Reading time:
- Read short answer first
- Identify the hard questions (the ones you are likely to get stuck on)
Writing time:
- Work sequentially through short answer questions (if a question stumps you for more than 1 minute, skip it and move on) until you reach the end of the short-answer section
- Do multiple choice next (again, if you find yourself getting stuck on a question for more than 1 minute, skip it and move to the next) until you reach the end of the multiple choice section
*You have now done all the straightforward/easy questions and guaranteed yourself the easy marks (if you just spent ages on the hard questions, you might not have had enough time to do the easy ones at the end and realise that you lost easy marks).
*So after you have done all the easy questions, go back to the hard ones. You have read them once/a few times before so your mind will be fresh again, and you might see how to do it from a different perspective
Stay calm, always keep track of time, every second counts.