... Active, Efficient Reading • Practice on Non-GMAT Material INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES Chapter LOGISTICS OF READINGCOMPREHENSION You are probably already familiar with ReadingComprehension from ... C_Il_a~pter of-c: l:i~ · READING COMPREHENSftIN :~,'~ >:,~>.~'"' ' INTRODUC;FION TO PRINCIPLES\···· In This Chapter • Logistics of ReadingComprehension • Challenges of ReadingComprehension • Two ... determine your reading approach first identify whether a passage is long or short Chapter INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES Challenges of ReadingComprehension The GMAT makes ReadingComprehension difficult...
... 501 readingcomprehension questions — 4th ed p cm ISBN 978-1-57685-747-2 Readingcomprehension Problems, exercises, etc I LearningExpress (Organization) II Title: Five hundred one readingcomprehension ... critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention e critical reading should take place at the same time each day 33 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 33 3/18/10 1:34:49 PM 501 ReadingComprehension ... Writing Questions 501 Critical Reading Questions 501 Sentence Completion Questions 501 Word Analogy Questions ReadingComprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd...
... Readingcomprehensionpractice This file contains 30 readingcomprehension passages with answered and explained questions Good ... minister, astounding Canadians with his prowess The public’s adoration made it possible for him to practice his personal brand of ‘do it my way’ politics, initiating profound and long-lasting changes ... of electronic technologies in the latter part of the twentieth century, many aspects of cultural practice have been redefined The eradication of physical boundaries that limit discourse and information...
... • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSIONPRACTICEREADINGCOMPREHENSION TEST Following are two readingcomprehension passages Try applying ... _ 104 CHAPTER • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSION HOMONYM ERRORS Some of the sentences below are correct and ... _ 102 CHAPTER • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSION The list of candidates for graduation include my name...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... Skill Builders • LESSON –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– Skill Building until Next Time Here are some ways to practice the skills you’ve learned in this lesson Practice them today and the ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the main...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... Skill Builders • LESSON –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– Skill Building until Next Time Here are some ways to practice the skills you’ve learned in this lesson Practice them today and the ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the main...
... – PRETEST – Pretest The pretest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young Adults The Allendale ... In other words, read carefully and actively The five lessons that follow cover the basics of readingcomprehension By the end of this section, you should be able to: ■ ■ ■ ■ Find the basic facts ... I should tell you that she’s right—I’m not always responsible I sometimes take the prize for a grade- A dork Last weekend, for instance, when I was staying at Dad’s, I decided it was time I learned...
... really comprehending what you read Active reading is the first essential step to comprehension Why? Because active reading forces you to really see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there ... happened at the staff meeting If you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll probably have to answer readingcomprehension ques- On Friday, October 21, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Judith Reynolds, owner ... other businesses were affected? 20 – GETTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION – Remember, good reading is active reading Did you mark up the passage? If so, it may have looked something like this: when...
... to Practice In this lesson, you will sharpen your readingcomprehension skills by using all of these strategies at once This will become more natural to you as your reading skills develop Practice ... combine these strategies and take your readingcomprehension skills to the next level 45 – PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER – Review: What You’ve Learned so Far be true You practiced distinguishing between ... detective must all these things at the same time Similarly, reading really can’t be broken down into these separate tasks Readingcomprehension comes from employing all these strategies simultaneously...
... will improve your overall readingcomprehension so you’ll begin to understand more of what you read In addition, reading more will improve your vocabulary and increase your reading speed Main Idea ... to reading more often First, it will increase your reading speed, so that you can read more in less time Second, it will improve your vocabulary Third, it will improve your overall reading comprehension, ... Read More Often ■ It will improve your vocabulary ■ It will improve your readingcomprehension ■ It will increase your reading speed ■ It will broaden your understanding of yourself and others...
... If you missed some of these questions, now it’s up to you to figure out which lessons to review Practice Passage Now it’s your turn In this exercise, you’ll take a paragraph that is organized ... His powers of observation You may recall that the introduction to this book talked about active reading As an active reader, you should have been marking up the passages you’ve read in this book: ... ideas, and recording your reactions and questions in the margin But there’s another part of active reading we haven’t talked about: making observations 95 – DICTION: WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Making Obser...
... security officers Practice Passage For the first example of finding an implied main idea, let’s look at a statement from a parking garage manager in response to recent thefts: Practice Passage Now ... that a Clara is shy b Clara knows everyone at the gym c Clara is very friendly Practice Passage Many people find reading literature a difficult task because in literature (fiction, drama, and poetry), ... implication or inference This lesson focuses on two specific types of implication: reading between the lines to determine cause and reading between the lines to predict effects In case you need a reminder:...