This document discusses reading comprehension and summarization. It outlines different types of passages, comprehension questions, and techniques for answering questions and writing summaries. Specifically, it describes factual, vocabulary, inferential, and evaluative types of comprehension questions and provides examples. It also discusses how to answer comprehension questions through a step-by-step process and defines common question words. Finally, it offers guidelines for writing summaries, including selecting relevant information, paraphrasing text, and organizing points.

1. READING/COMPREHENSION/
SUMMARY
THEMES:
 People
 Environment
 Values
 Health
 Science and Technology
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2. TYPES OF PASSAGES
DESCRIPTIVE
NARRATIVE
FACTUAL
EXPOSITORY
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3. TYPES OF COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
1. FACTUAL –
 to give info : how many children were
there ?
To state or list – List two benefits of…
To read for details/find evidence – How did
the man escape?
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4. TYPES OF COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
2. VOCABULARY –
 Word replacement : Find a word to replace
 Word or phrase explanation : Explain the
meaning of …/ What does juvenile mean ?
 Word identification : Find a word/phrase which
means …
 Which phrase in paragraph 1 indicates…
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5. TYPES OF COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
3. INFERENTIAL –
To read what the writer implies but not
stated explicitly : How do you think the
writer feels about his job?
In what way has the tsunami affected
Mary?
What are the implications of this
experiment?
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6. TYPES OF COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
4. EVALUATIVE –
 To give your opinions – What do you
think …..?
 Suggest other ways….
 Do you agree with …..? Give a reason
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7. MARKING SCHEME
10 questions or less
10 marks
1, 2 or 0 mark
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8. HOW TO ANSWER COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
STEP 1 –
Skim the passage to get a general idea
STEP 2 –
Read the questions carefully
STEP 3 –
Read the passage again
Underline important points
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9. HOW TO ANSWER COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
STEP 4 –
Answer the questions briefly
STEP 5 –
When you are asked to give
evidence/quote a phrase/give a word or
sentence, use quotation marks
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10. HOW TO ANSWER COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
STEP 6 -
 Answer the question in the order set
STEP 7 –
 Lift / copy but intelligently and not
wholesale copying
STEP 8 –
 Check answers again if there’s time
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11. QUESTION TYPE
Where …. (place/location)
When …. (time/period)
What …. (matter) eg : What happened to
the writer ? What did Jerry give to Tom as
a birthday present ? What was Matilde’s
feelings when she knew the necklace was
fake?
Why …. (reasons)
How …. (manner)
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12. QUESTION TYPE
Which …. (specific) eg: Which car is
yours ? Which Harry Potter’s book do you
like ?
Who …. (people) eg: Who is your
favourite person? ? Who wants to go to
town?
How …. (numbers, distance, length,
transport, price etc )?
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13. Examples of the uses of “How…”
How many students are there in the hall?
How far is Seremban from Rembau?
How many centimetres make a meter?
How much is that sports car ?
How do you come to school ?
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14. SUMMARY
What is summary ?
A brief statement of important points of a
text – key words
Use own words/ideas
No personal opinion given
Leave out dialogues, details, idioms etc
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15. TECHNIQUES OF SUMMARY WRITING
Read the passage ONCE
Read the question. Understand what you
have to DO eg. What did Mary do to
save the cat ?
Common words asked : reactions, how
she felt, benefits, advantages, what
happened, list down the (process)
Underline important facts and ideas
Write in ONE paragraph only. No INDENT!
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16. SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES : To –
Select and retrieve relevant info from the
text
Use the info given in the passage
Paraphrase / Lift intelligently and
effectively
Organise the points/information
Summarise the points accuratey
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17. WORD COUNT
120 WORDS plus 10 words given
Example of 1 word :
Three – dimensional / pre – writing / 20
 2 words :
Harun Jalil / Perak River
3 words :
20 to 45
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18. MARKING SCHEME
Content - 10 marks
Style and presentation –
Paraphrase – 5m
Use of English – 5 marks = 10 /2 = 5m
Total = 15 marks
* If content > 10, marks still 10
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