Overview - How to Solve Reading Comprehensions Notes | Study English Class 8 - Class 8

Reading Comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning.

An individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by his/her traits and skills.

Objectives

• To test the student's ability in reading only, marks are awarded if the answer is clearly understood.
• To read comprehension and enrich vocabulary.

Tips for Swift and Complete Comprehension

• Read the passage once taking into account the main topic and a general idea of the passage.
• Read the passage again, identifying/locating answers to the given questions.
• Avoid direct lifting of answer from the passage. Attempt to write answers in your own words as far as it is possible.
• In MCQs, options are set in such a way that all options appear to be correct. But while choosing one from them, one should be careful and only the most appropriate option should be chosen for answer.

Use of a Dictionary

• The use of a dictionary helps to enrich word power/vocabulary.

Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words

• Turning to the dictionary is not always necessary. One can guess the meaning of a particular word by reading the words before and after the word which give the context and from the context try to puzzle out the meaning.