Strategies to Answer Comprehension Questions

Test Question: What is the name of your school?

• SASS

• St Andrew's Secondary School

• Saints

• I don't know

How should a Factual/Direct question be answered?

• Come up with your own answer

• Use common sense

• Look in the passage for the answer

• Infer an answer from the passage

What are some key things to remember when answering a factual question? Select all that apply.

• Copy out the answer accurately

• Be specific in selecting your answer

• Do not leave out words or details that are important

• Imagine the scenario in the passage

What are the question keywords that tell you the question is likely to be a factual one? Select all that apply.

• What

• Why

• Give

• Suggest

What are the keywords that tell you the question is likely to be an Inference Question? Select all that apply.

• Why

• Give

• State

• Explain

When attempting inferential questions, one of the first things you should do is to look for...

The next step in attempting Inferential Questions is then to...

• Read the passage

• Analyse the clues

• Arrive at a conclusion

• Look for a quote

When the question states to "Explain fully why...", you should ensure that your answer has...

• an explanation of a quote

• an explanation of reasoning

• an explanation of method

• an explanation of meaning

This is an example of...

• A Vocabulary question

• An Inferential question

• A Language for Impact question

• A Use of Language question

What is the correct format for answering Use of Language questions?

• Quote, Interpret, Infer

• Quote, Infer, Interpret

• Infer, Quote, Interpret

• None of the above