What is NOT skimming?

How many languages could Mary speak?

What languages did Mary speak?

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

How often do you skim and scan?

If you want to find the football game results in a paper, what would you do?

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

What sort of reading technique do you use to find out what's on TV today?

What reading technique will you use if you want to find out the falling action in a short story?

What are you doing if you are skimming a newspaper?

If you want to know the main idea in the paragraph that you're reading, what would you do?

If you're holding a magazine and you want to discover which articles you would like to read in more detail, what would you do?

If you're travelling and holding a brochure, what would you do to quickly get informed about the city you're visiting?

You want to know the bus schedule for the next day.

What will you do if you want to use a google search list on the internet?

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

You need to find someone's telephone number. What should you do?

What are you doing if you are scanning a dictionary?

Is it good to scan a story if you want to read it quickly?

What sort of reading is skimming?

Skimming is reading a text quickly to find out the general theme, topic or meaning.

Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information.

There’s no need to read every word in scanning.

Scanning and skimming are both reading strategies.

The objective of skimming is to search out relevant words and collocations, etc.

Scan if you are previewing a book.

Scan if you have a question that you need to answered.

Skim if you are rereading some pages before moving on in a book.

Look through bulleted information and sidebars when skimming.

Look at any illustrations or graphic features when scanning.

Grace is a humanoid robot. She is working as a nurse in a hospital. Dressed in a blue nurse's uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature and measure your responsiveness. She uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patient and can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

What does Grace do?

Grace is a humanoid robot. She is working as a nurse in a hospital. She can speak and interact with patients. Grace visits patients and brightens to their day by greetings and talking to them. She uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patients. Grace has got a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature and measure your responsiveness. Grace has collar-length brown hair. She has big brown eyes and an oval face. She has 48 facial muscles so she can show various expressions when talking to the patients. She can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Which one of the following sentence is true about Grace?

Grace is a humanoid robot. She is working as a nurse in a hospital. Dressed in a blue nurse's uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature and measure your responsiveness. She uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patient and can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Grace can speak in some languages, except ....

Grace is a humanoid robot. She is working as a nurse in a hospital. Dressed in a blue nurse's uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature and measure your responsiveness. She uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patient and can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

"I can visit with people and brighten their day with social stimulation ... but also can do talk therapy, take bio readings and help healthcare providers," Grace told Reuters Sophia, in creator Hanson Robotics' Hong Kong workshop.

What can Grace do to her patients? The following sentences are correct, except ....

Hero, My Pet

This is Hero, my pet It Is a green iguana, but its name doesn't represent its colours. It is brown with a faint black band around its tail. Hero is 40 cm long and about 2.5 kg. It likes vegetables very much. Hero eats water spinach, carrots, cucumbers and other vegetables. I sometimes give Hero some small insects. They are good for Hero's bones, so it won't suffer from osteoporosis. Hero looks like a little dragon. It has scales on some parts of its body. It also has strong legs. They are useful for swimming and climbing trees.

What is the text about?

Grace is a humanoid robot. She is working as a nurse in a hospital. Dressed in a blue nurse's uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair. She has got big brown eyes and an oval face. She has a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature and measure your responsiveness. She uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patient and can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

"I can visit with people and brighten their day with social stimulation ... but also can do talk therapy, take bio readings and help healthcare providers," Grace told Reuters Sophia, in creator Hanson Robotics' Hong Kong workshop.

How does Grace look like?

Hero My Pet

This is Hero my pet. it is a green iguana, but its name doesn't represent its colours. it is brown with a faint black band around its tail. Hero is 40 cm long and about 2,5 kg. It likes vegetables very much. Hero eats water spinach, carrot, cucumber, and other vegetables. I sometimes give Hero some small insects. They are good for Hero's bones. So it won't suffer from osteoporosis. Hero looks like a little dragon it has scales on some parts of its body and also has strong legs. They are useful for swimming and climbing trees.

Why does the pet need to eat insects? Because ....

Hero My Pet

This is Hero my pet. It is a green iguana, but its name doesn't represent its colours. It is brown with a faint black band around its tail. Hero is 40 cm long and about 2,5 kg. It likes vegetables very much. Hero eats water spinach, carrot, cucumber, and other vegetables. I sometimes give Hero some small insects. They are good for Hero's bones. So it won't suffer from osteoporosis. Hero looks like a little dragon it has scales on some parts of its body and also has strong legs. They are useful for swimming and climbing trees.

What is the colour of the pet?

Hero My Pet

This is Hero my pet. It is a green iguana, but its name doesn't represent its colours. It is brown with a faint black band around its tail. Hero is 40 cm long and about 2,5 kg. It likes vegetables very much. Hero eats water spinach, carrot, cucumber, and other vegetables. I sometimes give Hero some small insects. They are good for Hero's bones. So it won't suffer from osteoporosis. Hero looks like a little dragon it has scales on some parts of its body and also has strong legs. They are useful for swimming and climbing trees.

What are the functions of the pet's strong legs?

Hero My Pet

This is Hero my pet. It is a green iguana, but its name doesn't represent its colours. It is brown with a faint black band around its tail. Hero is 40 cm long and about 2,5 kg. It likes vegetables very much. Hero eats water spinach, carrot, cucumber, and other vegetables. I sometimes give Hero some small insects. They are good for Hero's bones. So it won't suffer from osteoporosis. Hero looks like a little dragon it has scales on some parts of its body and also has strong legs. They are useful for swimming and climbing trees.

Why does it look like a little dragon? Because ...

Translate the following sentence into Bahasa Indonesia

"Haku has got scales on some parts of its body"

I sometimes give him some small insects

The meaning of sentence above in Bahasa Indonesia....

Grace ... ... big brown eyes and an oval face.

I ........... your phone number. Can you tell me what is it?

My uncle ....... a new motorcycle. It looks cool.

The computer is too expensive for me. I .... enough money to buy it.

Part of elephant's body to to drink, store and spray water, and they also blow air through it to communicate

a thermometer is used to ...... your temperature

It has got a ....... with some faint black bands on it.

The following sentences are correct based on the picture, except ....

People do not really use music to charm snakes. Snakes have no ears, so the snake can't hear a flute. The snake charmer startles the snake by waving a hand near it. The snake lifts its head to look around. The charmer then says back and forth or moves the flute. The snake moves its head to keep an eye on the movement. This paragraph mainly tells:

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

The old man was walking down the street slowly. Since he was a pedestrian, he stayed along the outer edges of the lanes and was careful to keep to the crosswalks as he crossed to other streets.

What does the word "pedestrian" mean in the paragraph above?

Steel is a very important metal which is used for many things. In the United States, the automobile industry uses the most steel. Steel is used in putting up buildings, in making cans and containers, and in making farm and factory machines.

The main idea is:

Fish, nuts, and seeds have protein. Protein helps your body build muscle and build up immunity to illnesses. It is important to get enough protein in your diet to keep you strong so that you can get all of your work done.

It is likely that:

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

Based on the passage, what is probably true about the south of France?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

According to the passage, which animals appear most often on the cave walls?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

Why was painting inside the Lascaux complex a difficult task?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.

The word They refers to _______.

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

According to the passage, all of the following have caused damage to the paintings EXCEPT _______.

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

What does the passage say happened at the Lascaux caves in 1963?

When you go to sleep at night, you probably think that you are not doing much. Your body is in one place, your eyes are closed, and you don’t talk to people. But your body is doing more than you think it is! Scientists have used special, sophisticated machines to study the way people sleep. They have found that your brain is actually very busy when you sleep. There are several stages of sleep in a sleep cycle. You go through the sleep cycle multiple times each night. Your brain’s activity level is a little different in each stage. The final stage of the cycle is called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During REM, your eyes are moving even though you are asleep. That is how this stage got its name. Most of your dreams occur during REM sleep.

What is your brain doing while you are sleeping?

When you go to sleep at night, you probably think that you are not doing much. Your body is in one place, your eyes are closed, and you don’t talk to people. But your body is doing more than you think it is! Scientists have used special, sophisticated machines to study the way people sleep. They have found that your brain is actually very busy when you sleep. There are several stages of sleep in a sleep cycle. You go through the sleep cycle multiple times each night. Your brain’s activity level is a little different in each stage. The final stage of the cycle is called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During REM, your eyes are moving even though you are asleep. That is how this stage got its name. Most of your dreams occur during REM sleep.

What is true about people during REM sleep?

When you go to sleep at night, you probably think that you are not doing much. Your body is in one place, your eyes are closed, and you don’t talk to people. But your body is doing more than you think it is! Scientists have used special, sophisticated machines to study the way people sleep. They have found that your brain is actually very busy when you sleep. There are several stages of sleep in a sleep cycle. You go through the sleep cycle multiple times each night. Your brain’s activity level is a little different in each stage. The final stage of the cycle is called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During REM, your eyes are moving even though you are asleep. That is how this stage got its name. Most of your dreams occur during REM sleep

How else could you say asleep?

Do you ever remember your dreams? You may not remember what you dream, but you probably dream every night—almost everyone does. Why do you have dreams? Scientists disagree on exactly why you dream. Some say it is your brain’s way of processing things. You learn a lot and have a lot of things happen to you, so while you sleep, your brain processes that information. Dreaming might be the way your brain makes sense of what happens to you. Some say that dreams are the way your brain solves problems. Suppose you are upset about something. Dreams may be a way for your brain to help you feel better. People may not agree on why you dream. But everyone agrees that dreaming is very important. You need to dream so that your brain is ready for the next day

What is this text mostly about?

Do you ever remember your dreams? You may not remember what you dream, but you probably dream every night—almost everyone does. Why do you have dreams? Scientists disagree on exactly why you dream. Some say it is your brain’s way of processing things. You learn a lot and have a lot of things happen to you, so while you sleep, your brain processes that information. Dreaming might be the way your brain makes sense of what happens to you. Some say that dreams are the way your brain solves problems. Suppose you are upset about something. Dreams may be a way for your brain to help you feel better. People may not agree on why you dream. But everyone agrees that dreaming is very important. You need to dream so that your brain is ready for the next day

Which statement about dreams is not true?

Do you ever remember your dreams? You may not remember what you dream, but you probably dream every night—almost everyone does. Why do you have dreams? Scientists disagree on exactly why you dream. Some say it is your brain’s way of processing things. You learn a lot and have a lot of things happen to you, so while you sleep, your brain processes that information. Dreaming might be the way your brain makes sense of what happens to you. Some say that dreams are the way your brain solves problems. Suppose you are upset about something. Dreams may be a way for your brain to help you feel better. People may not agree on why you dream. But everyone agrees that dreaming is very important. You need to dream so that your brain is ready for the next day

What do we process in the same way we process information?

Sleep is a very important part of staying healthy. When you are asleep, your brain uses that time to take care of itself. Some scientists think your brain sorts things out when you sleep and that it also replaces chemicals it needs. The rest of your body needs sleep, too. While you are sleeping, your body stays busy by using that time to heal itself. It also uses that time to build up your immune system, which is the system your body uses to fight off germs. Your body also uses your sleep time to build up muscles, bones, and tissues so that you can grow. Sleep helps you think clearly and stay in a better mood. That helps you to cope better with a busy day

What would be a good title for this text?