Test Taking Strategies TrueFalse Statements Negatives Circle all

Test Taking Strategies True/False Statements

Negatives Circle all negatives so that you are sure of what the statement says. List some examples of negatives. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|2

Examples of Negatives Not None No one Hardly, Scarcely Prefixes such as Un- non- dis- in- What others did you list? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|3

Negatives The effect of negatives is to make the sentence the opposite of what it would be without the negative. Write a statement then change it by adding a negative. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|4

Double Negatives Simplify the question by getting rid of double negatives. Simplify this statement: Most people are not unafraid of snakes. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|5

Qualifiers If general qualifiers are present there is a good chance that the statement is True Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|6

General Qualifiers/True List some general qualifiers. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|7

General Qualifiers/True Some Few Most Many Seldom Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Probably Sometimes Generally Usually Often 8|8

Absolute Qualifiers If absolute qualifiers are used, there is a GOOD CHANCE that the statement is FALSE Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8|9

Absolute Qualifiers make a statement mean 100% There can be No Exceptions to the statement. List some qualifiers. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8 | 10

Absolute Qualifiers/False All Always No Never None Every Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Everyone Only Best Entirely Invariably Worst 8 | 11

Educated Guesses Guess False If you think any part of a statement is false, then the whole statement is false. Carefully check items in a series. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8 | 12

Educated Guesses Guess False If the statement gives a reason. Be on the look-out for phrases such as reason, because, due to, or since Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8 | 13

Educated Guesses Guess True Unless you know it is false. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8 | 14

How much do you remember? What effect do negatives have on true false statements? What do you do when there are two negatives in a sentence? What effects do qualifiers have on true false statements? What are two reasons you might guess that a statement is false? Why would you guess that the statement might be true? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8 | 15