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- 2. Part 1 ~Types of Comprehension Questions 1) Direct Questions Give direct answers Answers will be stated plainly in the passage Task: locate these answers after reading carefully what the question is looking for Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 3. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 1) Direct Questions Examples: - What was the main reason… - Give two examples… - Quote a sentence… - Explain how… - Write down one word/ an expression which shows… Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 4. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 2) Inferential Questions Read between the lines Answers cannot be found directly from the passage Make your deduction Infer the meaning or answer through given words or phrases from the passage Even from your own general knowledge Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 5. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 2) Inferential Questions Examples: - explain clearly / explain the contrast… - suggest how… - what do you think… - why does the author suggest… - what impression… Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 6. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 3) Rephrasing Questions Rewrite in your own words but keep the meaning read the phrase or sentence in its context in the passage so that your explanation is appropriate to the situation Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 7. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 3) Rephrasing Questions Examples: - Explain the term /phrase /sentence… - Explain in your own words… Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 8. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 4) Vocabulary Questions Explain word or phrase meaning a certain word or phrase is chosen from the passage You are required to give another word or phrase bearing the same meaning as the word Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
- 9. Types of ComprehensionQuestions 4) Vocabulary Questions Examples: - What does the word suggest about… - What picture do these words suggest? - What does the word ‘even’ suggest about… - What does ‘preserve the market’ mean? Adapted from O level Comprehension and Summary Writing Guide
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- 11. Part 2 ~Interpreting Text (Thinking Skills) • Making an Intelligent Guess sometimes, the answer to the question is not given directly in the passage instead, clues are given from which you have to guess the answer you are required to ‘read between the lines’ and make inferences – intelligent guesses E.g. At last, the angry passengers were called to board the bus. Question: Suggest why the passengers were angry. (What would be the most likely reason for the passengers’ anger?) Answer: The passengers were angry because the bus was delayed. Adapted from Score in Comprehension O Level by Graeme Spencer
- 12. Interpreting Text (ThinkingSkills) • Two Kinds of Inference Logical Inference: based on definition E.g. She cried as she stood beside the grave. Question: Where was she when she stood beside the grave? Answer: A cemetery (because a cemetery is where you find graves) Adapted from Score in Comprehension O Level by Graeme Spencer
- 13. Interpreting Text (ThinkingSkills) • Two Kinds of Inference Empirical Inference: based on observation E.g. She cried as she stood beside the grave. Question: Why was she crying? Answer: Because someone she cared for had died. (If you see someone crying near a grave, you would guess that this was the case.) Also, remember that inference will always require an “own words” answer Adapted from Score in Comprehension O Level by Graeme Spencer
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