Define the main idea / the
message of this text.
Give a summary of each
paragraph / of the text.
What do we learn about from
this story?
Agree or disagree with the
following statements using the text.
Answer the following
questions or spot appropriate answers for them.
Describe the author’s
attitude to …
What is your attitude towards
…?
Do you approve of the
character’s actions?
While looking through the
text explain why …
Comment on the part which
concerns …
Pick out the facts that
illustrate …
Make a short retelling of the
text.
Make a close-to-the-text
retelling.
Retell the text paying
attention to …
Read the
first paragraph and find the sentences which convey / contain the
major information.
Read the first sentence of
each paragraph and try to guess what the whole paragraph is about.
Think up a title for each
paragraph of the text.
Look through these words and
define the problem they are devoted to.
Answer the following
comprehension questions while reading the text.
Skim through the following
passage in order to get its general idea.
What is the passage about?
What does the next passage
deal with?
Give a brief summary of the
passage / text.
Summarize the information
given in the passage about …
Sum up what the author says
about …
Can you summarize the last
paragraph?
State briefly in 3 or 4
sentences what the writer thinks of …
What key word explains the
central idea of the passage?
In a few
sentences say what we learn about the main character.
Tick off the true statements.
= Put a tick next to the correct statement.
