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Reading Comprehension | How to solve a Reading Comprehension | Format | Example | Writing Skills
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Writing Skills - Reading Comprehension | How to solve a Reading Comprehension | Format | Example | Writing Skills

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What is a Reading Comprehension? Reading comprehension is the ability to understand the content of the given passage and to draw a conclusion from it. Here, the author will give his point of view from different angles for a particular topic, and you have to understand and to draw out a conclusion from it. To test what you have comprehended or understood from a passage, a set of questions will be given to you, and you have to solve it. You must have strong command in vocabulary and grammar to understand Reading Comprehension or in short RC and to solve this type of questions. There are two kinds of questions asked in exams, MCQ-based and descriptive. Now, let's learn the steps to solve the questions related to Reading Comprehension. There are three steps involved in solving this kind of question. 1. Skim: Read the passage fairly quickly to get a general idea. 2. Scan: Read again, this time in a little slow manner, to know the details. Underline the keywords and sentences. Also, you may create a quick mind-map of the passage. 3. Solve: Take one question at a time, Study the question thoroughly. Turn to the relevant portions of the passage, read them again, and then write the answer. For MCQ: Choose the correct answers from the answers given. In case you are not sure about the answer, you may use a technique called Intelligent Guessing, Here you eliminate the wrong ones ,re-read the part of the passage again, and try to choose the correct one. For Descriptive questions: Write the answers in your own words, neatly and precisely Now, let's understand the type of questions that might come in the exercise-related to reading comprehension. 1. Question related to the central idea of the passage. 2. Question related to the conclusion of a particular paragraph. 3. Question related to providing the suitable title of the passage. 4. Questions related to Voculabulary, like Synonyms meaning Similar words, Antonyms meaning Opposite, or Using the word in another way. 5. Questions on context 6. Opinions and facts type question 7. Characteristics of the writer. Please watch the entire video to understand the concept in a better way. Watch below videos of Grammar and Writing Skills : Writing Skills https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGa3qqm6GS98sMsBqkQy5-a All about Modal Verbs | Defective Verbs | Auxiliary Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2rKXa3FOZ4&t=1s Can vs Could | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnNjUjQh24 May vs Might | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGKN3DKcAQ&t=79s Will vs Would | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKprZiA0dgs shall vs should | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVBxV-0QZSM&t=86s must vs ought to | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLysLebzsS4&t=42s Active and Passive Voice video links : Active vs Passive Voice | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQkFacZvS4&list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHpKWcK9k9Fl-_7k7N9D4WK&index=1 Convert Active Voice to Passive Voice | Eight types | Based on Tenses | Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXNFyY7xe8I How to convert active to passive voice | Interrogative Sentence | Seven Steps | Part 3 | Examples | Exercise | part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh4u-VxjETA Convert active to passive voice | Interrogative Sentence | WH Words | Part 4 | Examples | Exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iMo_49fztY&t=221s Grammar Basics | Parts of Speech | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHIcdGPq4TtfPxRm873Bh0r Tenses | Advanced Grammar | Animated videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfF8BR44-taFznyxImfsuvEa Active Passive Voice | English Grammar https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHpKWcK9k9Fl-_7k7N9D4WK Grammar Basics | Sentences https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfE7QJR40Pm-9MuW5CXyDsrl Direct Indirect Speech | Advanced Grammar https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGK9jc6rkckbkZd-c8EWN0I Important Grammar Lessons https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHL0qO1S4GGEmHEHnL5-2vI Articles In English https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHwLBbn0tS9JVJ3-ANKEzmZ Figure of Speech https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGWiCV-iK2DZyOFTSiRr15b Exam Preparation Tips https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHkvD8makTKG5yiXZJESoMX Subject-Verb Agreement https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfEJ7dC3Jmo9msElpH1nop46 Modifiers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGWh1EmjHTEeTr_VI6VkJ0x

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