Whats wrong w/ me? Can't pass the Reading comp. of the TEAS

[emrebeth3]

hello. i have taken the TEAS twice now because i am trying to get into a lpn program. I do great with all the other areas but when it comes to the one section ( that i was most confident in) I DIDNT PASS. since reading comp is something you either got it or dont.. how am i suppost to study for it. i have studied the ati book and the mcgraws book with the Reading comph. over and over again. it seems easy.. Pick the main idea. whats the conclusion to this article? wat would this passage be best title? SEEMS EASY RIGHT? but wrong... all the answers or at least most of them all seem right and could be. I just dont know what to do. PLEASE HELP!!! thanks

[llg, PhD, RN]

I suggest you invest in a tutor or a class designed to help people with reading/language issues. Is there a "learning center" nearby? ... or perhaps an adult learning program at a local high school, vocational school, or community college?

From the many grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes in your post above, I suspect that you may have some deficits in your English language skills that are being uncovered by the test. Master those foundational English skills, and your ability to decipher what you read will probably improve. So, get some professional help from a teacher who can diagnose your specific deficits and help you overcome them.

Good luck to you!

[dandk1997RN, MSN, RN]

I actually found this section (normally my greatest strength) to be the hardest portion of the actual test. I got 100% on the online (paid, from ATI) TEAS practice, and the real test was so much harder, because the questions were often ambiguous and it seemed like more than one answer could fit many of the questions.

I don't have any advice, I'm afraid, but I just wanted to say you aren't alone in normally doing well with reading comp and thinking that some of the questions had several acceptable answers. Good luck!