Reading

Comprehension
by:
Dr. Nadia Hameed
Have you ever been abroad to study?
If yes, where did you study?
What did you study?
How long did you study?
Did you enjoy it?

Is anyone planning to go abroad?

If yes, where?
Why?
Give the meaning of the following words
/əˈdres/ noun/ countable/the name of the place ADVERB
where you live or work, including /əˈbrɔːd/in or to a foreign countryWe try to go
the house or office number and abroad at least once a year.
Abroad the name of the street, area, and town. It may
also include a set of numbers and
special arrangements for voters living abroad

Address letters, called a postcode in British English and

a zip code in AmericanEnglishI’ll need
VERB
Skimming your name and address.
/skɪm/to read something quickly and
He had given a false address to the police.
Scanning VERB/skæn/scanor scan through
not very carefullyskim through:
Would you skim through the report and
INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE to read something
Intensive reading very quickly, in order to get a general idea
check for spelling mistakes?

Grades of its meaning or to find particular information

Merrill opened the letter, scanned it briefly, and
Account number threw it away.

Date of birth
Instructions
Document NOUN/əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/UNCOUNTABLE a place for
someone to stay, live, or work in.
NOUN/əˈkaʊnt/COUNTABLE an arrangement you
Application form have with a company or internet provider to use
The hotel provides accommodation for up to 100
people.
Deadline a service they provideDo you have an email
account?
Submission
Accommodation
Imagine
Accept
Tourism
departure
 NOUNCOUNTABLE
NOUN UNCOUNTABLE /ˈtʊərɪz(ə)m/
/ˈdedˌlaɪn/a specific time or
the business of providing services for people date by which you have to do
who are travelling for their holiday somethingThey’ve given us a
The Caribbean is so dependent upon tourism. five o’clock deadline.

NOUNCOUNTABLE
VERBTRANSITIVE ​OFTEN PASSIVE /sə(r)ˈtɪfɪkət/an official document or record stating that
/ˈlaɪs(ə)ns/if someone is licensed to do particular facts are true. For example a birth
something, they have officialpermission certificate gives the official factsabout your birth and
to do it from a government, business, or a health
other authorityAre you licensed to carry a certificate gives the facts about your state of health.
firearm?
NOUN
/dɪˈpɑː(r)tʃə(r)/SINGULAR an
occasion when someone leaves
a place, for example to go
ADJECTIVE on a journeyThe house was quiet
/ɪnˈtensɪv/ read the text again, after the noise of their
carefully to comprehend departure.
the details departure from: an early
NOUN departure from London
UK/səbˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ COUNTABLE the time when a
UNCOUNTABLE the process of plane, bus, or train leavesa 10 o’
giving a document to someone clock departure
for them to considerThe report is
ready for submission to the board
of directors.
Read the text quickly to find the general idea/ topic of the text. You have
only five minutes.
 Types of
reading

extensive

skimming scanning intensive

Name
Address

Certificate

License letter
Account number

documents
Surname/
last name
Bank Application
statement form
Date
of
birth Passport
 It is very important to know how to fill
the forms correctly/ accurately.
It is important to follow the instructions.
 Driving licence: name, address, driver number
Bank statement: name, address, account number
Exam certificate: name, grades, name of school or university

2.
1. (a)formal letter, (b) application form, (c)informal letter, (d) passport
2. University of West London, UK
3. MSc (Master’s degree) in applied Biochemistry
4. a friend

Family name: Elliot

First name: Simon
Female
Single:
Children: No
Date of birth: 22/10/1985
Nationality: British
Passport number: 012234556
Home address: Apartment 25, LACDE LEMAN Building, Geneva, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
Course title: master’s degree (MSC) in Applied Biochemistry
Start date: 10/10/??
Host family:
Special diet: yes vegetarian
7.
1. Skimming, scanning
2. 2. extensive reading
3. Intensive reading

8.Possible answers
Text book: to make notes, read intensively
Novel: for pleasure, read extensively
Emails: for messages from friends, mixed (scan to find a specific message, then read intensively
Search engine finds: to find a good site; scan
Magazine/journals: to look for interesting articles; skim
Reports: to find conclusions; skim initially then read intensively
Timetables: to find times of trains/planes; scan
Indexes: to find the right page; scan
Dictionary: to find a word; scan
Instruction manuals: to find out how something works; read

9. Exercise 2: skim to identify the type of document, then scan to find specific information
Exercise 4: scan to find specific information
 NOUN /baɪˈɒɡrəfi/
NOUN UNCOUNTABLE /ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)/
COUNTABLE a book that someone
stories, poems, and plays, especially
writes about someone else’s life. A
those that are considered to have
book
value as art and not just
that someone writes about their own entertainment
life is called an autobiography.

NOUN COUNTABLE /ˈkemɪk(ə)l/

UN COUNTABLE /ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ri/ a substance used in chemistry or
a reference resource which provides information about produced by a processinvolving
wordsandtheir meanings, uses, and pronunciations. A chemistry
dictionary may be published as a printed book, or as a
digital productsuch as a website or app, and it may be You must wear gloves when handling any
monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual.a dictionary of the of these chemicals.
English language a book, website or other resource that
lists words in one language and gives translations in
another

NOUN UNCOUNTABLE /ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

the use of marks such as full stops or
commas in order to write in a clear style
Mistakes in punctuation can be amended.