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Question
Form groups. Discuss how one can be a 'good reader'. Use the points in the above passage in your discussion. Write down the points that show what makes a 'good reader'.
Solution
- Good readers try and guess the meanings of new or unfamiliar words from the context.
- Good readers are not shy or afraid of asking doubts.
- A good reader visualizes while reading.
- Good readers get their doubts clarified by asking polite questions.
- Good reader reads different kinds of books.
- Good reader enjoys what is being read.
- A good reader predicts what will come next.
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