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Technical Reading Skills

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Technical Reading is

a)

is a strategy you can use to obtain a great amount of information in a short time

b)

reading a lot of boring texts

c)

only reading manuals

d)

none of these

2.

Which of the following are part of the surveying process for technical reading?

a)

summarizing

b)

writing down key words or vocabulary

c)

scribing headers and sub-headers

d)

all of the above

3.

How many sentences should you write down from each paragraph according to the technical reading method?

a)

all of them

b)

two

c)

three

d)

one

4.

What should you do after you create questions based on your notes?

a)

review them

b)

delete them

c)

answer them

d)

I'm supposed to create questions?

5.

Name any of the technical reading sources we read.

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6.

Read and then write down the most important sentence from the paragraph below.

Borrowing and Lending Borrowers and lenders of motorcycles, beware. Crashes are fairly common among beginning riders — especially in the first months of riding. Riding an unfamiliar motorcycle adds to the problem. If you borrow a motorcycle, get familiar with it in a controlled area. And if you lend your motorcycle to friends, make sure they are licensed and know how to ride before allowing them out into traffic.

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7.

Look at the diagram and then create an original question based on what you see.

4 lines
8.

All of the following are examples of technical reading except for

a)

manuals

b)

textbooks

c)

Fiction novel

d)

programming guide

9.

Using the words Tenant, Landlord, and Lease, create an original sentence to describe the relationship between these words.

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10.

What kinds of school subjects require technical reading?

a)

physical science

b)

engineering

c)

computer science

d)

all of the above