Reading Comprehension

Types of Questions
• Referential
meaning of words, the context of writing, the sequence of events,
characters in the story, and factual data are clearly stated.

• Inferential
readers require to combine ideas, interpret and evaluate informati
on, identify tone and voice, and draw conclusions.
 Types of Questions
• Autumn is the season that falls between summer and winter. Th
ere are many changes that occur at the beginning of the season.
Days become shorter, leaves turn red, yellow, and orange. Sunli
ght is very essential for trees to keep their leaves green. Animal
s start storing their food to last through the long winter months.
 Types of Questions
• Refrential Question:
Question Autumn occurs between summer and which another sea
son?

• Inferential Question:
What is the main purpose of the passage?
 Questions

• What is the author’s purpose for writing the passage?

• Summarize the main idea of the passage.

• Draw a conclusion
 6 essential skills for reading comprehension

• Decoding
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Sentence Construction and Cohesion
• Reasoning and background knowledge
• Working memory and attention
Tips and tricks to solve Reading Comprehension

1. WPM (Word per Minute)

• Role of Eye Span using eye span for quick reading
• Side Effects of Lip Reading
• Side Effects of Underlining/ Using Fingers
• Sign Post Words
• Segmenting with Sub- Headings (like – intro, background, caus
es, conclusion)
 Tips for Short Passages
• one or two paragraphs long
• read easily and quickly
• read the passage slowly but simultaneously look for the i
mportant details
• from the questions, retrace the lines that correspond to th
e questions.
 Tips for Medium Length Passages
• read two to three lines of each paragraph given
• find the conclusion and essence of the paragraph quickly.
• memorize some information given, by recollecting the imp
ortant words
• eliminate the words, phrases, and sentences from the pas
sage that is not useful
• improve vocabulary
• solve comprehensions from Science, Arts, Literature, Polit
ics, Economics, and Current Affairs, etc.
Strategies to solve Reading Comprehension quickly
• read the questions first. pay attention to the answer part r
ather than just wasting time on unnecessary things.
• Don’t waste time getting the details. Just get the main ide
a and move ahead.
• Don’t memorize everything. Understand the flow and stru
cture of the passage. You can always re-read the passag
e if needed.
• Do not get stuck on particular words for meaning. Get the
gist of the passage and save your time.
Reading Comprehension
Do's Dont's

skim and scan No Lipreading

look at chunks of words. No Underlining
pay attention to signposts (but, No using finger while reading
and)
Segmenting with Sub-
Headings
(like – intro, background,
causes, conclusion)
Answer in Context No assuming meanings of
words.
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