Reading & Comprehension Strategies is one of 9 topics in the Grade 9 English Home Language CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which reading strategy means reading quickly to get a general sense of a whole text?
Skimming
Scanning
Intensive reading
Proofreading
Answer: Skimming — Skimming means reading quickly over a whole text to get a general sense of what it is about.
Easy
2. Which reading strategy is best for finding one specific date or fact in a long passage?
Scanning
Skimming
Intensive reading
Visualisation
Answer: Scanning — Scanning means searching quickly through a text to find a specific piece of information.
Medium
3. Which reading strategy involves reading slowly and carefully, word by word, to understand every detail?
Answer: Intensive reading — Intensive reading is slow, careful, word-by-word reading to fully understand every detail.
