Reading Comprehension 1

Would you buy this book?

How did you decide to buy/not buy this book?

• By looking at the photo and title (Skimming)

• By reading the whole book

• By reading the last sentence of the last page

What is skimming?

• Reading to get a general idea.

  e.g. what is the email about?

• Reading to find specific information.

  e.g. who has sent the email? at what time?

Select all examples of skimming

• Reading the topic

• Looking at pictures in a text

• Reading the whole text

What is scanning?

• Reading to get a general idea.

  e.g., what is the email about?

• Reading to find specific information.

  e.g., who has sent the email? at what time?

Looking for a specific word in the dictionary is...

• skimming

• scanning

skimming and scanning are reading skills that help you find information

• slowly

• quickly

What is inferring?

• Making an educated guess

• finding meaning of a new word

• reading to find specific information

Dewumi did not talk much with me today. She ignored me at lunch too.

• Dewumi is upset

• Dewumi is busy

• Dewumi is sick

Everybody carries an umbrella with them these days

• Weather is unpredictable these days

• Prices of umbrellas have gone down

• People are getting better at planning

Context clues help to find

• meaning of a passage

• meaning of a new word