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Strategies fro tackling comprehension OE/MCQ

Strategies fro tackling comprehension OE/MCQ. 1) 1st reading : get main idea Eg This passage is about the writer’s trip to his hometown in India. 1-2-3 to better comprehension. 2) Focus on the questions one at a time 1 Identify the type of question(5 WH & 1H)

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Strategies fro tackling comprehension OE/MCQ

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  1. Strategies fro tackling comprehension OE/MCQ • 1) 1st reading : get main idea Eg This passage is about the writer’s trip to his hometown in India.

  2. 1-2-3 to better comprehension 2) Focus on the questions one at a time 1 Identify the type of question(5 WH & 1H) 2 Identify the tense: need to answer in the same tense 3 Identify the key information asked for : underline it in text or use symbol õ õ

  3. Strategies for tackling Comprehension OE • Question specific Steps 1-2-3 1) Read the question carefully; identify question type 2)Tense 3)Identify key information the question requires, use symbol õ õ or underline

  4. Strategies for tackling Comprehension OE ----Read over the text and find information relevant to the question. (Information is before or after key information found) Write down the question number next to that information.

  5. Sample questions • Why has skydiving become a popular sport ? 3)Information: underline key words Check Tense Reason 2) Tense 1)Type Ans : It isexciting and fun.

  6. Sample text • Skydiving has become a popular sport. This is because it is exciting and fun ! When you skydive, you jump from an airplane with an attached parachute. Reason is after the information. Look for information in text

  7. Sample questions • Where do you jump from ? Tense Place Information Ans : You jump from an airplane.

  8. Text • Skydiving has become a popular sport. This is because it is exciting and fun ! When you skydive, you jump from an airplane with an attached parachute. information Place

  9. 3 different type of questions • Content questions : answers are located in the passage • Higher order questions --Inference : answers are located ‘between the lines’; require U-P. U(You--you read between lines, guess ) and P (passage, answer hinted at) • Opinion questions : answers in your head

  10. 1: Type of question • Who is ….? (give information about a person-could be name or relationship to other people) Eg Qn : Who is the boy in the house ? Ans :His name is Jake and he is Jenny’s son.

  11. 1-Type of question • What was…? (You need to give a description) Eg Qn : What was the house like ? Ans : It was a small house that needed repair.

  12. 1-Type of question • Where was … ? (You need to give information about a place. This could be the name of the place or where it was located) Eg Qn : Where was the boy born ? Ans : He was born in the house.

  13. 1- Type of question • When did…? ( You need to give information about a time. This could be an exact time of the day, a month or a season. It could also be information about an action.) Eg Qn : When did they leave ? Ans : They left the house in winter.

  14. 1-Type of question • How did…? (You need to explain a process or a procedure; ie the manner in which something is done) Eg Qn : How did the boy manage to get home ? Ans : He started walking at first and then he had a lift from a kind farmer.

  15. 1-Type of question Why is… ? (Give reason or an explanation) Qn : Why did the zoo-keepers whoop in sheer delight ? X Because….(connector) Ans :Sheba had just given birth to a baby cub. (Give reason directly and in a complete sentence)

  16. 1-Opinion questions • In your opinion…? • Why do you think…? • Would your attitude…? • Would you have…? • Explain clearly…what you think…

  17. 1-Opinion questions • You need to write your opinion BUT you must give information from the text as “evidence” for your opinion.

  18. Points to note… Remember… Answer in complete sentences all the time. So that…. (X) To make sure that…. (X) Because … (X)

  19. COMPREHENSION • How was the stick useful to the author ? List two ways. • Give two reasons why… • It was used as a torchlight and as a form of support. (√ ) • 1. torchlight. 2. support (X) • A/B , bullets & dashes (X)

  20. Strategy for difficult vocabulary Difficult vocabulary words - Infer the meaning of the words and phrases by reading the sentence/s before or after the word/phrase (contextual clues)

  21. Strategy for difficult vocabulary • Look at the way the word is put together *’extraordinary’ • Sound out the word *’roar’

  22. Other strategies • He was a very zzzz man. Read the next sentence. He was a very zzzz man. He was always arriving late and making excuses for not doing his share of work.

  23. Other strategies • Read the previous sentence : We had to do more than our fair sahre of work because of Fred. He was a very zzzz man.

  24. Other strategies • Look for examples which explain what the word means He was a very zzzz man. For example, he always had to leave the room where there was work to do and had hundreds of reasons for going home early.

  25. Other strategies • Look for a comparison (like, similar, the same, as , etc) He was a zzzz man. Just like his sister, he avoided work as often as possible.

  26. Other strategies • Look for a contrast (but, however, on the other hand, etc) Most of us did our fair share of the work, but he was a very zzzz man.

  27. Questions involving quoting words/phrases or sentences from the passage • When you are asked to quote a word, make sure you just write one word.

  28. Questions that involve “quoting” from the passage • 3) Which sentence in the passage tells you that … ? X Eventually Sheba did teach her cub to swim. The sentence is “Eventually ………. . “ It is “ Eventually …………. . “

  29. COMPREHENSION • Which word…? – The word is … • Which phrase…? – The phrase is … • Which sentence …? – The sentence is … • Which two-word phrase tells us… ? • The phrase is … (√ ) • The two-word phrase is… (√ ) • The two words are ‘___’ and ‘___’. (X) • The two-word phrase are ‘___ ___’ and ‘___ ___’. (X)

  30. COMPREHENSION • Use of the word ‘Quote’. • Eg – Quote two words from Para 1 which… (Each word is found in a different sentence.) • The two words are ‘___’ and ‘___’. (√ ) • They are ‘___’ and ‘___’. (√ ) • They are ‘___ ___’. (X) • They are ‘___ and ___’. (X)

  31. COMPREHENSION • Quote the phrase which …. (means the same as ‘Which phrase…’) • The phrase is …. • Quote the sentence which … (means the same as ‘Which sentence…’) • The sentence is …

  32. Questions that ask for meaning or synonyms • Considered as ‘own answer’ questions • The rough idea is given in the passage. • YOU have to use your own inference skills to arrive at the answer

  33. Questions involving ‘refer to’ • 2) What does “this” in line 1 refer to ? X “This” refers to… It refers to … The word “this” refers to …

  34. COMPREHENSION • What does it refer to? • It refers to … • What does the word ‘thing’ refer to ? • It refers to … (√ ) • The word ‘thing’ refers to … (√ ) • ‘thing’ refers to … (X) • ‘Thing’ refers to … (X) • It means …(X)

  35. COMPREHENSION • Don’t look elsewhere if the question specifically asks for answers from (say) lines 6 to 11 or from Paragraph 2 for example. Go to these part(s). • The end

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