Tips and Tricks To Solve Reading Comprehension

Tips Tricks to solve Reading Comprehension

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Those who think they are weak in English can choose to attempt Reading Comprehension as they will have enough of time to read and understand it thoroughly.

Most of the students often wonder whether to attempt Reading Comprehension or not as it may eat up all your time and leaves you puzzled if the theme is based on economy or such commerce related topics which most of the students fear of. Reading Comprehension can be your saviour in the exams, as it does not require any grammar rules or guesswork, all you need to do is to look for the answers. 

So, here are the 

Tips Tricks for Reading Comprehension

1.Take a Quick look

Take a bird’s eye view and find out the overall context of the passage. There is no need to read the whole passage in examination hall where every second is very crucial. Pick questions in which you are sure.

2. Read the Questions First

In examination hall where time plays a pivotal role, proper strategy plays a crucial role. Do not waste time reading the whole passage, instead start from reading questions first. Once you get the needed lines of the answer in the RC, then compare it with the options given in the question. If you are unable to locate an answer then move to the next question, do not get stuck on any question!! Through this approach, you will be able to find the theme and flow of passage in the shortest span of time. 

• Pick out the keywords and then go the passage and locate your answer. 

• This reverse approach saves your time.

3. Look out for Vocabulary based questions

Again, if you are running out of time and thriving for few more marks than Vocabulary based question in Reading Comprehension are the best choice.  Even if you don’t have time to go through the passage, you can take chance and pick out the correct word from options alone. 

4. What do the authors view in this passage

Stay away from questions like what is the author’s view in this passage, or what is the author trying to say, as these questions are usually controversial and time-consuming as you need to read and understand the whole passage. 

5. Focus

Focus on the content. Don’t let your mind go away from there. If it starts daydreaming…bring it back into reality. Tell yourself that you have plenty of time to dream after the exam. Else even after you read it completely, you will grasp nothing.

6. Improve reading Speed

Do not move your lips while reading, it slows you down. Reading Comprehension requires you to be smart and smartness comes from practice. 

7. Practice a lot

“Normally, students who believe themselves to be weak in Reading Comprehension, are unwilling to practice. Most of them try to avoid solving at home. They make a lot of excuses. But remember excuses don’t bring you success. Success won’t be available unless you confront your fears and weaknesses. 

Remember, No one asks you” why didn’t you succeed in life?” They only ask “Did you succeed or not?” 

Attempt quiz on  Reading Comprehension and Remember to tell us how many answers you got correct and did the above tips and tricks of Reading Comprehension questions helped you understand and solve the problem easily.

Practice here: Reading comprehension quiz