This document provides tips for answering reading comprehension questions on the TOEFL exam. It discusses techniques for reading passages like skimming to get the main idea and scanning to find specific information. It also outlines different types of reading questions such as main idea questions, topic questions, detail questions, and vocabulary questions. For each question type, it offers strategies like focusing on topic sentences, keywords, and restatements of information in the passage. The overall document aims to help test takers understand reading question formats and develop strategies for answering different question types on the TOEFL reading section.

1. December,3 2020
Tips and Tricks Answering Toefl Reading
Dimas Andi Setiawan

2. This TOEFL Reading Question is intended to test your ability to
understand and analyze reading texts on various topics. In this
section the test takers will get 50 questions from 5 passages in 55
minutes
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3. Reading
TechniqueA good reading technique is needed in this session if you
want to do well and get maximum results. There are two
reading techniques that you can use, namely: Skimming
and Scanning techniques
• Skimming is reading quickly a text in order to get the
main idea, main idea, or the content of the reading
correctly. No need to look for specific information, just
look for the main idea so you don't have to read the
entire passage.
• Scanning is reading quickly a text to find certain
information without reading the others or the whole.
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4. Main Idea
The first is a question about a main idea (Main
Idea). What is meant by Main Idea here is the
main idea of a paragraph which contains an
explanation, explanation, description or opinion of
the author on the subject
Tips or strategies that you can use:
1. look for the topic of the paragraph
2. pay attention to each word that develops the
topic
3. also pay attention to any conclusions in each
paragraph
4. usually the main idea is in two main sentences
5. usually you will find the answer in a
complementary sentence
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5. Topic
Next is a question about the topic or theme of a reading. The topic here is the
main subject of a reading, what the reading is about.
example of a question
on a topic
• what is the main topic of this passage ?
• the text is mainly talking about ?
• the passage is about ?
Tips And Tricks
• focus on reading in the main sentence and
the end of the paragraph
• find keywords in each reading (usually in
the form of synonyms or synonyms)
• if the question is about a topic, it is usually
a one-word or a phrase
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6. Detail Information
is a question that asks for specific information contained in
the reading text. Questions that ask the facts of the reading
(who, what, where, when, and how). This type of question
asks about a small portion of the reading, not the whole
reading and also asks about the explicit information that is
expressed in the reading. Examples of detailed information
inquiries
Tips or strategies that you can use:
 The answers to these types of questions
can generally be found directly in the
reading text
 The answers to the questions will be
given sequentially in the reading text
• In this type of question, you will be
required to choose an answer which is a
paraphrase or re-expression of the same
intonation but in different words
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 According to the passage ….
 It is stated …..
 It is indicated that ….
 Which of the folllowing is NOT supported by ….
 The passage states that …

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Vocabulary Question
A question that asks
synonyms or looks for the
equivalent word whose
meaning is closest to the
word being asked.
Examples of Vocabulary Questions:
 What is the meaning of ” ….” in line 3
paragrraph 1 ?
 The word “ …..” in line 4 can be replaced by
……

8. THANK YOU!
Dimas Andi Setiawan