In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Cervical mucus changes in texture, color, and smell throughout your cycle. By checking it every day, you can use the patterns you find to predict when your body is fertile. Though the exact days can differ for each woman, you will tend to ovulate between day 11-21 of your monthly cycle, each cycle starting at day 1 when your period begins. Wash your hands first, then gently insert your middle finger into your vagina. You may want to swipe your finger from front to back to check for mucus.  After your period, you’ll most likely notice that you don’t have any discharge and your vagina may be drier than usual. If you’re using this method in conjunction with your basal body temperature, try to do them at the same time in the morning so it’s easier to keep track of things. Every day as you check your mucus, look at it and press it to your thumb to check its texture. As your hormones fluctuate, the characteristics of the mucus will change, too. During the days following your period, you may have no discharge, then slightly cloudy or creamy discharge. Once it takes on the consistency of egg whites, you’ll be at peak-fertility level and have a high chance on getting pregnant.  When you’re most fertile, the discharge may even stretch between your fingers without breaking. Ovulation occurs on or after the last day this mucus is produced. Keep in mind that you can still get pregnant during the 5 or so days before you ovulate, so even if your discharge doesn’t quite have an egg-white texture yet, you are still somewhat fertile. Every single day, write down the color and texture of your mucus. If you’re also tracking your basal body temperature, use the same calendar so you have all the data in the same place. Don’t forget to record the date, too! Here are some examples of detailed entries you might write:  4/22: Mucus is tacky and white. 4/26: Mucus is whitish and runny, like egg whites. 4/31: Period started; heavy flow. You’re most fertile when your mucus has the consistency of stretchy egg whites, but err on the safe side by avoiding sex for a few days before and after your mucus takes on these qualities. After tracking your patterns for a few months, you’ll start to better predict when you’ll be fertile each month. If you’re tracking your basal body temperature, compare the data. Your mucus will probably turn stretchy and wet several days before your body temperature spikes. Ovulation typically happens between the change in mucus and your temperature spike.
Summary: Begin checking your cervical mucus once your period has tapered off. Check your mucus at the same time every morning to test its consistency. Observe your mucus until it begins to get thin and stretchy. Keep a written record of your mucus so you can track your body’s pattern. Avoid unprotected sex when your mucus changes from tacky to creamy.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: You’ll obviously want to answer as many questions as possible without running out of time. In addition, knowing the right answers to the questions above and below a tricky true or false problem can help you find a pattern. Guessing based on a true or false pattern is better than just guessing randomly. When answering the questions that you know on a test that has a separate answer sheet, make sure that you skip the same questions on the answer sheet as you do on the test itself. This way, your answers won't become off set. Suppose you know the answers above and below a tricky question are both true. Chances are, the correct response to the tricky question is false. There is a low probability that the same correct response will appear three times in a row. Absolute modifiers are words that don’t allow for exceptions, such as all, everyone, never, and always. There aren’t many things that always happen without any exceptions, so questions that have absolutes are usually false. When a question with an absolute modifier is true, it’s often a well-known, common sense fact that doesn’t make for a good test question. In-between words, as opposed to absolutes, are more likely to be true. If a statement allows for exceptions, it’s more probable that it’s true at least some of the time. Other in-between words include usually, often, seldom, and frequently. Go with true if none of the other true/false tips apply, and you have no clue what the answer is. Recalling a fact is easier than inventing a falsehood, so test makers tend to include more true answers than false. For instance, if you’re stumped on a question with no absolute or in-between modifiers, and if the answer above is true and the one below is false, your best bet is to go with true.
Summary:
Answer the questions you know first. Choose the opposite answer if the surrounding answers are the same. Guess false if there’s an absolute modifier. Guess true if you see words like some, most, or a few. Choose true if you’re totally stumped.