Scanning for reading is like finding water in the desert.
For RNE reading, you need to develop and use certain reading skills to help you answer the questions efficiently and effectively.
One of these skills is scanning, which is “looking for specific information”.
Scanning Basics
Here’s a question: What is Sarah doing on Wednesday?
Monday: Study
Tuesday: Housework
Wednesday: Exercise
Thursday: Exercise
Friday: Study
Did you find the answer (A: “Exercise”)? I’m guessing you did.
To find the answer, you used scanning.
First you saw the word Wednesday in the question, and then you searched the list for the same word.
That’s it! That’s scanning.
On the real RNE test, the scanning you’ll do is a bit more complicated. Perhaps you’ll search the reading for the name of a person, or for a particular year. Then you’ll read the test around it closely to find or confirm the correct answer.
