READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

• WHAT IS READING?

• WHAT DO WE READ?

• HOW DO WE READ?

• WHY DO WE READ?

•WHEN DO WE READ?

READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

WHAT IS READING?

It’s a way to connect ideas, toughts, concepts and notions.

It’s a way to get in touch with what is worth and has real meaning.

It’s a way to expand, gradeand validate knowledge.

READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

WHAT DO WE READ?

• SIGNS• SIGNALS• INSTRUCTIONS• COMMANDS• COMICS• NEWSPAPERS• MAGAZINES• REVIEWS• BOOKS

READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

HOW DO WE READ?

• BY PARTS?

• BY THE WHOLE?

• BY VOCABULARY?

• BY GRAMMAR?

• BY COMPREHENSION?

READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

WHY DO WE READ?

• NEED?

• FUN?

• COMPLEMENT?

• JUST CAUSE”

READING COMPREHENSION

SOME

QUESTIONS

WHEN DO WE READ?

• FREE TIME…

•REGULAR TIME…

• OR….

• AT THE LAST MINUTE

READING COMPREHENSION

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Show evidence of comprehending the basic and complex written text.

• Understand the relationship between the language and the resolution of personal and academic requirements.

• Becoming aware of some other forms to approach knowledge.

• Establish logic relationships among ideas, concepts, notions and knowledge expressed in English.

• Widen the personal lexicon in English.

• Use strategies for the written text comprehension.

English GrammarEnglish Grammar

Parts

of

Speech

Parts

of

Speech

Eight Parts of Speech

NounsPronouns

Adjectives Adverbs

Adverbs

ConjunctionsConjunctions

Prepositions

Verbs

InterjectionsInterjections

Word that names

• A Person

• An Idea

• A Thing

• A Place

Kinds of NounsKinds of Nouns

Common Nouns boy girl

Proper Nouns John Mary

Singular Nouns boy girl

Plural Nouns boys girls

Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s

Plural Possessive boys’ girls’

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement

Action LinkingLinking

“be” verbs&

tastefeel

soundlook

appearbecome

seemgrow

remainstay

SubjectSubject

predicatepredicate

Every sentence must haveEvery sentence must have

aa

Kinds of Verbs

• Action verbs express mental or physical

action.

• Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains

it.

He rode the horse to victory.

He has been sick.

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns

I, me, mine

you, your, yours

she, her, hers,

it, its

we,us, our, ours

they, them, their,

theirs

myself

yourself

Indefinite Pronounsanybody

eacheithernone

someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhat

whichwhose

Demonstrative Pronounsthisthat

thesethose

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

Did you lose your addressbook?

Answers these questions:

Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.

Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.

Answers the questions:Answers the questions:

How?How?He ran quickly.He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.She left yesterday.When?When?

We went there.We went there. Where?Where?

It was too hot!It was too hot! To what degree or how much?To what degree or how much?

InterrogativeAdverbs

introduce questionsHow did you break your leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do you run?

Where did you put the mouse trap?

A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence

as a noun. The word or word group that thepreposition introduces is its object.

They received a postcard from Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

The preposition never stands alone!

prepositionnoun

pronoun

object ofpreposition

preposition object

can have more thanone object

object can have modifiers

You can press those leaves under glass.

Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

It happened during the last examination.

Some Common Prepositions

aboardaboutaboveacrossafter

against alongamongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words.

and or

buteither/or

neither/nor

The interjection

is an exclamatory word that expressesemotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at thatsunset!

That’s all for now. . .

See you all!