Using Appropriate Reading Style

Extensive Reading is a reading technique that helps you:

• A. work out the main ideas of the text without having to read it all.

• B. read the whole story.

• C. find a particular piece of information.

• D. obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading longer texts for pleasure

The following items do not require fast reading EXCEPT:

• A. test/exam directions

• B. Wattpad stories

• C. medicine labels

• D. Google search

Your classmate told you of the recent post from your school page regarding the online enrollment and the parents and students' preferences regarding the different educational delivery modes in the New Normal. What reading technique are you going to use to know more of this post on Facebook?

• A. Skimming

• B. Scanning

• C. Intensive

• D. Extensive

People are NOT scanning a text effectively when they______________.

• A. read every word in a text

• B. look for content words or visual clues

• C. read blocks of words

• D. know what they are looking for

Searching for the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a dictionary is an example of:

• A. Skimming

• B. Scanning

• C. Intensive

• D. Extensive

Skimming techniques include:

• A. looking for the main ideas of the article.

• B. looking for specific words, phrases, names, dates or places.

• C. taking time to understand the whole text in depth.

• D. reading longer text for pleasure.

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• A. Floods can cause a lot of damage

• B. Floods damage houses and roads

• C. Floods cause mudslides

• D. Flood is a supernatural occurence