Timed Practice Strategies

Untimed practice builds understanding and strategy. Timed practice builds speed, resilience, and the ability to perform under pressure. Both are essential, but timed practice is what ultimately determines your VR score on test day. This lesson provides a detailed framework for structuring your timed practice to maximise improvement.

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The 2-Minute-Per-Passage Approach

The most important pacing benchmark for VR is: 2 minutes per passage (including all 4 questions).

With 11 passages and 21 minutes, the exact budget is 1 minute 54 seconds per passage. Rounding up to 2 minutes gives you a simple, memorable target with a small buffer.

Breaking Down the 2 Minutes

Task	Time Budget
Scan questions for keywords	10–15 seconds
Scan passage for relevant information	30–40 seconds
Answer Question 1	15–20 seconds
Answer Question 2	15–20 seconds
Answer Question 3	15–20 seconds
Answer Question 4	15–20 seconds
Total	100–135 seconds

If you consistently hit 2 minutes per passage, you will have approximately 1 minute remaining at the end for reviewing flagged questions.

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