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    The document provides guidelines for reading comprehension and answering questions about a passage. It recommends reading the passage through once to get the general idea, and a second time to understand details. When answering questions, carefully read the questions and use keywords to find the relevant information in the passage. Answers can directly quote or paraphrase from the passage, and should provide only the required information without extra details. The document also outlines pitfalls to avoid, such as providing unnecessary information or multiple answers to a question.

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    The document provides guidelines for reading comprehension and answering questions about a passage. It recommends reading the passage through once to get the general idea, and a second time to understand details. When answering questions, carefully read the questions and use keywords to find the relevant information in the passage. Answers can directly quote or paraphrase from the passage, and should provide only the required information without extra details. The document also outlines pitfalls to avoid, such as providing unnecessary information or multiple answers to a question.

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    The document provides guidelines for reading comprehension and answering questions about a passage. It recommends reading the passage through once to get the general idea, and a second time to understand details. When answering questions, carefully read the questions and use keywords to find the relevant information in the passage. Answers can directly quote or paraphrase from the passage, and should provide only the required information without extra details. The document also outlines pitfalls to avoid, such as providing unnecessary information or multiple answers to a question.

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    Guidelines for reading comprehension

    1. Read the whole passage through once to get a general idea of what the passage is about. Do

    not worry if you come across unfamiliar words. Sometimes, it is not necessary to understand

    every word you read.

    2. Do read the passage a second time, if necessary. The second reading helps you take in the

    details and improve your understanding.

    3. Read the questions carefully. Use cue words in the questions to help you answer the

    questions. These can be the “wh” words (what, when, where, why, who, whose, how) and

    action verbs (identify, find, list).

    4. Questions sometimes contain words found in the passage. Use these words to help you

    identify the part of the passage where the answer can be found.

    5. You do not have to answer questions in complete sentences (look at the sample answers

    given).

    6. You can lift words, clauses or sentences from the passage to answer questions. You do not

    have to use your own words unless you are told to do so. Moreover, there is a danger

    in paraphrasing – you might alter/distort the meaning expressed in the passage and hence

    lose precious marks.

    7. For questions on vocabulary, if you are asked for a word, then give only ONE word and

    nothing else. Make sure you spell the word correctly. If you are asked for a phrase, then give

    the relevant phrase. If you copy the sentence where the word or phrase are found, you must

    indicate the chosen word or phrase by underlining it or putting it within quotation marks.

    8. Some questions require you to use your own words and you must do so.

    9. Do pay attention to the tense (and sometimes pronoun) used in the questions when

    formulating your answers.


    Pitfalls to avoid

    1. Do not give more than the required information. Sometimes, students copy chunks from

    a passage, giving two or more sentences. This only highlights their weakness – failure to

    understand the question and/or text.2. Do not give two or more answers to a question. Some

    students write down all the possible answers to a question just to be on the safe side.3. Do not

    waste time paraphrasing answers unless you are asked to do so.

    Summary writing

    The question on summary writing is based on the same text used for reading comprehension.

    This should be a boon as you would be familiar with the text after several readings. Despite

    this, many students are not comfortable dealing with summary writing. Their fears stem from

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