Before an important exam, do you think it is better to prepare for a long time or only for a few days? Give examples and reasons to develop your opinion.

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Before an important exam, do you think it is better to prepare for a long time or only for a few days? Give examples and reasons to develop your opinion.

Ones think that it is easy to prepare for an important exam only for a few days as the ideas are still be fresh in mind. Others argue that the brain cannot memorize tons of information at once. Yet, which strategy is better? As far as I am concerned, I posit that it is better to study for a long time prior to an important exam because it will be easy to memorize things we have studied, it will attenuate the anxiety cause by the proximity of the exam, and we will be able to manage our time better.

First, the content studied would be hardly forgoten. For example, when I was at high school, I remember starting to study for a hard subject one month before the exam. When the test day arrived, I was sure about the answers because they were already established in my mind. On the other hand, when studied for a few days for other subject, I performed really bad on the exam. I could not remember the topics I had studied and I had to struggle with my mind trying to remember simple things. So, studying for a long time before an important test helped me to achieve a good result.

Also, it helps me not being anxious about the test. For instance, everytime I studied for an exam close to its due date, I used to be very anxious. This anxiety only harmed my hability to learn and memorize the topics and as time went by, I was getting more and more overwhelmed. Because of this frustration, studying only few days before an exam is not advisable for me.

Finally, we can pace our studies. Whenever I started to study for an exam a long time before it, I could organize my activities better. I also had time to go out with friends, go to the cinema and even relax once in a while. I could learn things with more confidence and not worry about taking a day off whenever I felt I needed. Because of this flexibility, there is no doubt studying for a exam long before it is advantageous.

As I have illustrated, I contend that it is better to prepare for an important exam for a long time before it as it is easier to memorize the topics, it prevents anxiety and it gives us more time to enjoy other activities. Everyone should start to prepare for exams a long time before it. They will definetly feel more confident about it.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 104, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...y for a few days as the ideas are still be fresh in mind. Others argue that the br...
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Line 5, column 23, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[11]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to be'.
Suggestion: to be
...a good result. Also, it helps me not being anxious about the test. For instance, e...
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Line 7, column 391, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...ibility, there is no doubt studying for a exam long before it is advantageous. ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, really, so, still, while, for example, for instance, no doubt, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 15.1003584229 126% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 13.8261648746 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 57.0 43.0788530466 132% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1818.0 1977.66487455 92% => OK
No of words: 421.0 407.700716846 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.31828978622 4.8611393121 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52971130743 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40887431245 2.67179642975 90% => OK
Unique words: 192.0 212.727598566 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.456057007126 0.524837075471 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 606.6 618.680645161 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 17.0 9.59856630824 177% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.51792114695 227% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.6003584229 107% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.0763744703 48.9658058833 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.6363636364 100.406767564 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1363636364 20.6045352989 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.63636363636 5.45110844103 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 11.8709677419 101% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.413475777483 0.236089414692 175% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.136069420681 0.076458572812 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.131134422915 0.0737576698707 178% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.270552340259 0.150856017488 179% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0615950304938 0.0645574589148 95% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.5 11.7677419355 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 58.1214874552 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 10.1575268817 82% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 7.78 10.9000537634 71% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.17 8.01818996416 89% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 86.8835125448 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.002688172 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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