Skimming and scanning - 3

Tip!

Read as much as possible
Reading is a skill, like swimming or playing football.
Something you get better at by practising.
The more you read, the better you’ll get at it!

Speed read
Speed up. In exam situations you will often need to read a text more quickly than before.
Practise reading texts quickly: you can time yourself.
For example, give yourself 3 minutes to read 300 words, then give yourself 2 minutes to read 300 words,
then try in 1 minute.
You can repeat this idea with the same text at first, but then try it with different texts as you get better at it.

Don't freeze
Remember, in an exam you aren’t allowed to ask someone or look up a new word.
If you don’t know a word, and you can’t guess a general meaning from the other words around it, then skip it, don’t waste time!