SKIMMING AND SCANNING

Sarah needs to quickly review a 30-page research article to decide if it contains information relevant to her project. She doesn't have time to read the entire article in detail.

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Paraphrasing

• Summarising

John is searching for a specific phone number in the phone book. He flips through the pages rapidly, looking for the number he needs, and doesn't pay much attention to the surrounding information.

• Skimming

• Summarising

• Scanning

• Phishing

Tom is at the library looking for a specific book on a crowded shelf. He quickly scans the book spines, searching for the title he needs, without reading the book descriptions.

• Skimming

• Summarising

• Scanning

• Paraphrasing

Karen is reading a lengthy legal document to prepare for an upcoming court case. She reads the headings and subheadings to get an overview of the document's structure before diving into the details.

• Skimming

• Summarising

• Scanning

• Paraphrasing

David is browsing a webpage to find the publication date of an online news article. He scrolls quickly through the page, looking for a date stamp at the top or bottom of the article.

• Skimming

• Summarising

• Scanning

• Paraphrasing

Emily is reviewing her class notes from a lecture. She quickly runs her eyes over the notes to find specific keywords and concepts that she wants to study more in-depth later.

• Scanning

• Reading

• Understanding

• Skimming

Lisa is studying for her history exam, and she wants to find information about a particular event in a thick history textbook. She carefully reads the introduction and headings of each chapter before deciding which one to read more thoroughly.

• Scanning

• Reading

• Understanding

• Skimming

Mark is reading a mystery novel for pleasure. He wants to fully immerse himself in the story and enjoy the descriptive language and character development. He pays attention to every word on the page.

• Scanning

• Reading

• Understanding

• Skimming

Skimming means you don't need to read every word - just pick out key words and sentences.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• None of the above

Reading Comprehension is when you look over a text quickly, line by line, hunting for key words, dates, names and numbers.

• True

• False

• Either A or B

• Not sure