Practice Skills to Develop - 1.3.2 | ICSE Class 12 English Language – Chapter 1: Comprehension | ICSE Class 12 English Language & Literature
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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does skimming mean?

💡 Hint: Think about how you would quickly understand a news headline.

Question 2

Easy

How do you find the meaning of a word in context?

💡 Hint: Context comes before and after the word.

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Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is skimming?

  • Reading for detail
  • Reading for the main idea
  • Ignoring the text

💡 Hint: Think about how you would quickly read a summary.

Question 2

True or False: Scanning involves looking for general themes in a text.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Focus on what scanning specifically targets.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Choose a paragraph from a book and skim it. Summarize the main idea in one sentence.

💡 Hint: Focus on the topic sentences.

Question 2

Read a complex passage and identify five contextual clues to determine the meaning of a challenging word.

💡 Hint: What do the surrounding ideas suggest about the unknown word?

Challenge and get performance evaluation