Building Blocks A2- Unit 2
If you want to get a general idea of what a text is about, you can skim it.
When you skim, you:
-read the title and / or heading(s);
-look at the pictures and words in bold, italics or colour;
-read the first and last lines of the text (or paragraph).
So: skimming means that you read a text very quickly. You don’t read every word.