READING COMPREHENSION in Exams, Tests - Strategies, Tips and Tricks - Building Reading Skills

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Hello and welcome back. This
lesson comes from a request by
Aditya from Maharashtra, India.
Aditya says he is preparing for
a competitive exam and he has
to do reading comprehension
exercises as part of the exam,
and he wants to know the best
way to do these.
Before we start, if you want to
request a lesson, just leave a
comment. In your comment, tell
me your name, and I will
mention you in the video.
OK, in this lesson I will give
you some important tips and
strategies for reading
comprehension exercises. I will
give you a reading plan that
you can follow, and there are
exercises in this lesson for
you to practice.
Alright, now my teaching
experience is mostly with exams
like the IELTS and TOEFL, but
the tips that I give you in
this lesson will help you in
any exam situation.
So the first thing is: when it
comes to reading in an exam,
budget your time. That means:
you should know how many
reading passages there are in
the exam, how many exercises
there are and how much time you
have. In the IELTS exam, for
example, there are three
reading passages and you have
one hour to do all of them. So
then divide your time amongst
those passages – for IELTS, you
might spend roughly 20 minutes
per passage. In some exams, one
passage might be shorter or
easier, and another passage
might be longer or more
difficult. In that case,
obviously, you should plan to
spend less time on the short
passage, and more time on the
long passage.
And you should time yourself –
if you are allowed to wear a
watch in your exam, look at
your watch and keep track of
the time. If you plan for 20
minutes per passage, stick to
that plan. Now, if you’re not
allowed to wear a watch, then
use the clock in the room or
hall, or ask the invigilators
how much time you have left.
Alright, that’s the first
thing: budgeting your time. So
now the exam starts – and you
have the first reading passage
in front of you – what do you
do? Well, I’ll tell you what
you should NOT do – don’t start
at the beginning and read
slowly to the finish. Many
students do this – and the
problem is that when you get to
the end, you will have
forgotten a lot of the details
in the middle, and when you
read the questions, you have to
go back and read the passage
again to find the answers.
Instead, here’s the plan that
you should follow: your first
step in reading should be to
skim the passage. What does
that mean? Well, skimming is
actually something that we do
with milk. It’s when you heat
or boil milk, and the fat rises
to the top in the form of
cream. Removing that layer of
fat is called skimming.
When it comes to reading,
skimming means to read the
surface of the text quickly to
understand the overall message.
So if there’s a heading or
title to the passage, and if
there are subheadings, read all
of these first. They will tell
you the subject of the text.
Then read the first sentence of
each paragraph – they will give
you a good idea of the overall
message.
Let’s practice this. You see
two paragraphs on the screen,
but only the first sentence in
each paragraph is visible. Stop
the video, read the sentences
and try to understand the main
topic in each paragraph.
Alright, so what do you think
the topic of the whole passage
might be? It could be the
negative effects of social
media on children. What about
the first paragraph? What is it
about? Well it says that using
social media can affect a
child’s writing skills. And the
second paragraph? It says that
some people don’t agree with
this – that is, the first
paragraph – for two reasons:
scientific reasons and
practical reasons (pragmatic).
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Really the people who disliked this video are probably English teachers who feel jealous of you sir. You are just so thorough and clear in your words!

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man, your english is so good... i love to hear you talking

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MaroinAfif
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Thank you! I hate reading but I realize I still have to do well on exams, even well I do well on assignments. I comprehend things the wrong way. This helps a lot.

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I'm from Nepal, I'm preparing for PSC exam.I was going through the Comprehension topic to understand more and I am happy to be here.Thank you!

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Thank you for creating these videos. I find your teaching style very clear, concise, and bring light to previously confusing topics in a simple way. Please keep making more videos!

mandymolala
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Thank you!! I'm gonna try this.;) I have a test to tonight on reading comprehension. And this is only one I have left. Thanks for ur video. Its helpful.

AlanandRozhin
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Your lesson is the best and I admire how you went into detail, while breaking down the reading step by step.

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thank you sir for mentionting my name in the video..grt video sir..thank you very very much.

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I'm from Bangladesh.This lesson is really helpful, Sir.
I'm looking for this kinds of classes. I'm very thankful to you.

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Thank you! I’ll make sure to always use these techniques for my future tests. I had one today after watching your video yesterday and I used your strategy. Got a level 5 out of 5! I’ve been getting a 4 for 2 years now. Thank you again! This video made the difference

sheylajuarez
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Tq soo much sir for giving this tips it will defently help for me

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Thank you very much for giving me an idea and technique for reading comprehension. I really appreciate it 📚

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I’m a fluent English speaker but appreciate this video as it is really helpful for English reading comprehension tests we are “flooded” with. Thank you.

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This method actually works. I take my KNAT in a month and I am preparing for the reading and writing sections. Usually, the reading and writing sections seem self explanatory but preparing before hand has seen to be beneficial to my test taking skills. Thank you!!

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Such a great instructor thank you so much !

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Hello Sir, this is Sarai from Mexico.
I just watched your video and I'd like to say you're amazing, your way to teach and explain makes everything clear as crystal now. But I'd like to ask you to do a video in which you can explain to us about verbs easily confused, I would really like to get some advices to understand them (in general) or maybe you can talk about some of them in a particular way, I mean with examples. Thank you so so much for your time and your knowledge.

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I learned so much from your video thank you!

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I don’t understand too much English, but when you talked slowly and clear made me understand most things. Thank you, your are the best!

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thank you so much for this!! i have an english exam in an hour and i really needed this advice

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