WorksheetsReading Strategies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are the three basic reading strategies?
Reading quickly to get the general meaning is...
Reading for detail
Scanning
Skipping
Skimming
When a question asks you to suggest a good heading for a paragraph, your reading strategy is to ...
Read for detail
Scan
Scam
Skim
Looking up a word in a thesaurus is an example of ...
Skimming
Spilling
Scanning
Reading for detail
In the Reading Part 1 exam you need to...
match words with definitions
select and match information
suggest paragraph headings
re-order paragraphs correctly
You're at the train station and you want to find out the time of the next train to Toulouse on the overhead display. What strategy do you use to?
Skim
Read for detail
Read the question again
Scan
You're reading your favourite novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' again. How would you read it?
Quickly to get the general idea
Start with the final paragraph
Closely
Quickly to find the names of the characters
Which text is not included in the Reading Part 1 Exam?
An advertisement
A newspaper article
A timetable
A leaflet
You are reading a film review to decide whether to watch a film. How are you reading it?
Scanning
Reading for detail
With your eyes closed
Skimming
How many marks in the Exam is the Reading Part 1 worth?
10
20
25
50
How many paragraphs would you be expected to read in the Reading Part 1 Exam?
8
12
6
10
Your flat pack wardrobe has arrived from Ikea, accompanied with an instruction manual. What strategy would you apply to get it assembled?
Read the instructions closely
Skim the instructions
Have someone else read the instructions to you slowly
Scan the instructions
Which reading strategy is the man applying?
Skimming
Scanning
Close reading
Flipping
Which strategy does this represent?
Reading for detail
Skimming
Scanning
Scamming
LAST ONE! Which is it?
Scanning
Skimming
Close Reading
Imbibing
