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READING STRATEGY- individual practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jacob walks into his office and saw a small note on his table from his colleague. The note said, " Meeting postponed to 2.30 p.m. today. The meeting is in conference room 1". What time is the meeting postponed to?

a)

2.30 a.m.

b)

2.30 p.m.

c)

10 a.m.

d)

10 p.m.

2.

Fara is scheduled to give a speech to a group of medical doctors at a conference in Miami. Her flight to Miami is scheduled for tomorrow. She texted her daughter, Laila who has not met for two months, hoping to meet her daughter at the airport before leaving to Maimi.

In the passage above, what is the overall idea of the passage.

a)

A mom's wish to meet her daughter before leaving for a conference.

b)

A text message between mom and daughter

c)

An informative message from a mother to daughter.

3.

Nocturnal creatures, such as bats and owls, have highly developed senses that enable them to function in the dark.

a)

feathery

b)

living

c)

active at night.

4.

Mary admonished her students and they knew they were reprimanded for their actions. Admonished is

a)

punished

b)

scolded

c)

advice

5.

His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-like appearance, was frightening to see.

a)

very thin and boney

b)

very scary and strict

c)

very sick and scary

6.

Trying to control everything your teens do can impede their growth. However, to advance their development, allow them to make some decisions on their own. Impede means

a)

predict

b)

improve

c)

block

7.

Contextual clue is

a)

clues that are given in the reading passage

b)

answers that are given in the reading passage

c)

examples that are given in the reading passage

8.

David left his girlfriends birthday cake in the fridge. It was left in the fridge for two days. It refers to

a)

David

b)

the fridge

c)

the cake

d)

his girlfriend

9.

She complained a lot about her job to Felisha because Lucy hates her current job. She refers to

a)

Felisha

b)

Job

c)

Lucy

d)

her manager

10.

Referencing is

a)

guessing the meaning from context

b)

replacing a word with noun or pronoun

c)

making assumptions about the reading passage

11.

John was shocked that his best friend has died They just meet a couple of hours ago. Why was John shocked?

a)

His best friend died

b)

He just meet his bestfriend few hours ago & now his best friend has died

c)

He just spoke to his bestfriend yesterday & today he is dead

d)

John meet his dead best friend

12.

Alex's gift made Fany blush because she always had a crush on Alex. The gift had made her day perfect. Why is that?

a)

Fany has a crush on Alex

b)

Fany is happy because her crush, Alex gave her gifts.

c)

Fany is a shy person

d)

Alex made Fany blush

13.

When Joe was literally sprinting because he was rushing to where his next class is supposed to be held. He realized he is terribly late for the class. However upon reaching the building, he notice it was empty. He walked into the building and the classroom was dark and empty. He texted his classmate only to realize that it was a public holiday. All that rush and sweat was just futile. Why did Joe sweat?

a)

He was late to class

b)

He rushed to his class

c)

He ran to his class because he was very late for class

d)

The building was empty and dark

14.

No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed.Which word is a synonym of "clandestine"?

a)

family

b)

useful

c)

dangerous

d)

secret

15.

What are the reading strategies that we have learned today? Tick the appropriate answers ( you may tick more than 1 answer)

a)

Referencing

b)

Summary

c)

Inference

d)

Scanning

e)

Contextual clue