Get Ready to Pass Your GED

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Get Ready to Pass Your GED
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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.

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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.
• A GED can get you promoted.

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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.
• A GED can get you promoted.
• A GED can help you get into college, trade school
  or other advanced training.

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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.
• A GED can get you promoted.
• A GED can help you get into college, trade school
  or other advanced training.
• A GED can increase your income.

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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.
• A GED can get you promoted.
• A GED can help you get into college, trade school
  or other advanced training.
• A GED can increase your income.
• A GED can provide you with a sense of
  accomplishment.

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GED A Life Changing Event

• A GED can help you get a job.
• A GED can get you promoted.
• A GED can help you get into college, trade school
  or other advanced training.
• A GED can increase your income.
• A GED can provide you with a sense of
  accomplishment.
• A GED can give you confidence to help your
  children in school.

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To do well on the test .

• To do well on the test
• Know the content.
• Know simple test
• taking strategies.

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A Word About Content

• Prepare and learn your content material. Use
• Books and study guides
• On-line services
• Adult Education Classes
• Take as many GED Practice Tests as possible.

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To do your best --- practice reading
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Consider ..

• taking only one test at a time.

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How long does it take for the test?

• It will take you approximately
• 7 hours to take the entire GED test
• There are five subtests
• Reading (65 minutes)
• Writing (including an essay) (120 minutes)
• Social Studies (70 minutes)
• Science (80 minutes)
• Math (90 minutes)
• You may use a calculator on one portion of the
  Math test. The calculator will be provided at the
  test site.

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Before the test

• Be well rested.
• Gather the materials you need Government issued
  picture ID, admission ticket, 3 or 4 sharpened 2
  pencils.
• Stay away from people who will speak negatively
  about passing the test

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The day of the test

• Eat well before the test.
• Give yourself extra time to get to the testing
  site.
• Arrive early.
• Take a watch to monitor your time.
• Approach the test with confidence.
• Dont forget your ID and pencils
• Be positive!!!

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During the test

• Know the time limit for each test.
• Check the clock or your watch so you can pace
  yourself.
• Make sure you read all directions carefully.
• Have a strategy for answering the questions. Some
  people read the passage, then read the questions,
  while others skim the questions before reading
  the passage.
• Dont panic when people finish before you do.
  There is no reward for finishing first.

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During the test

• Pause a take a deep breath if you find yourself
  losing concentration or becoming tense or tired.
• Use deep breathing and stretching to remain
  relaxed during the test.

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Improving your odds in answering multiple choice
questions

• The multiple choice questions on the GED test
  have a phrase followed by five options. Read all
  the answer choices before you choose an answer.
• Eliminate the options you know are incorrect.
• Answer the easiest firstSkip any question you
  are having a problem with and come back later.

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Improving your odds in answering multiple choice
questions

• Dont change your answer unless you have a good
  reason.
• Fill in the bubbles on the answer sheet
  completely.
• Check the number in the test book against the
  number on the answer sheet to make sure you are
  putting the answer in the right place.

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Improving your odds in answering multiple choice
questions

• If you have time go back and check your answers.
• Check each answer by looking back at the reading
  and illustrations. Dont rely on your memory of
  what you have read or seen.
• Use common sense.

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Multiple choice answers

• Eliminate answers
• Some answers are obviously wrong
• Some answers are partly wrong
• Some answers are true statements but have
  nothing to do with the question
• If two possible answers are exactly opposite, one
  of them is probably the correct choice.

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Multiple choice

• Watch for absolutes and qualifiers
• Answers that include always, never, all, and none
  are generally not correct.
• Answers that include seldom, generally, and tend
  to be are often correct.
• Look for degrees of correctness
• If the answer is a number, one choice is likely
  to be too large and one too small.
• If the correct answer is a year, one choice is
  likely to be too early and one too late.

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Should I Guess?

YES
YES
YES
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Strategies for Math

• Read the entire problem including the answer
  choices and make sure you understand what you are
  being asked to find before you begin
  calculations.
• If a problem has more than one step write down
  the result after each step. This will save you
  time if you have to go back and rework a step.
• Make a quick sketch of any figure that is only
  described and not pictured then label the sketch.

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Strategies for Math

• Use the formula page.
• Check your answer by substituting it for the
  variable in the original equation.
• In many Algebra word problems the information you
  need most is given last. Read the entire problem
  before you start to write an equation or
  inequality.

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Strategies for Math

• Use your scratch paper.
• Number questions on your scratch paper so you can
  easily find the work if you want to check it.
• Estimate if possible.
• NOTE If it's been a long time or math was not
  your favorite subject in school, taking time to
  review with a tutor or taking an adult education
  class can help you pass the GED math test.

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Strategies for Charts and Graphs

• Remember that maps, diagrams and geometric
  figures may not be drawn to scale. Dont eyeball
  an answer do the work.
• Always read the titles and labels on the graph
  before you use the numerical information to solve
  a problem.
• In addition to math, you will find charts and
  graphs in social studies and science.

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Strategies for Reading

• Reading is 85 of the test.
• Scan the reading passage to get the main idea.
• Read the questions first to see what information
  you need so you can look for it when reading the
  passage.
• Read the passages slowly and clearly. Pay special
  attention to main phrases and ideas.

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The Essay

• The essay accounts for about 40 of the Writing
  test score.
• Scoring criteria include
• Attention to the prompt
• Organization
• Appropriate English mechanics

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Strategies for Essays

• Make sure you respond to the prompt.
• Picture the GED scorers who will read your essay.
• Do not worry about your spelling.
• Write as neatly as you can so your writing can be
  read.
• Try to restate the essay topic itself and put it
  into your topic sentence.

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Strategies for Essays

• Use transition words (therefore, including,
  however, furthermore, finally, in conclusion).
• Use life experiences if possible to help with
  your essay.
• Keep refocusing on the topic as your write to
  make sure your stay on topic.
• Develop a rough draft on your scratch paper. Add,
  drop or move ideas as you compose your rough
  draft.

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Strategies for Essays

• Copy the rough draft onto the test booklet. Leave
  plenty of time to do this. A good rule of thumb
  is 30 minutes for developing and proofing, 10
  minutes to transfer and 5 minutes for final
  proofing and editing.
• Read your essay to yourself to see how it sounds
  and to better hear whether verb forms are correct
  and if verbs agree with their subjects.
• Make corrections on your final essay by carefully
  drawing a single line through an error and making
  the correction above it.

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• Remember it's okay not to know everything the
  GED test has some questions designed to challenge
  the limits of your knowledge.

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Taking the Test

• Once you are ready, youll take the GED test at
  an official test center.
• Beware Some companies and schools claim to offer
  the GED test online. This is not possible. The
  GED test is not given on-line, only at official
  testing centers.

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What if I dont pass?

• You need only take the portion or portions you
  did not pass.
• Before you re-take the test be sure and study.

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Picture yourself as a new GED graduate
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For More Information

• Call 877-376-9433