Reading Passages with Questions

In what order should you work on paired passages?

• Read both passages and answer the the 3rd set of questions before answering the 1st or 2nd set of questions.

• Read passage 1, read passage 2, answer 1st, 2nd, and 3rd set of questions.

• Answer in the order that you chose on test day.

• Read passage 1 and answer the questions, read passage 2 and answer the questions, answer 3rd set of questions

It is important to read the questions before I read the passage.

• true

• false

Theme is _____.

• the message in the story

• the solution to the problem

• another word for tone

• the ending in a story

Imagery has to do with _____.

• the way the author feels

• the five senses

• the pictures that illustrate the story

• the way the problem is solved

What are paired passages?

• Passages that are written together.

• Passages that have no questions.

• Passages with different topics and characters with two sets of questions.

• Passages that have something in common with three sets of questions.

What is the best advice for the TOEFL Reading Comprehension test?

• Drink coffee before the test.

• Study as much science and history as possible before the test.

• Answer every question.

• There are no vocabulary questions on the test.

Which is not a type of Reading Comprehension question?

• vocabulary questions

• main idea questions

• directly answered detail questions

• implied detail questions

What is an implied detail?

• A detail that is given in the topic sentence?

• Information that is inferred from other information.

• The main idea of a passage.

• Information in the passage that supports the main idea.

What should you do if a reading passage is on a subject you know little about?

• Skip the question and move on to easier questions.

• Trust that the information needed to answer the questions are in the passage and do your best to answer.

• Read the entire passage slowly and carefully.

• Ask the test monitor to explain the topic to you.

Which should you do first?

• Read all the answers.

• Read the passage carefully.

• Read the first sentence of each paragraph.

• Read the question.