tips on how to answer reading comprehension questions fast.. even without reading the entire passage.

1. READING COMPREHENSION TEST
Tips and Strategies for Answering

2. THE CHALLENGES:
Not having enough time to answer
 Unable to read the passages completely
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3. THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Every answer can and should be found or inferred
directly from the passage.
 Don’t try to draw conclusions from outside knowledge,
unless the question requires.
 Read instructions carefully.
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4. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
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Read the questions first
This will help you to look for relevant answers while
reading the passage.
 If the passage is read first, you will be losing time more as
you will be reading everything again to look for answers.
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Answer easier questions
Don’t spend too much time trying to answer a difficult
question. It will eat up your time.
 Get back to the questions you are not too sure
about after you have answered the easier ones.
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5. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
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Make use of keywords
After you read the questions, make sure you highlight any
headings, phrases, and keywords that can help in
answering the questions.
 Find the key (important) words of each question and get
back to the passage to find the question.
 Most of the answers are in the sentence with that key word
or the sentences before or after it.
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6. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance
of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out
their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been
celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their
neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is
today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public
acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be
unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods,
services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the
very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.
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The phrase this tradition refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.
the practice of starting the business day at dawn
friendly relations between neighbors
the railroad's reliance on time schedules
people's agreement on the measurement of time

7. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance
of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out
their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been
celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their
neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is
today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public
acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be
unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods,
services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the
very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.


The phrase "this tradition" refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.
the practice of starting the business day at dawn
friendly relations between neighbors
the railroad's reliance on time schedules
people's agreement on the measurement of time

8. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance
of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out
their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been
celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their
neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is
today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public
acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be
unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods,
services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the
very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.


The phrase "this tradition" refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.
the practice of starting the business day at dawn
friendly relations between neighbors
the railroad's reliance on time schedules
people's agreement on the measurement of time

9. TIPS IN ANSWERING:

Avoid using any knowledge from outside the
passage
Answers have to be from what is given in the passage itself
 Avoid any answer that is not supported by relevant
information from the passage

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Identify the main idea of the passage by reading
the first and the last sentence.
The idea of the paragraph is stated in the topic sentence.
 The topic sentence is almost always located in the first or
last part.
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10. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of
precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their
wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated,
people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the
time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than
ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time,
social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers
of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts;
the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.


What is the main idea of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.
The traditions of society are timeless.
An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth
functioning of society.
Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain
activities.

11. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of
precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their
wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated,
people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the
time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than
ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time,
social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers
of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts;
the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.


What is the main idea of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.
The traditions of society are timeless.
An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth
functioning of society.
Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain
activities.

12. TIPS IN ANSWERING:
Example:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of
precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their
wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated,
people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the
time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than
ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time,
social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers
of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts;
the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.


What is the main idea of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.
The traditions of society are timeless.
An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth
functioning of society.
Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain
activities.

13. Questions?

14. Questions?