General Training Reading Strategies Activity - Worksheet

Think about the reading strategy you would use in these different situations?

1. You want to find out, from the newspaper, the starting time for a film at a particular cinema.
   
   
2. You are using an instruction manual to help you assemble a piece of equipment.
   
   
3. You are in a bookshop and you are trying to decide whether you will buy a certain book or not.
   
   
4. You are given a pile of popular magazines to read while you are waiting for an appointment with the dentist.
   
   
5. You are looking at a department store guide in order to find out the location of the food section.
   
   
6. You have received a letter with news from a very good friend you have not seen for some time.

Now match these strategies to each of the situations above.

	A	scanning
	B	skimming
	C	reading for detail