OSSLT PREPARATION – MULTIPLE CHOICE
Strategies for Multiple-Choice Questions:
FIRST – READ THE QUESTIONS BEFORE READING THE TEXT!
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Highlight the key words in the question
Read the text and highlight key words related to the questions
• Read and reread the question carefully.
• Read the answers and eliminate any that are incorrect.
• If necessary, reread the question to choose the best or most
correct answer.
• Fill in the bubbles correctly (don’t put an x or a checkmark).
• If there is vocabulary you don’t understand, look for the
root word or substitute a likely synonym in the sentence.
• If you’re really not sure – GUESS!
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Choose the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.
(1) Wayne Gretzky’s early career foretells what an amazing
hockey player he was to become.
(2) At ten, while playing in a league with boys four years older,
he scored 378 goals in 85 games.
(3) That was 238 more goals than the boy who came second.
(4) At 18, Gretzky scored 46 goals as an Edmonton Oiler and
won the National Hockey League Rookie of the Year award.
(5) The Wayne Gretzky Foundation Golf Classic raises over
$120 000 a year for youth in sports.
A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 3
C) Sentence 4
D) Sentence 5*
2. Which is the best way to combine all the information in the
following sentences?
Anna’s assignment is due tomorrow.
She has to work tonight.
She is feeling rushed.
F) Anna’s assignment is due tomorrow because she is rushing to
work tonight.
G) Anna is feeling rushed because she has to work tonight and
her assignment is due tomorrow. *
H) Since Anna’s assignment is due tomorrow and she has to
work tonight and she is feeling rushed.
J) Although Anna has to work tonight and her assignment is due
tomorrow because she is feeling rushed.
3. Choose the sentence that uses capitalization correctly.
A) My friend from manitoba, whose name is ari, earns money by
delivering the Winnipeg herald.
B) My friend from Manitoba, whose name is Ari, earns money
by delivering the Winnipeg herald.
C) My friend from manitoba, whose name is Ari, earns money
by delivering the Winnipeg Herald.
D) My friend from Manitoba, whose name is Ari, earns money
by delivering the Winnipeg Herald. *
4. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank. Like her
mother, the artist Manuela Sanchez _______________________
F) painted portraits to support her family. *
G) her paintings of portraits supported her family.
H) and also painted portraits to support her family.
J) whose famous portraits were painted to support her family.
Tips for Reading: General Strategies
• Manage your time so that you complete all sections of the test.
• Read the questions first. This will help you predict what the
reading selection is going to be about.
• Skim the selection and then read it closely.
• Underline or highlight important information and ideas as
you read.
• As you read, think about what you are reading and ask
yourself questions about it.
• Try to “see” what you are reading; some readers say this is like
running a video or movie in their heads.
• Look for links between what you are reading and prior
knowledge and experiences you have had.
• If you read a word you don’t understand, look for a root word
that you know inside the larger word; look for prefixes and
suffixes.
• If you still don’t understand the word, read to the end of the
sentence and look for clues to its meaning. Try reading the
sentences before and after the sentence to see if you can find the
meaning from the context.
• If a long sentence has you confused, reread it and try to put it
into your own words.
• If you are having trouble understanding an idea, either read on
until the meaning becomes clearer, or stop and reread.