SKIM or SCAN?

What sort of reading is skimming?

• Quick reading

• Slow reading

What sort of reading is scanning?

• Quick reading

• Slow reading

What are you doing if you are scanning a dictionary?

• Finding a word

• Reading a story

What are you doing if you are skimming a newspaper?

• Reading the front page

• Seeing what's in the paper

It is good to scan a story if you want to read it quickly.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When your exam is nearly approaching and you need to review your lessons, what would you do?

• Skim

• Scan

What sort of reading technique do you use to find a word in a dictionary?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Careful reading

What sort of reading technique do you use to find out what's on TV today?

• Careful reading

• Skimming

• Scanning

If you want to find the football results in a paper, what would you do?

• Skim

• Scan

• Read carefully

If you want to see quickly what ingredients you need in a recipe, what would you do?

• Skim

• Scan

• Read carefully