As the date for the Level-2 Olympiad exam conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) comes closer, students keep becoming more anxious and confused regarding their preparation. The SOF Level-2 exam for IEO, NSO, and IMO is scheduled to take place on 9th February 2025. That leaves students with only two weeks of preparation time. It’s essential to make the most out of this short period. Keeping this in mind, we have compiled a list of useful tips to score full marks.
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This blog is specifically aimed at IEO Level-2 students. So, IEO students should not leave any stone unturned to make a mark in the upcoming exam. Let’s go through the tips one by one.
- Look for the missing part of the speech in the sentence to attempt grammar fill-ups. To master this, students must be aware of the components of parts of speech and their proper usage and forms, such as Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjections, etc.
- Try and make out the meaning of the sentence and then fill in the word that completes the sense of the sentence. To excel in this, students need to become habitual in sentence formation on their own. For this, they need to develop reading habits and give ample time to practice word-filling.
- Read to enrich vocabulary. Students can develop reading habits by exploring novels of different genres and themes. Also, they can read editorials of several newspapers filled with useful and contemporary vocabulary.
- For reading comprehension, read the questions first to get an idea of them. Now read the passage and underline the main points. This is a relatively easy method and requires regular practice to ace the reading comprehension section.
- Try to match the main points with the questions to derive the answers. This requires students to read between the lines and try to find the main point or the central idea of the passage.
- Reread the passage and match the question with the answer parts. It has been found many times that in the first reading, students miss a lot of important points. Therefore, they should read the passage twice or thrice to connect the dots and match the question with an answer.
- For vocabulary questions of comprehension, read the sentence in which the word is given to understand the meaning of that word and then choose the option. Many times, students find it tough to answer questions based on a word due to the lack of proper context. Therefore, going back to the sentence can add sense to it and help in finding the right answer.
Conclusion
So, what are you waiting for? Stop losing time, time is precious and competition is rigorous. Start preparing for SOF IEO Level-2 now, so, you can stand out at the top at the international level and make your parents proud! If SOF IEO Level-2 students pay attention to these points and work accordingly, they are sure shot likely to boost their scores in the IEO Level-2 exam.
