<p>How do you guys approach the improving paragraphs part of the writing section? Do you read the whole passage first and then go to the questions or go straight to the questions and then piece everything together?</p>
<p>Read passage. Do general questions. Then do the grammatical questions because they can usually be done apart from the passage. I’ve used this method for a long time and haven’t made a mistake for … I don’t know, but it works. Good luck!</p>
<p>I can safely say that I’ve never gotten an improving paragraphs questions wrong, not even on the actual test which I took without any prep. With that being said, I think it has a lot do with just being a good writer. Years of writing essays has made it easy for me to spot the errors in the “in context” questions. For the questions that simply test grammar, it’s all about knowing the difference between a good and bad sentence.</p>
<p>As for my strategy itself, I usually just quickly read the paragraph depending on how much time I have left. It should be noted that I never read them as in depth as critical reading passages. You should be almost skimming it but still getting a general idea of what each paragraph’s topic is. From there I just go through the questions in sequential order. I don’t do certain kinds of questions first because I feel like it would take time to identify the types of questions and jump around.</p>