Practicing Reading Strategies

The violinist delivered a perfunctory performance with none of the passion he was once known for

• Lacking enthusiasm

• Showing high effort

• Impressive

• Interesting

If "hydro" means water, what do you think hydrophobia is?

• Love of water

• Fear of water

• Need for water

• Lack of water

The customer cringed when she ate the food. What inference can you make?

• She has no opinion of the food

• She loves the food

• She dislikes the food

• She is still hungry

If "mobile" means able to move, what do you think mobilize means?

• to not be able to move

• to think about moving

• to move

• to make something move or be moveable

I tried to capture the spider, but its movements were so erratic I couldn't tell where it would go next.

• unpredictable

• slow

• obvious

• scary

If the root "marine" in submarine means water, what do you think the prefix "sub" might mean?

• above

• without

• under

• against

The man opened his umbrella to stay dry and squinted in the moonlight. What's going on?

• It's a sunny day

• It's a rainy day

• It's a rainy night

• It's a clear night

"Wanna play basketball?" Paul's friend asked, holding a ball out to him. Paul looked away and shrugged. "Okay," he said, without taking the ball.

• Paul really wants to play

• Paul is clearly telling his friend no

• Paul doesn't want to play but won't say so

• Paul is hungry

The gamer who hated the new Nintendo Switch game made fun of it in a scathing review on YouTube.

• admiring

• open-minded

• harsh

• neutral

Someone tells you to make the rows of chairs equidistant. (Hint: the root equi = equal)

• Randomly spaced

• Far apart

• The same distance apart

• Close together