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Learn the comprehension skills
130 bite-size passages, each with three questions and a clear explanation of every answer. The best place to start before full comprehension tests.
130mini-lessons
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Comprehension mini-lessons
Fiction · Non-fiction · PoetryComprehension Shorts!
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About the mini-lessons
Question types covered
- Inferencereading between the lines
- Vocabularyword meanings in context
- Factual recallfinding facts in the text
- Grammarhow sentences are built
- Writer’s choicewhy the author chose those words
- Figurative languagesimiles, metaphors and more
- Main ideawhat the passage is mostly about
How to use the mini-lessons
- Pick Fiction, Non-fiction or Poetry, or mix them.
- Read the short passage carefully, then answer three questions.
- Read the explanation after each answer, even when you get it right.
- Do a few passages a day to build the habit.
- When the skills feel secure, move on to full comprehension tests.
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