G: Anticipating information

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 411.

F: Comprehension questions

Reading Comprehension

Good writers lead the reader along so that the reader will be convinced by their logical presentation. A good reader should think about what is coming next. He should be able to anticipate (guess) the information which a writer will present in his next sentence. If the reader is prepared for what the writer is about to say, then it will be easier for the reader to pay attention to the passage and remember what he has read. As in listening, certain words serve to indicate what is coming next. For example, if the first sentence in a paragraph says, "Entrepreneurship involves (includes) several important activities ...," you should expect that the author will explain what those activities are in the next sentences.

Read the following questions and think about them as you read Paragraph 7. Try to anticipate what the author is about to say. Then answer the questions about entrepreneurship.

1. How does the entrepreneur initiate business?

2. How does he manage the business?

3. How many activities of entrepreneurship does the author mention?

4. What did you expect Paragraph 8 to explain?

Anticipate what you would expect to find following these sentences and list this information after each one.

1. When a company goes bankrupt, it causes problems for many
people.

2. But the entrepreneur takes the biggest risk of all.

3. If he is skillful and lucky, he will make a good profit.

Vocabulary Review: Rephrasing

Rewrite the following sentences. Replace the words in italics with expressions from the text which have the same meaning.