Primary 4 English Mastering Comprehension Visual Text & Cloze

Section 1: Visual Text Comprehension

The section on Comprehension Visual Text is different from Comprehension (Open-Ended). A visual text has images and words to convey meaning. These help to make the meaning of the information clearer for readers. Examples of visual texts are: web pages, flyers, posters, advertisements, brochures, newsletters. The following common types of questions in Comprehension Visual Text are explained in this section:

(a) True statement

(b) Vocabulary in context

(c) Important details

(d) Reasons

(e) Evidence

(f) Facts vs. non-facts

(g) Main aim

(h) Punctuation.

10 full tests in Comprehension Visual Text follow this section.

Section 2: Comprehension Cloze

Comprehension cloze is a test of pupils’ ability to comprehend a text. There are 15 deletions in the text. The missing words are from different word classes. The following are some useful strategies on comprehension cloze covered in this book:

(a) Collocations

(b) Contextual clues

(c) Connectors

(d) Synonyms/Antonyms

(e) Summary

(f) Grouping

(g) Referring back and forward

(h) Cumulative and global comprehension.