reading passages
Passages for comprehension
Reading passages are excerpts of text used for comprehension exercises, standardized tests, or language instruction.
They're typically followed by questions testing understanding, inference, or vocabulary: The reading passages on the SAT covered topics from science to literature.
The term appears almost exclusively in educational contexts.
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- excerptPortion taken from larger work
- paragraphDistinct section of text
- textWritten or printed words
- literatureBody of written works
questions · answers · standardized test · understanding · scanning · study guide · skimming · highlighter · annotation · margins · classroom · test · exam · vocabulary · context · interpret · analyze · author's purpose
- reading assessmentscomprehension tests, vocabulary tests
- teaching materialsteaching manuals, teacher manuals, worksheets, lesson plans, teacher editions
- ESL materialsgrammar drills, grammar worksheets, vocabulary building, teaching aids, classroom materials
- grammar readersgrammatical rules, verb tenses, sentence structure, parts of speech, subject verb agreement
- language textbooksgrammar drills, grammar exercises, vocabulary lists, grammar lessons, verb tables
- reading educationliteracy, vocabulary, spelling, phonics, comprehension
reading passagesaudio recordings
Stored sonic content
listening exercises · podcasts · oral presentations · audiobooks · visual media
reading passagesessay writing
Producing structured arguments
free writing · creative writing · original composition · dictation · writing exercises
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