Reading Questions and strategies (exam)

The first thing you do as soon as you start a reading test is...

• Read the complete text quickly

• Read all questions and possible answers quickly

• Read question # 1 and then read the first paragraph, only.

• Read the first phrases of each paragraph, only

"Tests your ability to figure out the meaning of a word" (1 question). This question is...

• Vocabulary in context

• True-False-Not Given

• Multiple choice

• Writer's Purpose

What's the best sequence to answer a vocabulary question?

• Read the sentence that has the word, identify category, imagine a synonym, check the answer options

• Read the word, check answer options, eliminate illogical answers

• check answer options, read the sentence in the text, choose the option that makes sence

• Read the word only, imagine possible meanings of the word, check if the answer options has a similar one.

"tests your ability to recognize information that is explicit in the text" (7 questions)

• Inference

• Essential information

• factual information

• Writer's purpose

Factual Information strategies: 1) _____________ 2) Scan for those words (or synonyms in the text; 3) when your find the answer, compare and confirm with options; 4) select and confirm the answer

• Read the question and identify unknown words

• Read the paragraph corresponding to the question and identify important words

• Read the text and identify unknown words

• Read the question and identify key words

"Essential _____________": Tests your ability to summarize or paraphrase a passage which is highlighted in the text.

When answering an "essential information" question, you ______ read the information before and after the passage.

• should

• don't have to

• must

• must not

"Writer's ________" question tests your ability to recognize the author's intention in saying a paragraph or the complete text

The most important strategy to answer the writer's purpose question is...

• Answer this question right after your read the text quickly.

• Look for key words in the text that can indicate the purpose of the text.

• Look at the options and analyze a possible answer based on the text.

• Ask yourself what the purpose of the text is, before looking at the options.