Reading Comprehension Strategies

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Strategies

1. What is the main purpose of identifying the main idea when you read?

To remember every single detail

To understand what the text is mostly about

To copy the author’s words exactly

2. Check all strategies that help when you find an unfamiliar word:

Look for clues in the surrounding sentences

Skip the sentence and ignore the word

Use a dictionary or glossary if needed

Reread the sentence slowly to check meaning

3. Which of these is a supporting detail (evidence) rather than the main idea?

The author’s overall message that recycling helps the environment

A statistic showing how much waste a community collected

The title of the passage

4. If your understanding breaks down while reading, what is the best order of actions?

Reread the sentence, annotate key words, ask a question about meaning

Skip to the end, then ignore the difficult part

Memorise the paragraph and move on

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Application

Read the short paragraph below and answer questions 5–8.

At the community centre, a group of students organised a beach-cleanup last Saturday. They collected more than 30 bags of rubbish, recorded the types of waste, and talked with visitors about reducing plastic use. The event inspired a local café to stop using single-use cups. Many neighbours said they planned to join future clean-ups.

5. What is the main idea of this paragraph? Write one clear sentence.

6. List three supporting details from the paragraph that back up the main idea.

7. How would you use annotation and rereading to figure out the meaning of the sentence: “The event inspired a local café to stop using single-use cups”?

8. Exit slip — In one sentence, summarise the paragraph's main idea. Then write one reading strategy you used (or would use) that helped your understanding.