Reading Skills Practice

Which of these strategies can be only be done BEFORE we read and view?

• Set a purpose for reading.

• Self- Monitor

• Evaluate

• Respond

Which of these skills is suited for quickly finding an answer to a simple question?

• Skimming

• Predicting

• Inferring

• Responding

A student has only read the first half of a short story, but believes that based on the information given in the text, the story will have a happy ending. What reading skill is he using?

• Inference

• Setting goals

• Prediction

• Responding

Your friend who has not read the chapter assigned for homework wants to know what the chapter is about. You have read it. What skill would you need to use to help your friend?

• Predicting

• Responding

• Inferring

• Retelling

After you have finished reading a story, your teacher asks: "How did you feel about the protagonist's actions?" What skill would you need to answer her question?

• Predict

• Knowing things

• Respond

• Retell

Why might it be important to use the strategy of set a purpose for reading before you read a text?

• It enables me to read the text faster.

• It is what the teacher says I should do.

• It enables me to decide what I need to focus on to get the right answers.

• One should always set goals before doing anything.

Choose the strategies that you should use AFTER you read. (More than one answer)

• Pause and Reflect(Think about what you read.)

• Evaluate - did your understand the text.

• Remember - produce a product to help your remember.

• Looking for meaning

• Questioning

We must use ALL the reading strategies in order to be an effective reader.

• True

• False

What does your teacher look for to check whether you understood a passage? (More than one answer)

• My ability to guess meanings

• My ability to retell

• My ability to respond

• My ability to predict

What skill(s) might I use to answer this question: "Find a word in Paragraph 2 that has the same meaning." (More than one answer)

• Skim

• Infer

• Scan

• Organize