Reading comprehension involves understanding written text by processing it and relating it to what is already known. The purpose of reading is to gain meaning, and instruction aims to help students develop skills and knowledge to become proficient readers. Strategies like skimming, scanning, and focusing answers on passage content rather than outside knowledge can help with comprehension assessments. Common errors include incomplete or unmarked answers, inefficient reading, and improper formatting.

1. READING
COMPREHENSION
ANIL KUMAR

2. Reading comprehension is
the ability to process text,
understand its meaning, and to
integrate with what the reader
already knows.

3. The purpose of reading is comprehension — getting
meaning from written text. ... A major goal of reading
comprehension instruction, therefore, is to help
students develop the knowledge, skills, and
experiences they must have if they are to become
competent and enthusiastic readers.
WHY

4. STRATEGIES TO ATTEMPT
SECTION A (READING
SKILL)

5. SKIMMING
Quickly run through the passage once.
Note all capitalized words, numbers,
names, scientific/medical terms.

6. NOW READ THE QUESTIONS AND GO BACK TO THE
PASSAGE TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE ANSWERS.
SCANNING
Once you locate the paragraph where you think a
particular answer is, read that particular paragraph.

7. IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
• Write your answer without lifting exactly passage content.
• Respond in the tone and tense and direction of the question.
• Answer should be precise and to the point.
• Base your answer on the passage content rather than deviating from it and
applying your previous knowledge.
• In word attack / vocabulary based question, provide only one word/phrase.
• If confused in vocabulary questions, try to deduce/ puzzle out the meaning
from the context.

8. COMMON ERRORS
• All the parts of the questions are not answered.
• In M.C.Q.s correct answer is not marked.
• Waste a lot of time in reading the Passages.
• Don’t leave space after every part.
• Do not number them properly.
• Change the indentation from 1, 2, 3, to a, b, c or vice versa which
confuses the examiner.

9. LET’S READ AND
COMPREHEND
Thank you