How to answer multiple choice questions

Many questions on your test will be multiple choice questions. You need to know how to answer multiple choice questions so you can pass your test.

Multiple choice questions have one question and more than one answer. Only one of the answers is the right one. You must choose the best answer.

Learn how to choose the best answer to multiple choice questions.

Existujú 5 things you should do to choose the best answer to multiple choice questions.

There are 5 things you should do to choose the best answer to multiple choice questions.

Think of these 5 things like walking up 5 steps:

Krok 1 – read the directions
Krok 2 – read the question
Krok 3 – read the text
Krok 4 – read the answer choices
Krok 5 – choose the best answer

Step 1 – read the directions
Step 2 – read the question
Step 3 – read the text
Step 4 – read the answer choices
Step 5 – choose the best answer

Practice the 5 steps with this real multiple choice test question.

Smery: Read the passage of text. Then choose the best answer to the question.

Directions: Read the passage of text. Then choose the best answer to the question.

The old shirt

Elizabeth’s son wore the same old shirt with holes every day. “Why not wear one of your other shirts?"povedala. But he didn’t want to – the old shirt was red (his favorite color) and it had the name of his favorite team on the back. Jeden deň, Elizabeth was in the secondhand store. A familiar flash of red on the men’s shirt rail caught her eye. She looked at the back of the shirt. It had the same team name! And it was her son’s size. Except for having no holes, the shirt was identical to her son’s.

Elizabeth’s son wore the same old shirt with holes every day. “Why not wear one of your other shirts?” she said. But he didn’t want to – the old shirt was red (his favorite color) and it had the name of his favorite team on the back. One day, Elizabeth was in the secondhand store. A familiar flash of red on the men’s shirt rail caught her eye. She looked at the back of the shirt. It had the same team name! And it was her son’s size. Except for having no holes, the shirt was identical to her son’s.

Otázka: In this text, what does the word identical priemer?

Question: In this text, what does the word identical mean?

A. different

B. podobne

B. the same

C. strong

D. favorite

Krok 1 – read the directions

Step 1 – read the directions

The directions say, “Read the passage of text. Then choose the best answer to the question.”

Now you know what you have to do. You are going to look at all the answers and decide which is the best one for answering the question.

Krok 2 – read the question

Step 2 – read the question

The question says, “In this text, what does the word identical priemer?"

The question says, “In this text, what does the word identical mean?”

Look at the key words in the question to get your mind ready to find the answer in the text.

The question is: “In this text, what does the word identical priemer?” The key words are text a priemer. The question is asking you for the meaning of a word in the piece of text you were given. That word is identical.

The question is: “In this text, what does the word identical mean?” The key words are text and mean. The question is asking you for the meaning of a word in the piece of text you were given. That word is identical.

Now that you know what the question is, you can take another step.

Krok 3 – read the text

Step 3 – read the text

Read the text above while you keep the question in your mind: “In this text, what does the word identical priemer?” The text will help you see what the word means.

Read the text above while you keep the question in your mind: “In this text, what does the word identical mean?” The text will help you see what the word means.

Krok 4 – read the answer choices

Step 4 – read the answer choices

Čítanie all the answer choices one by one. Don’t choose your answer yet. Prvý, cross off the wrong answer choices.

Read all the answer choices one by one. Don’t choose your answer yet. First, cross off the wrong answer choices.

For each answer choice, ask yourself: “Is this the best answer? Is this what identical means?"

For each answer choice, ask yourself: “Is this the best answer? Is this what identical means?”

Let’s look at the answer choices.

Look at answer choice A: different
Is this what identical means? Nothing in the text would makes sense if it meant different. So answer choice A is wrong.
Look at answer choice B: podobne
Is this what identical means? B is a good answer. It makes sense for the text. Is this the best answer? Don’t choose it yet. Remember to read all the choices in case there is a better one.
Look at answer choice C: strong
Is this what identical means? There is nothing in the text about being strong or not strong. Identical is not to do with strong. So answer choice C is wrong.
Look at answer choice D: favorite
Is this what identical means? Slovo favorite is in the text, but if you used favorite in the place of identical, the text would not make sense anymore. So answer choice D is wrong.

Look at answer choice A: different
Is this what identical means? Nothing in the text would makes sense if it meant different. So answer choice A is wrong.
Look at answer choice B: the same
Is this what identical means? B is a good answer. It makes sense for the text. Is this the best answer? Don’t choose it yet. Remember to read all the choices in case there is a better one.
Look at answer choice C: strong
Is this what identical means? There is nothing in the text about being strong or not strong. Identical is not to do with strong. So answer choice C is wrong.
Look at answer choice D: favorite
Is this what identical means? The word favorite is in the text, but if you used favorite in the place of identical, the text would not make sense anymore. So answer choice D is wrong.

Krok 5 – choose the best answer

Step 5 – choose the best answer

You will choose B because it is the best answer to the question, “In this text, what does the word identical priemer?” To select an answer, check the box or circle next to it.

You will choose B because it is the best answer to the question, “In this text, what does the word identical mean?” To select an answer, check the box or circle next to it.

Whenever you answer multiple choice questions, use the 5 steps!

Now watch this video to review the 5 steps with a different question.

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Learn how to choose the best answer to multiple choice questions.

Learn how to choose the best answer to multiple choice questions.

Practice the 5 steps with this real multiple choice test question.