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Reading Strategies
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What phrase means to earn enough money to live?
Make a living
100
What word means "a group of people chosen to make decisions or do a particular job"?
committee
100
Your ____________ health is just as important as your physical health.
mental
100
Mariko: "Ali, you were supposed to call me today to discuss our presentation!" Ali: "I ________________ call you! My phone was in my hand!"
was just about to
100
What is scanning?
Quickly looking through a text for specific information.
200
Which word means to influence or cause something to happen?
drive
200
What is the difference between "besides" and "beside"?
Besides = except for or in addition to Beside = next to
200
What word can be a synonym for "opinion"?
view
200
If you are in hot water, it means you are in __________.
trouble
200
What is the topic and how it is expressed?
Topic is 'what' the reading/discussion is about. It is expressed in a phrase (small group of words - not a sentence)
300
If you don't want to have something anymore, you should _________________ it.
get rid of
300
He looks so tired. I don't think he is going to ____________ to the end of the race.
make it
300
He was crying ____________ the entire movie. He never stopped!
throughout
300
We spend a lot of time __________ (discuss) reading strategies in this class.
discussing
300
Where can you usually find the main idea in a paragraph?
In the topic sentence or the first paragraph.
400
Another word for "specific" is _________.
particular
400
I feel tired every day. I tried going to sleep earlier but it hasn't ____________________. I'm still tired!!
made a difference
400
She runs so fast! I can't _______________ her!
keep up with
400
I had no idea that Charlie was leaving the company and moving to New York. I was completely _______________!
in the dark
400
What is skimming?
Quickly re-reading the text for the main idea.
500
My parents want me to _______________ their company when they retire.
take over
500
The research you used to support your argument is twenty years old! You need to find more ___________ information.
recent
500
When government invests a lot of money in the education that can also lead to the ____________ of the economy.
development
500
Everyone in this class is ____________________ trying to remember all of this new vocabulary!
going out of their minds
500
What are the two rules for paraphrasing?
1. synonym 2. word order