Reading Strategies

What are the three basic reading strategies?

Reading quickly to get the general meaning is...

• Reading for detail

• Scanning

• Skipping

• Skimming

When a question asks you to suggest a good heading for a paragraph, your reading strategy is to ...

• Read for detail

• Scan

• Scam

• Skim

Looking up a word in a thesaurus is an example of ...

• Skimming

• Spilling

• Scanning

• Reading for detail

In the Reading Part 1 exam you need to...

• match words with definitions

• select and match information

• suggest paragraph headings

• re-order paragraphs correctly

You're at the train station and you want to find out the time of the next train to Toulouse on the overhead display. What strategy do you use to?

• Skim

• Read for detail

• Read the question again

• Scan

You're reading your favourite novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' again. How would you read it?

• Quickly to get the general idea

• Start with the final paragraph

• Closely

• Quickly to find the names of the characters

Which text is not included in the Reading Part 1 Exam?

• An advertisement

• A newspaper article

• A timetable

• A leaflet

You are reading a film review to decide whether to watch a film. How are you reading it?

• Scanning

• Reading for detail

• With your eyes closed

• Skimming

How many marks in the Exam is the Reading Part 1 worth?

• 10

• 20

• 25

• 50