Reading Comprehension: Unseen Persian Passage, Vocabulary and Questions
Reading Comprehension: unseen Persian
The unseen passage tests gist, detail, vocabulary and inference. Read the whole passage once without stopping; then reread sentence by sentence. Underline repeated names and pronouns, because questions often ask what او refers to. Find the main verb of each sentence; Persian often omits the subject, so recover it from the ending and context. Use the question word: کجا asks place, چه وقت asks time, چرا asks reason.
Worked example
Passage: احمد هر روز صبح زود از خانه بیرون میرود و به کتابخانه میرود. او تا ظهر کتاب میخواند. Question: احمد کجا میرود؟ Answer: به کتابخانه. Reasoning: the first sentence gives the destination; او in the second sentence refers back to احمد; تا ظهر means 'until noon'. Vocabulary: صبح زود = early morning; بیرون میرود = goes out. If asked 'او چه میکند؟', answer with the action, not the whole sentence: کتاب میخواند.
Traps
Do not copy a whole sentence when a phrase answers; do not ignore negation (نمی, هیچ, هرگز); do not guess a word from English similarity; do not answer in the wrong person. For vocabulary, give the meaning in the passage's context, not a dictionary list.