Publisher's Synopsis
Complete California High School Proficiency Exam study guide, prepared by our dedicated team of exam experts!
Pass the CHSPE! will help you:- Practice with 2 complete practice question sets (over 300 questions)
- Make a CHSPE study plan and study schedule
- Learn faster
- Identify your strengths and weaknesses quickly
- Increase your score with multiple choice strategies from exam experts
- Avoid common mistakes on a test
- Increase your vocabulary fast with powerful learning strategies
Please note that CHSPE is administered by the California Department of Education, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. Over 300 questions, including reading comprehension, sentence structure, punctuation, English grammar, basic mathematics, fractions, algebra, decimals, probability, geometry and statistics. Review and tutorials on all CHSPE topics - hundreds of pages of tutorials! Practice Really Does Make Perfect! The more questions you see, the more likely you are to pass the test. And between our study guide and practice tests, you'll have over 300 practice questions that cover every category. You can fine-tune your knowledge in areas where you feel comfortable and be more efficient in improving your problem areas. Our practice test questions have been developed by our dedicated team of experts. All the material in the study guide, including every practice question, are designed to engage your critical thinking skills needed to pass the test! Heard it all before? Maybe you have heard this kind of thing before, and don't feel you need it. Maybe you are not sure if you are going to buy this book. Remember though, it only a few percentage points divide the PASS from the FAIL students! Even if our test tips increase your score by a few percentage points, isn't that worth it? Contents Getting Started
How this study guide is organized 9
The CHSPE Study Plan 9
Making a Study Schedule 10 Reading
Self-Assessment 18
Answer Key 29
Help with Reading Comprehension 33
Main Idea and Supporting Details 36
Drawing Inferences And Conclusions 40
Meaning From Context 44
Vocabulary Self-Assessment 47
Answer Key 53
Help with Building your Vocabulary 55 How to Write an Essay
Formulating A Thesis 68
Common Essay Mistakes - Example 1 71
Common Essay Mistakes - Example 2 73
Writing Concisely 75 Language Arts
Self-Assessment 79
Answer Key 90
English Grammar and Punctuation Tutorials 93
Capitalization 93
Punctuation 95
Hyphens 96
Apostrophes 98
Commas 99
Quotation Marks 101
English Grammar Multiple Choice 103
Common English Usage Mistakes 119
Subject Verb Agreement 127 Mathematics
Self-Assessment 138
Answer Key 147
Basic math Video Tutorials 151
Basic math Video Tutorials 151
Fraction Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 151
Decimal Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 157
Converting Decimals to Fractions 157
Percent Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 158
Exponents - a Quick Tutorial 160
How to Solve Word Problems 165
Types of Word Problems 168
Algebraic Equations 177
Ratios 179
Basic Geometry 183
Pythagorean Geometry 188
Scale drawings 190
Quadrilaterals 192 Practice Test Questions Set 1
Answer Key 252 Practice Test Questions Set 2
Answer Key 327 Conclusion
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