READING STRATEGIES

REVIEW: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1.It is an affix that change in meaning. 1.What does cooperate mean?

a. Suffixes b. Prefixes c. Roots a. disobey c. work together
b. be inactive d. think
2. It is an affix that change in grammatical form:
a. Suffixes b. Prefixes c. Roots 2.What is the best meaning of the word biodiversity?
a. similar life forms c. small units of life
3.It is the basic or main part of a word: b. variety in life d. decrease of life forms.
a. Suffixes b. Prefixes c. Roots
3.The sentence ¨I’m sorry I misread the notice and therefore
ACCORDING TO THE PREFIX OR/AND SUFFIX. TRY TO misunderstood the message¨ means:
DEDUCE THE MEANING OF THE WORD a.did not read the notice correctly and therefore did not
understand correctly.
1.UNEMPLOYMENT: b.read the notice and understood the message correctly.
2.UNFAIR: c.did not read the notice and therefore did not understand
3.MISPLACE: the message.
4.MISUNDERSTAND:
5.NON-PROFIT: 4.The sentence ¨This newspaper is a biweekly¨ means:
6.USELESS: a. The newspaper is published once a week.
7.CARELESS: b. The newspaper is published three times a week.
8.IMPROVEMENT: c. The newspaper is published twice a week.
9.RECRUITMENT:
10.THANKFUL:
11.POWERFUL:
12. HAPPINESS:

REVIEW: COGNATES REVIEW: TYPE OF TEXT - AUTHOR´S PURPOSE AND

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT WORD:
1 .My sister is __________________. She is going to have a
baby in January. (embarrassed-pregnant)
2. I used to work as a teacher, but ______________I´m
unemployed. (now-actually).
3. I found the book that I was looking for. I bought it in a
_______________(library-bookstore)
MAIN IDEA
Income varies by job type. Jobs that require specialized skills tend to
pay much higher salaries than those that requires skills that can be
obtained very quickly and easily. The Income level associated with
specific skills is also affected by the demand for those skills.
*What kind/type of text is the paragraph before? Why?
(argumentative –expository – narrative/descriptive)

CHOOSE THE CORRECT MEANING OF THE WORD IN *What is the author´s purpose? Why?
BOLD (inform –persuade-entertain)

1. We were so sorry you couldn´t attend our reunion. *What is the main idea of the text?
a. atender b. asistir c. participación
2. The emergency exit of the restaurant is next to the parking IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR´’S PURPOSE IN THE
area. FOLLOWING SENTENCES. (Inform, Persuade,Entertain)
a. exito b. existir c. salida 1.Americans consume more calories per person than does any
3. Recycling helps to reduce the consumption of fresh other group of people in the world____
materials. 2. Thomas was not happy one little bit. His sister, Susan was
a. nuevos b. frescos c. fresa making honor roll again. His parents would allow her to do
anything she wanted to do. ….. _____
MATCH THE WORD WITH THE CORRECT MEANING 3.The first reason why people should not smoke is that
1.Eventually __normal 5.Fabric __finalmente smoking causes many health problems like cancer especially
2.Realize __exito,triunfo 6.Dinner __darse cuenta lung, throat and mouth, bronchitis and others. ____
3.Success __tela 7.Tax __alfombra
4.Carpet __impuesto 8.Regular __cena