grammatically with the original question
• eliminate answer choices that are unfamiliar
• absolute statements are usually wrong
• if two options are opposite each other, chances are one of them is correct
• if two alternatives seem correct, compare them for their differences
• use hints from questions you know the answer to
• no penalty for guessing