Reading Comprehension
What this domain tests
Reading Comprehension checks whether you can understand short texts: notices, messages, simple stories, and information passages. Questions ask for a fact, the main idea, the order of events, a word’s meaning in context, or a simple inference. The text stays within everyday vocabulary, but the answer may be worded differently from the passage.
Core rules
- Read the question first, then scan the text for names, numbers, dates, and repeated words.
- Separate stated facts from inferences. If the text does not say it, do not choose it.
- Track pronouns: “it,” “they,” “he,” and “she” point back to a noun.
- Use sequence words: first, then, after, before, finally.
- For “main idea,” choose the answer that covers the whole text, not one detail.
Worked example
“Mia put her keys on the kitchen table. When she came back, the keys were not there. Her brother had moved them to the shelf.” Question: Where were the keys in the end? The text says the brother moved them to the shelf. The kitchen table was only the first place. The answer is “on the shelf.” Choosing “on the table” copies the first sentence but ignores the change.
Traps
- Picking a word that appears in the text but does not answer the question.
- Missing “NOT” or “EXCEPT” in the question.
- Confusing who did what when several people are named.
- Over-reading: guessing a reason the text never gives.
- Using general knowledge instead of the passage.