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Sleep:

It's important to sleep well. Make sure you sleep really well the every night for a week, before the test.

If you don’t sleep well the night right before the test, don’t worry, as long as you slept the week before, you should have a lot of energy.


Stress:

Before the test try to find all of your stress, then talk to a trusted friend, or a family member to help you get rid of it so it doesn’t bother you on the test.

Spend some time relaxing, you need to be stress free for a test.

If you are stressed about a test, talk to someone, and if they tell you everything is going to be okay, believe them!


Diet:

You should not try to change your diet before the test, even if it's healthier, don't do it, your body will not be used to your new diet, and will make you a little weak for the test.

In the few days before the test try to have a good and strong breakfast, it will help you, if you already do it on a regular basis, don’t change it.

Practice & review:

whatever you do, do not cram for a test; study at a normal rate, with breaks, there is more chances of you acing the test when you lightly study daily, then cram right before a test.

A few days before the test, review your biggest skills and concepts to make them stronger.


Writing questions:

Remember that a few grammar/spelling mistakes are tolerable, but try to avoid them as much as possible.

Try to vary sentence lengths and word choices.

Before you start writing, brainstorm ideas for what you need to write. Though it is something pretty obvious to do, it's just a reminder.

Verbal questions:

If there is a tough vocabulary word you don't understand in the passage, just look for the meaning by looking at clues from the story.

Fridgewords.org is a place where it is easy to learn English words. It has over three thousand and two hundred words, for grades four and up, including SAT and TOEFL. If you want to learn English words just because you decided you want to, pick your level and study. If you were told to study a certain list of words, type it in our search engine. The word list you have might not necessarily be in one grade level, you might have some words scattered here and there in other grade levels as well, there fore you type them in the search engine and you get them listed.

Now, instead of studying them separately, simply add them to your words basket, and view the flash cards. The flash cards are big, bold, and neat, so there is no need to make your own. This is very environmental friendly, for there is absolutely no paper required to be wasted.

There are also two types of tests you could take to help you study. One is type in (guess the word), where you are given the definitions but you have to type in the definitions. Also when you type in the word, remember to spell it correctly, it will take points of unless it is spelled perfectly.

The second type of test is the multiple choice test where you are given one word and for different definitions. All you have to do is choose the right definition, but be aware that some words have more then one definition, and during the test they change constantly, so don’t get used to only one definition.

For when you are done studying there is a way for you to check your knowledge. Go to your word basket, select all of your words, and then click preview, and you will get a list of all of your words, and now all you have to do is have someone test you on them until you have got it perfectly.

Initially, in the infancy phase, vocabulary growth requires no effort. Babies hear words and mimic them, eventually associating them with objects and actions. This is the listening vocabulary. The speaking vocabulary follows, as a child's thoughts become more reliant on its ability to express itself without gestures and mere sounds. Once the reading and writing vocabularies are attained – through questions and education – the anomalies and irregularities of language can be discovered.

In first grade, an advantaged student knows about twice as many words as a disadvantaged student. Generally, this gap does not tighten. This translates into a wide range of vocabulary size by age five or six, at which time an English-speaking child will know about 2,500–5,000 words. An average student learns some 3,000 words per year, or approximately eight words per day.

After leaving school, vocabulary growth plateaus. People may then expand their vocabularies by reading, playing word games, participating in vocabulary programs, etc.

Reading vocabulary
A person's reading vocabulary is all the words he or she can recognize when reading. This is the largest type of vocabulary simply because it includes the other three.

Listening vocabulary
A person's listening vocabulary is all the words he or she can recognize when listening to speech. This vocabulary is aided in size by context and tone of voice.

Writing vocabulary
A person's writing vocabulary is all the words he or she can employ in writing. Contrary to the previous two vocabulary types, the writing vocabulary is stimulated by its user.

Speaking vocabulary
A person's speaking vocabulary is all the words he or she can use in speech. Due to the spontaneous nature of the speaking vocabulary, words are often misused. This misuse – though slight and unintentional – may be compensated by facial expressions, tone of voice, or hand gestures.