READING LEVEL 1

ENG 126 SE
GROUP 6:
Nguyễn Hà Châu
Phạm Thị Cẩm Ly
Trương Thị Nhâm
Lê Huyền My
Trần Anh Quân
Quách Bảo Trân
 Group 6: Reading Passages.
Question 1: How many types of reading passages are there in part 7?
 There are four types of reading passages in part 7.
Question 2: What strategies are used for answering?
 There are four strategies used for answering.

1a. Overview/ Gist Questions

- In Part 7, overview/ gist questions are frequently tasted. These
are the questions that require readers to find out the main idea, the
topic, or the purpose of a reading passage.
Questions Types
- Questions about the main idea or purpose of a reading passage
usually contain WH- words such as What, Why together with topic,
discuss, about, purpose, written, etc. Below are some typical
questions for the main idea/ purpose.
1b. Reading Strategy
Step 1:
- Read the question to identify whether it is an overview question .
- Questions which include topic, discuss, purpose, etc. are overview
questions.
Step 2:
- Locate the main idea/ purpose at the beginning of a reading passage.
- Find out the topic sentence showing the main idea or purpose of a
reading passage. The topic sentence usually appears at the beginning
of a reading passage and contains information to be developed later.
Step 3:
- Find out the correct answer.
- The correct answer is often the paraphrased topic sentence.

2a. Information questions

- In Part 7, information questions beginning with What, Where,
Who, When, Why, Which, and How mainly focus on specific
information in a reading passage.
Question types:
 - Information questions beginning with What, Where, Who,
When, Why, Which,and How ask about specific details in a reading
passage. Here are some typical information questions.
2b. Reading Strategy:
Step 1:
- Find out key word(s) in the question.
- Read the question and identify the key word(s) including the
question word.
- For instance, in the question What is scheduled for April?, April is
the key word and What is the question word.
Step 2:
- Locate key word(s) and hints for the answer in a reading passage.
-Look for the information in a reading passage that has been
paraphrased or that exactly states the key word(s) of the question.
Hints for the correct answer can be found around that part.
Step 3:
- Identify the correct answer that paraphrases or exactly states the
hint.
- Choose the correct answer that paraphrases or exactly states the hint
in the reading passage.

3a. Not/ True Questions

- In part 7, NOT questions are those that require you to choose an
answer that is not stated, not mentioned, or not true according to a
reading passage.
Question Types:
- NOT/TRUE question usually contain the word NOT/ mentioned/
stated/ true/ say/ included. Here are some typical NOT/TRUE
questions.
3b. Reading Strategy:
Step 1:
- Find out key word(s) in the question.
- Read the question. In case of NOT questions, words or phrase
following NOT mentioned (as) are the key words. In case of TRUE
questions, the key word(s) often follow(s) stated or about.
- For example, in the question What is NOT mentioned as a
requirement for this job? Requirement can be considered as the key
word because it directly follows NOT mentioned as.
Step 2:
- Check each of the given answer choices based on a reading passage.
- In a reading passage, find out a sentence that contains the key
word(s) or paraphrased key word(s) of the question. Then compare
the information around that sentence with each given answer choice.
In case of NOT questions, leave out options that are true, mentioned,
or stated in a reading passage; however, in case of TRUE questions,
leave out options that are not mentioned in a reading passage.
Step 3:
- Pick out the correct answer that is similar to or not similar to a
reading passage.
- After comparing with the reading passage, choose the option that is
relevant in meaning to the reading passage in case of NOT questions.

4a. Inference questions

- In part 7, Inference questions about a reading passage ask you to
draw a conclusion aboutsomething which is not directly mentioned in
the reading passage.
Question types
- Inference questions usually include words like suggest, most
likely, imply, probably. Here are some typical inference questions.
4b. Reading Strategy:
Step 1:
- Identify key word(s) in the question.
- Questions such as What does the article suggest? Do not contain any
key word(s); there-fore, you need to make an inference from the
whole reading passage.
- In case an inference question requires you to draw a conclusion
about (a) specific detail(s), (a)key word(s) usually follow(s) the words
suggested about, imply about. For example, in What is suggested
about the Monte residents? The key words of the question are the
Monte residents.
Step 2:
- Find hints for the answer choices
- Hints to help choose the answer to an inference question related to
the whole reading passage can be found in the whole reading
passage.With an inference question related to a specific detail, locate
part of the reading passage that contains the key word(s), then find
hints for the answer.
Step 3:
- Find the correct answer based on hints:
- Choose the correct answer based on the hints found in the Step 2.
Inference should be based on the details started in the reading
passage.