Study Skills – Revising for exams

31,231 views ・ 2017-12-13

BBC Learning English


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It's finally time.
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Your exam is about to begin,
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and you're feeling the pressure.
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Actually, you're not feeling bad at all.
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Why?
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Because you've been revising like a pro.
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You didn't even need to cram.
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Instead you looked at old exam papers:
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to learn what kind of questions come up,
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to get an idea of the possible topics,
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to learn the marks available,
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and how long for each question.
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Looking at specimen answers also helped.
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And best of all you did this
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early in the term,
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not one week before the exam.
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What else? You made a plan.
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And you even stuck to it, well done.
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And you used a range of techniques
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just right for you.
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Here are a few ideas.
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Go on, pause the video and look them up.
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You also looked after yourself.
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You ate well,
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slept well
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and even did fun things between studying,
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helping you bust stress.
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Even if you did procrastinate a little.
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I said: "a little".
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Ahh, and here we are again.
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The moment of truth.
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Just make sure you revise
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the right subject.
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Good luck!
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