STANAG 6001

The following is a set of advice about what you should and shouldn’t do when you are preparing for or taking the exam. Keep them in mind or refer to them when you study so that you already know what to do during the exam.

1. Consider ALL the options carefully before deciding on an answer. Some of the options may be very tempting, but only ONE will be semantically and grammatically correct in that particular context.

2. Read each question and UNDERLINE the part of the text which answers the question. Try to underline KEY WORDS in the questions as this helps when trying to find the information in the text which provides the answers. After that, look at the options and decide which one is the closest in answering the question.

3. Plan your time carefully and do not spend too long on any one part of the test.

4. For better time management, practice skimming and scanning texts.

5. Skim through the text for general understanding.

6. Don’t use your world knowledge or personal opinions/convictions to answer the questions.

7. Don’t be put off by difficult vocabulary but use context to grasp the meaning.

8. Check that your selected answer fully answers the question and not only part of it.

9. Make sure you leave a few minutes to check your answers at the end.

10. Remember! Any answer is better than no answer. So, if you can’t make an educated answer (based on the process of elimination), just take a wild guess.