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Understanding The Fact-1
Understanding The Fact-1
In reading test, you may be asked to find and determine the relationships among the facts in a reading
passage. To answer factual questions, focus on the details in the passage. All factual statements are true
and all are stated in the passage.
Skill Focus
Clue 3 The same fact might be stated in different words in the passage.
Example In the two decades since it opened its doors, the company has always been profitable.
Fact The company is 20 years old. (Two decades means the same as 20 years, and opened its
doors means the same as started.)
Exercise : Find two supporting facts for each general statement. Write the letters under the
appropriate statement.