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Reading skills: Skim or Scan?

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Key words and numbers can help with...

a)

skimming

b)

scanning

2.

What sort of reading do you use to find a word in a dictionary?

a)

skimming

b)

scanning

c)

careful reading

3.

If you want to find the football results in a paper, do you...

a)

skim

b)

scan

c)

read carefully

4.

If you want to see quickly what ingredients you need in a recipe, do you...

a)

skim

b)

scan

c)

read carefully

5.

If you look at all the headlines in a paper, what are you doing?

a)

skimming

b)

scanning

6.

If you are reading to find your team's score, are you...

a)

skimming

b)

scanning

c)

careful reading

7.

Scan the TV programme to find out what time you can see the news on BBC One.

a)

20.00

b)

20.27

c)

20.30

8.

Scan the TV programme to find out who presents 'Great Movie Mistakes'.

a)

Robert Webb

b)

John Stansfield

c)

Kate Humble

9.

Scan the TV programmes to find out what is on at 19.30.

a)

World News

b)

Countryfile

c)

Born to be Wild

10.

Scan the TV programmes to find a science programme.

a)

Born to be Wild

b)

Countryfile

c)

The Science of Space

11.

Skim the TV programmes to find out how many times you can watch the news.

a)

once

b)

twice

c)

thrice

12.

Skim the TV programmes to find out what time you can watch a programme about the countryside.

a)

18.15

b)

18.30

c)

19.30

13.

You need to find someone’s telephone number. Which of these things might you do?

a)

Scan the phone book

b)

Read the phone book in detail

c)

Skim the phone book

14.

You want to find out when your friend’s birthday is. Which of these things would you do?

a)

Scan your calendar

b)

Read your calendar in detail

c)

Skim your calendar

15.

You want to read a newspaper article. Which of these things you might do first?

a)

Scan the article

b)

Read the article in detail

c)

Skim the article

16.

You want to look up the meaning of a word. Which of these things might you do?

a)

Scan a dictionary

b)

Read your dictionary in detail

c)

Skim the dictionary

17.

You have been invited to a party. Which of these things might you do?

a)

Scan the invitation quickly for details

b)

Read the invitation in detail

c)

Skim the invitation

18.

Your teacher has given you written feedback. Which of these things might you do?

a)

Read your teacher’s feedback in detail

b)

Scan your teacher’s feedback

c)

Skim your teacher’s feedback

19.

You have just picked a holiday brochure. Which of these things you might do first?

a)

Skim it

b)

Read it in detail

c)

Scan it