What To Expect On The Exam

Many people are so busy revising math and by-hearting the last bit of words just before their exam that they forget to plan their way during the exam. This post will be extremely helpful for those giving their exam. I will be explaining how to go about the test is a stepwise fashion. The secret of getting a good score is not the last second mug-up but giving the exam with a calm mind.

When you start with your exam you will come across 4 sections. The first will be the Analytical writing section, the second, third and fourth will be shuffled between your verbal, math and dummy section. You don’t have to alarmed aout the dummy section. You can ask the exam conductors before you start your exam about the dummy section. They will tell you when to expect the dummy section.

The Analytical writing is not that important with Science students. Although it is very important for those involved in courses directly involving English. One important thing is don’t take this setion lightly. There is a very good chance your TOEFL essay scores will be compared with your analytical writing. Not only that, even if you have a hi-fi Statement Of Purpose (SOP) and a low analytical score, you will be investigated.

Then you will mostly start with a verbal section. Majority will start with a verbal section while few also get Math. It is very unlikely to start with your dummy section first. Although there are few unlucky ones who get the dummy section first.
Remember to time yourself from the very beginning. This is very crucial. Timing yourself does not mean rushing with the questions. Remember the key is to give it calmly. Allot the most time for your RC’s followed by analogies and sentence completion. Antonyms should be done as quickly as possible.

On Math, everyone will come across the graphs as some point, mostly around the 20th to 25th questions. Remember to score in your graphs, it will be very easy to increase your score there. Some people might even get 2 graphs, well you are the lucky ones. Do them well.

Thatz about it.

All the Best!!!!

Tips On GRE Preparation

You see there is nothing in the GRE exam that you haven’t done before. The Math’s is at the basic level, check out the syllabus in the other post, you will understand what I mean by basic. You don’t have derivatives and integration, which is dreaded by many people. Well as usual the simply rule of improving in Math is practice. Every single day, just how you eat fod daily, you should practice your Math.

The vocabulary maybe a little tough because many of us have not come across such English words. But in reality, such words are quite often used. The best way to improve your vocabulary is just read the newspaper everyday. I’m sure you will come across atleast 2 GRE words per article. Better than that, start reading the NY times. Since you are planning to go to US learn the style of writing Americans use. There too you will find plenty of GRE words.

Reading newspapers will not only help you in improving your vocabulary but also help you with writing essays. Read on the “Tips on Essay Writing” post. You will find this on www.houseotoefl.blogspot.com . A simple way of further improving yourself is by making a summary of every article you read in 3-4 lines. This should help you in your Reading Comprehension. Time yourself in every article you read, this should improve your reading skills. Try to add some points of your own in every article which makes you feel you can make the authors views stronger or weaker.

Summary Of RC Questions

1.The order of the passage questions roughly corresponds to the order in which the issues are presented in the passage.

2. The six questions are
Main Idea
Description
Extension
Applicative
Tone

3. The main idea of a passage is usually stated in the first few sentences of the first paragraph. If it’s not there, it will probably be at the end of the entire passage.

4. If after the first reading, you don’t have a feel for the main idea, review the first and last paragraph.

5. The answer a description question must refer directly to a statement in the passage, not to something implied by it. Exact quotes are used with these questions to bait wrong answers.

6. When answering a description question, you must find the point in the passage from which thequestion is drawn.

7. If a description question refers to a particular line then the answer might be few lines before or after that line.

8. In extension questions, any answer choice which is exactly stated in the passage will mostly be incorrect.

9. Application questions are slightly different from extension questions. Entension questions ask you to apply what you have understood to a particular pasrt of the passage, while application questions ask you to apply the answer to a particular hypothetical situation.

10.Application questions are a bit tougher.

11. To answer an application question, take the perspective of the author. Ask yourself: What is the arguement about?

12. For tone questions, decide whether the writer’s tone is positive, negative, or neutral

13. Beware of answer-choices that contain extreme emotions they maybe detractors. If an author’s tone is negative, it may be disapproving. Or if her tone is positive, it may be approving.

14. The answers must be indisputable.A correct answer will always be in the passage.Do not assume.