Content

• Steps
• Part 1 of 3: Take Time and Choose a Place to Prepare
• Part 2 of 3: Actively study the required material
• Part 3 of 3: Study With a Friend

Preparing for an exam in one week is a daunting task, but if you use the right tactics, you have a chance to get a decent grade. If you want to pass the exam successfully, first of all, set aside enough time to review and memorize the material, choose a suitable place to study, actively study the given material, and try to study with a friend.

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Take Time and Choose a Place to Prepare

1. 1 Choose a quiet place where you can study in peace. If you live with your parents, choose a room (this could be your bedroom, study, or playroom) that you can use to be alone and calmly prepare for the exam. Libraries, quiet cafes and parks are great places for students and adults (as well as high school students) to use to study.
2. 2 Keep track of the time. Think about your schedule for the week. What days and what time will you be at home? How much time can you devote to exam preparation in addition to other responsibilities? Mark the time you will spend preparing for the exam on a calendar or diary. Thanks to this, you will not postpone everything until the last moment.
3. 3 Prioritize correctly. If you have many non-academic responsibilities, you may need to postpone them for a while (for example, you can complete them a week after the exam) or ask loved ones to help you so you can prepare. If you need to complete other study-related assignments, remember that exam preparation should be paramount, especially if the exam is more important to you than other assignments.
4. 4 Be organized and focused. You should have on hand the textbook and notes that you took during the lesson and at home. In addition, you should know the sample questions and tasks that will be on the exam. Listen carefully to the teacher who will tell you what you need to learn to prepare for the exam.
5. 5 Tell your loved ones what time you will be busy. This is especially important if you have your own family and certain responsibilities associated with it. Also, send a message asking them not to disturb you to the people you call every day. Thanks to this, they will not distract you from your preparation.

Part 2 of 3: Actively study the required material

1. 1 Use the tutorial. If your teacher has given you a preparation manual, it will make the learning process easier! Read the manual carefully. If you have time, you can read it several times. If the tutorial contains questions, be sure to answer them. Most likely, the material contained in the tutorial is the basis for the upcoming exam.
2. 2 Use the available assignments that were in exams in previous years. You can find collections with such tasks and purchase them. In addition, you can find examples of assignments on the Internet. Therefore, set aside enough time to use useful resources. Also, take notes to help you navigate difficult material. This allows you to focus more on complex topics that take longer to address.
3. 3 Review the material. If you are going to study material that is new to you, it is very important to prepare your mind for this. There are several ways to do this:
   • Review the information. Review the material you need to study. Pay attention to headings, pictures, diagrams, tables, and highlighted words.
   • Try to predict what will be discussed. After reviewing the material, try to predict what information you will be able to obtain by studying the material. What can you find out?
4. 4 Read with a specific purpose. When you read, you must have a specific purpose.Ask your teacher what you want to learn from the material. If you received the tutorial, pay attention to the most important points.
   • High school students can determine the purpose of reading themselves. Determine the purpose of the reading before you begin the actual reading process.
5. 5 Highlight the main points in the text. If you are allowed to do this (some schools do not allow you to write in textbooks), highlight the main points in the textbook. You can underline or circle the main points. In addition, you can write down questions and take notes in the margins.
   • If you want to highlight the main points in a textbook, but your school is not allowed to do this, you can photocopy the required chapters.
6. 6 Establish a connection. When you read material, establish a connection between the text and your own experience ("it reminds me of when I ..."), other material ("it reminds me of what is written in ..."), or between the text and the environment the world ("it reminds me of what happens when ...").
   • Establishing a connection is an important component for long-term memorization of the material.
7. 7 Summarize what you learned. After you read the material, think about what the main point of the information you have learned is. Write down the main points of the reading, for example, the main idea and some additional details.
8. 8 Write down the main points in your own words. Reflect on what you have read. Review the main points, illustrations, and headings again. Take notes in the lesson, expressing the thought in your own words.
   • Taking notes in your own words is very important for both understanding and preventing plagiarism in the test.
9. 9 Make flash cards. Flash cards can be used to memorize definitions of words, mathematical formulas, or important dates, which are easy to make with ordinary slips of paper. You can view them to quickly review the material. Plus, making cards will help you remember important points.
10. 10 Come up with poems, songs, or mnemonic stories. A good memorization method is to use one of these methods when you answer survey questions. Students with musical aptitudes can compose poetry or songs to help them remember information better.
    • Mnemonic techniques are a special approach to working with material, thanks to which more information is remembered. So, everyone knows the mnemonic rule for memorizing the colors of the rainbow by the first letters "every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting" (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple).

Part 3 of 3: Study With a Friend

1. 1 Choose a friend you trust. When preparing for an exam with a large group of friends, people distract each other, so you probably won't get the expected benefit from such activities. However, speaking the learning material out loud is a very useful way of memorizing information. If you hear information and discuss it, you are more likely to remember it.
   • Choose only one friend who is serious about studying and also able to understand the material. In addition, you should be comfortable with this person, as you will have to discuss a lot of information with him.
2. 2 Discuss the material and exchange notes. Talk to a friend about the information each of you has learned from your own practice. Pass on useful knowledge to each other. This will help you remember information that you have already studied. Your friend may remind you of something that you forgot about, although you have studied this material before.
3. 3 Ask questions and be attentive. If you don't understand what your friend is telling you, ask him questions. Keep asking questions until you understand the material. Link the material you already know with the information a friend has shared with you. Discuss the material together. Focusing on the material together will benefit both of you.
4. 4 Ask each other questions. Take turns asking each other questions using the tutorial, flash cards, or your notes. The person answering the questions should try to answer without peeking at the record. This is a great way to review the material, and each of you will be very happy when you pass the exam.