Doing well on the TOEIC multiple choice questions is even easier than performing well on the essay questions. There’s a special process of elimination that increases your chances of choosing the correct answer choice. When you use the right process of elimination, while everyone else is starting with a 20 or 25 percent start, you’re starting at 50 percent. That means you only need to know half as many correct answers to get the same score!
1. Remove the silly answers. Many multiple choice question on the TOEIC reading have at least one wild-card answer that looks nothing like any of the others and couldn’t be right in a million years. Anyone that’s a little familiar with the content of the exam won’t choose it. Cross that one out first.
2. Remove the answer that’s “almost” right. Examiners know that some people will look at the question, have a quick think and look for the answer that’s within an acceptable or similar range. That’s why they include an answer choice that’s only half-right. Half-right is wrong and it is a trick answer put in to fool you. Find that answer and remove that next.
3. Look for two answers that look similar. By now, your options should include two choices that look very similar. One of those answers is right. The other is almost-right. This is the real trick between performing well and excelling at multiple choice questions on the TOEIC test: every right answer has a wrong answer that looks almost exactly like it. If the answer you’re thinking about choosing doesn’t have a partner like this, it’s probably wrong. When you see two answers that look very similar, one of them is likely to be the right one. When you’ve got these two answer choices in mind, you’ve got a 50 percent chance of picking the right one. And that’s already a good start. This doubles your chances of choosing the correct answer and achieving a high TOEIC score even if you’re not 100% prepared or sure of all the answers.
TOEIC Multiple Choice Tactics
– May 31, 2011Posted in: Reading
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