READING SKILLS

The following skills are required when

answering questions on reading
comprehension.

Skimming and scanning

Identifying main ideas and supporting details
Getting meaning of words from context
 READING SKILLS:
Skimming & Scanning
 Skimming requires you to read the text
quickly, noting only the main points.
 Thus, note the title, sub-headings, first
sentence of each paragraph and the last
paragraph
EXERCISE

 Scanning requires you to look for specific

information like vocabulary item, a name, a
number etc EXERCISE
 READING SKILLS:
Identifying Main Ideas & Supporting Details

 The main idea is the main point or general

idea of a passage, report, speech or article.
 It includes details or examples; topic
sentence can be main idea

 Supporting details are elaboration of the

main idea by giving details & examples
 READING SKILLS:
Contextual Clues
 A word in a different context has a
different meaning
 Use information as cues to guess the
meaning of a word or a phrase
 You can also deduce from contextual
clues given before or after a word or
expression
EXERCISE