SKIMMING OR SCANNING ?

1)      What sort of reading is skimming?

• A) quick reading

• B) slow reading

• C. careful reading.

2. 2. What sort of reading is scanning?

• A) quick reading

• B) slow reading

• C. careful reading.

3)      If you scan a dictionary what are you doing?

• A) finding a word

• B) reading a story

     4. If you skim a newspaper what are you doing?

• A) reading the front page

• B) seeing what's in the paper

5. 5. When we read to get a general idea, or gist of text , this is

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Predicting

• Extrapolation

A teacher asks the students to quickly glance through the text to give a title to the article. On which reading strategy is she focusing ?

• Comparing

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Connecting

Key words and numbers can help with

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Predicting

• Reading carefully

If you are reading to find your team's score, are you...

• skimming

• scanning

• careful reading

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

you...

• skim

• scan

• read slowly

• guess the information

What is the purpose of skimming while reading?

• To read slowly and carefully

• To find specific information quickly

• To predict the outcome of the text