Exam Exploration + Strategy

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Exam Exploration 

Know what to expect.

The English Exam     2022

Tuesday 24 May 13.30 - 16.00

• Skill: comprehensive reading
• Content: English texts + questions
• Essentials: bijlage + examen
• Time: 150 minutes (180 extra time)
  
  
• Recommended: use of dictionary (EN-NL + NL-EN)

Practice makes perfect     

• www.examenblad.nl 
• readtheory.org
• examenoverzicht.nl
• examenbundels

• use tips & tricks while practising
• your dictionary = your friend!

Exam 2015 TV 1

Not much has changed in 7 years.

Have a closer look at this exam. 

Answer the questions.

There are 43 questions.
You can score 47 points.
What does this tell you about the questions in general?

Some questions are worth 2 points.
How many are there?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

What kind of questions are they?

1. multiple choice questions
2. open questions
3. true or false questions
4. all three combined

True or false - questions

a.k.a. yes or no questions

Read the full text to be sure.

They're a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

You want a 100% score. 

Which text has most questions?
How many points in total?

How is the exam built up, looking at the lengths of the text?

Types of Questions

1. Multiple choice
2. Open
3. True / false
4. Quotes
5. Multiple choice: gap-filling

Question types:
easy vs difficult?

Multiple choice

+ always possibility of the correct answer

- getting confused by the options

How to approach MP-questions 

• Before reading: skim text, decide on type of text (e.g. article, excerpt from book, etc.)
• Read the question and read (part of) the text to find out the answer
• Form your own answer
• Look at the option and decide which one matches your own answer best

Which question types have Dutch questions?

1. open questions
2. true/false questions
3. multiple choice
4. all

What do the open questions in this exam ask you to do? (2x)

How confident are you feeling on a scale from 1 to 10?

1. 10-9
2. 8-7
3. 6ish
4. ... keeping the faith!

 Good luck H5