REFERENTS

Referents may take various forms, such as:

1. Personal pronoun; I, me, my, mine, she. her, hers, him, his, we, ours, etc
(replace a noun)
2. Impersonal pronouns; one, ones (replace noun)
3. Demonstrative pronouns; this, that, these, those (replace nouns, phrases, or
sentences that refer to the fact or idea)
4. There, then; (replace adverb of time and place)
5. Such + noun (replaces the description of the person or thing named by the
noun)
6. The former, the latter, the same (replaces the previously mentioned person,
thing , or idea)

Speed-reading is a skill every student should master in order to succeed in his or

her studies. In relation to this, some students read slowly but don’t know that
they do; others read slowly and know it. Their reading problems are the same,
but the latter can be helped more easily because they are already aware of their
problems. Before the former can be helped, however, they must be made aware
of the problem.
this refers to_____ the same refers to ?
they refers to the latter refers to?
do refers to they refers to?
others refers to their problem refers to?
it refers to the former refers to?
their refers they refers to?
the problem refers to?

CONNECTORS
Connectors are very important for us to be familiar with and master as they will
help us a lot to enhance our reading comprehension upon various texts.
Connectors can be divided based on their functions which indicate:
1. CAUSE
2. RESULTS or CONSEQUENCES
3. PURPOSE
4. SIMILARITY
5. REPETITION
6. CONTRAST
7. ADDITION
8. CONDITION
9. SUMMARY
10.SPESIFIC REASONS/ ILLUSTRATION
11.