Review Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

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FREE CSC
REVIEW
PROGRA
M
PRAYER
LET’s have
a recap!
VOCABU
LARY
WHAT IS VOCABULARY?
vo·cab·u·lar·y
/vōˈkabyəˌlerē/
A vocabulary is a set of words within a person's

language.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
VOCABULARY?
Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension.

Readers cannot understand what they are reading
without knowing what most of the words mean.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Not to teach you the answer but rather teach

you how to answer.
WHAT TO ANTICIPATE IN THE CSC
EXAM?
HELP TIPS!
UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION
PREDICT
ELIMINATE
WEIGH
ACING VOCABULARY TIPS!
USING CONTEXT CLUES (Definition, Providing Examples,
Comparison and Contrast)
ANALYZING WORD PARTS
EPONYMS
TRY TO LOOK IF THE STEM IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
INSERT YOUR ANSWER CHOICE IN THE SENTENCE

PRE-TEST
ANSWER KEY
1. (3) Boracay, a Blessed Island
2. (2) That Flight MH370’s disappearance is still a mystery
3. (2) The Demand of Flappy Bird Game
4. (4) Global Climate change and its effects are occurring and are likely to
increase over time.
5. (3) Because it protects and secures not only our online accounts but also
our online activities.
6. (1) The importance of Search Engine Optimization
7. (2) Unemployment rate in the Philippines is seriously increasing
8. (3) Forks, Washington
9. (3) Confusion
10. (1) Filipinos are now willing to open different investments.
ANSWER KEY
11. (1) Extravagant in spending money
12. (3) Because he is generous with gifts for friends
13. (1) It made communication easier and faster
14. (1) Laughter brings about a number of positive things in the people and in
human relationships
15. (3) It will divide the country even more
16. (1) Let’s not adopt federalism or else go back to the Filipinas, collections of
villages
17. (4) It is decentralization
18. (2) The President, being the highest official of the land, is not subject to the
ICC
19. (1) No one is above the international law
20. (3) There is no end to development
TYPES OF READING
EXTENSIVE READING
INTENSIVE READING
SKIMMING
SCANNING
EXTENSIVE READING
Extensive reading is one of the methods of
reading that people use for relaxation and pleasure.
Adopt this method when the purpose is to enjoy the
reading experience. It places no burden upon the
reader and due to its indulgent nature, it is seldom
used if the text isn’t enjoyable.
INTENSIVE READING
Among the different types of reading skills,
intensive reading is used when you want to read
carefully by paying complete attention to understand
every word of the text. It is where you would examine
and decipher each unfamiliar word or expression.
SCANNING
It is one of those kinds of reading where you
read to search for a particular piece of information.
Your eyes quickly skim over the sentences until you
find it.
SKIMMING
Through this method, you try to understand the
text in short. Though one saves a lot of time through
this method, one will gain only a shallow
understanding of the text.
Skimming is a great way to get a broad idea of
the topic being discussed. This method is generally
used to judge whether the information is useful or not.
LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION
LITERAL
INTERPRETATIVE
APPLIED
LITERAL (First Level)
It involves identifying the important and
essential information. Basically involves only the basic
information/ details and is surface understanding only.
INTERPRETATIVE (Second Level)
The focus shifts from to reading between the

lines at what is implied in the reading material. It
requires students to combine pieces of information in
order to make inferences from what was learned.
APPLIED (Third Level)
Understandings at the literal and interpretative
level are combined, reorganized and restructured at
the applied level to express opinions and draw new
insights and ideas.
HEIRARCHY OF READING
COMPREHENSION
READING BEYOND
THE LINES
READING BETWEEN
THE LINES
READING THE LINES

TIPS AND TRICKS IN ACING THE
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
DO NOT OVER EMPHASIZE THINGS
Details are important but DON'T be obsessed

with examples, illustrations and so on. You just need
to get a hang of the main point and not the examples.
Comprehending the overall flow and structure will help
you analyze and answer the questions.
DO NOT READ THE PASSAGE FIRST
Always go through the questions first and then

the passage. This will prepare you to focus on the
things you need to look in the passage. Focus only on
the questions, and not on a particular answer option.
A quick overview of the questions is sufficient.
DO NOT OVER-EMPHASIZE ON
VOCABULARY SKILLS
Having a strong vocabulary is great however
having Shakespearean vocabulary will not prevent
you from understanding the passage. So do not put
yourself under stress in this area, and while reading
the passage, make sure that you understand the gist
of the passage and do not get stuck on particular
words.
DO NOT SPEND TIME ON PASSAGES
YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND AT FIRST
At times we come across a passage that we are
not able to comprehend. If you are struggling with one
such passage in the exam, make sure you have the
patience to avoid such a passage. Focus on the ones
that you can manage easily. Go back to the tricky
passage in case of absolute necessity.
DO NOT RELY ON TRIGGER WORDS
You might get trapped in the web of 'trigger

words' if you don’t read attentively through the
passage. A passage may focus on one point for quite
a bit of sentences and then change it towards the end
with trigger words like 'but' or 'however'.
TRY TO THINK OF POSSIBLE
QUESTIONS
While reading the passage, try to identify the
possible questions that could be asked, and which
parts of the passage seem the most likely candidates
for question-setting.
OPENING AND CLOSING PARAGRAPHS
REQUIRES EXTRA FOCUS
Questions such as the main idea question are
based on the overall subject of the passage, and
majority of the times the answer for this question type
lies in the first and last paragraph of the passage.
CONSTRANTLY QUESTION YOURSELF
WHILE READING THE PASSAGE
In order to maintain your concentration while
reading, make sure that some basic questions keep
playing at the back of your mind.
POST-
TEST
ANSWER KEY
1. (1) Individual employees make the company goals their own goals
2. (1) Digital immigrants
3. (1) Meritocracy
4. (1) Sad he has not seen the fruit of his labor
5. (1) Warnings of Heart Attack
6. (1) You don’t lose yourself when you serve
7. (1) No more tariff on goods among ASEAN member states
8. (1) Beauty cannot be judged objectively, for what one person finds beautiful or admirable
may not appeal to another
9. (1) It has its origins in China
10. (3) Cooked foods lose their Vitamin C in cooking
11. (2) It is unauthorized killing since it is done without the sanction of the court
12. (1) Cognitive thinking
13. (1) Habits of mind are habits of intelligent people
14. (3) Reasonable buying
15. (1) Make every moment of your life count
Thank you
and God
Bless You in
the Exam!

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A vocabulary is a set of words within a person's

Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension.

Not to teach you the answer but rather teach

ANALYZING WORD PARTS

TRY TO LOOK IF THE STEM IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE

INSERT YOUR ANSWER CHOICE IN THE SENTENCE

The focus shifts from to reading between the

READING THE LINES

Details are important but DON'T be obsessed

Always go through the questions first and then

You might get trapped in the web of 'trigger

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