Reading Skills · Class 10 English · Words and Expressions: 40 flashcards
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1. How long is the discursive passage in Section A, and how many marks does it carry?
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400 to 450 words; 10 marks.
2. How long should a short answer in the reading section be?
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30 to 40 words.
3. Name the six skills the reading section assesses.
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Comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary.
4. What makes a passage discursive?
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It argues a case, moving from point to point through claims, reasons, evidence and objections.
5. What should you read first when skimming?
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The first and last paragraphs, and the first sentence of each middle paragraph.
6. Why read the questions before close reading?
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They name paragraphs, so you know where each answer lies and read with a purpose.
7. How do you test whether something is the main idea?
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Check that every paragraph supports it; if only one does, it is a detail.
8. What is the difference between stance and tone?
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Stance is the writer's position; tone is the attitude the language carries.
9. What must you find before choosing a tone word?
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Two or three loaded words in the passage that prove it.
10. State the inference rule.
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A clue in the text plus one reasonable step.
11. What does an evaluation question ask?
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How well the evidence supports the claim, or what would strengthen or weaken it.
12. How do you separate fact from opinion?
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A fact can be checked; an opinion is a judgement that may or may not rest on facts.
13. How do you check a word's meaning in context?
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Substitute your meaning back into the sentence and see if the sense survives.
14. What does 'however' usually signal?
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A turn to a contrasting point or the other side of the argument.
15. What does 'therefore' signal?
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A conclusion drawn from what came before.
16. What is a reference word?
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A word such as it, this or they that points back to a noun or idea mentioned earlier.
17. How do you solve an analogy item?
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Name the relationship in the given pair, then pick the pair with the same relationship.
18. What happens if you write two options for one MCQ?
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You get no mark for that item.
19. What does a 2-mark answer usually need?
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Two ideas: the point and its reason or evidence.
20. About how long should the discursive passage take?
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About 20 minutes, including skimming, reading and checking.
21. How long is the factual passage in Section A, and how many marks does it carry?
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200 to 250 words; 10 marks.
22. What kinds of input can the factual passage include?
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Statistical data, a chart, a table or figures in the text.
23. What four things make up the frame of a study?
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Who was surveyed, how many, when, and the unit of each figure.
24. What operation does 'how many more' need?
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Subtraction.
25. What operation does 'how many times as many' need?
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Division.
26. How do you find what percentage a part is of a total?
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Divide the part by the total and multiply by 100.
27. What is 30 per cent of 200?
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60.
28. A share rises from 20% to 30%. How many percentage points is that?
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10 percentage points.
29. A share rises from 20% to 30%. By what per cent has it grown?
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By 50 per cent, because 10 is half of 20.
30. What does 'majority' mean?
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More than half, that is, above 50 per cent.
31. Who are the respondents in a survey?
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The people who answered it.
32. What does 'on average' tell you?
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A typical figure across the group, not what every individual does.
33. Why compare shares rather than totals for groups of different sizes?
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A bigger group can have more yes-votes but a smaller share of yes-votes.
34. Where is the reason for a change usually found?
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In the text; the size of the change is usually in the table.
35. Does data showing two things rising together prove one caused the other?
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No; it shows they moved together. The cause must be stated or shown.
36. What does it mean if survey shares add up to 85 per cent?
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15 per cent of respondents chose something else or did not answer.
37. How should you describe a trend that falls and then rises?
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In stages: it dipped first, then rose.
38. What is 75 per cent as a fraction?
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Three quarters.
39. What should a 30 to 40-word data answer include?
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The point, the figure with its unit, and why it matters.
40. Are the figures in practice data passages real statistics?
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No; they are invented for practice and must not be quoted as real facts.
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