Reading comprehension HAVO

Reading comprehension HAVO

What do you usually struggle with while making a CITO reading test?

What is expected?

You...

• understand main idea of the text
• see and recognise signaling words
• recognize opinion of experts
• recognize examples

Types of questions

1. Multiple choice
2.  True / false statements
3. Open questions
4. Gap fill

General steps

1. Vocabulary: which words do you know about the topic?

2. Topic: what do you know about the topic?

3. Strategy: What type of text is it? What type of question is it? What should your answer look like?

Title & Picture

Title: Bugs a la mode

What do you think the text will be about?

-> alludes to the main idea

What the text will be about?

Question 33

Which of the following is not mentioned as a benefit of eating insects in paragraph 1?

What is the most important information in the question?

Answer the question 33

Question 34

“they’re gross” (paragraph 2)

34 How does Gordon try to challenge this notion?

What the synonym of gross?

Question 35

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 3?

A However

B Instead

C Likewise

D Moreover

General strategy 

• Read always until the gap and then the following sentece
• Divide the words in positive and negative
• Think of the function of signaling words
• If there are antonyms in the options, then it is usually one of the two (A hot; B clear; C cold; D pretty)

What is the function of paragraph 3?

Answers usually contains:

• it illustrates
• it explains

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