How to Improve Reading Comprehension?

[Abhijits]

Hi,

I need to improve my reading comprehension. On any type of passage other than current affairs i usually get half of my answers wrong. I can get the theme of the passage but cannot get the tricky questions. Please give me some tips to improve my RC. If anybody is aware of good books or sites to improve Reading comprehension, please tell me.

Regards

Abhijit.

[ss6872]

First of all. Abhijit, this is probably the wrong place to post this query you should either post it under RC gor gre and GMat or general discussion for gre, gmat.
To answer your question, this is what i did,)am still doing)
First to get attuned to reading, i took time to read the paragraphs well so i can understand thoroughly and get some practice in reading.I read every editorial in NYtimes, read every passage on the RC section of this test magic site and did the questions without timing myself. . After i reached a stage where i could successfully read any passage in less than 5 minutes, with a clear understanding of the overall idea, I started attempting more passages from different tests and other resources on the net. This time , i timed myself.
I still get about 1 wrong every 2 RCs but its still an improvement.
Also go back and look at the paragraph after reading each question.

[Abhijits]

Originally posted by ss6872

First of all. Abhijit, this is probably the wrong place to post this query you should either post it under RC gor gre and GMat or general discussion for gre, gmat.
To answer your question, this is what i did,)am still doing)
First to get attuned to reading, i took time to read the paragraphs well so i can understand thoroughly and get some practice in reading.I read every editorial in NYtimes, read every passage on the RC section of this site and did the questions without timing myself. . After i reached a stage where i could successfully read any passage in less than 5 minutes, with a clear understanding of the overall idea, I started attempting more passages from different tests and other resources on the net. This time , i timed myself.
I still get about 1 wrong every 2 RCs but its still an improvement.
Also go back and look at the paragraph after reading each question.

Hi Vdya,
Thanks for th reply. I have posted the topic in RC section. I surfed the nytimes site but could not locate the RC section of this site. Please tell how do i locate this section.

Regards
Abhijit

[Erin]

Yeah, I moved it here (Start Here: Studying for the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT) since it relates to the beginning of one's study.

[ss6872]

Oh, I didn't mean to say that there is an RC section in NY Times, sorry if i conveyed the wrong meaning. What i meant is reading some editorial in NY Times, or for that matter any newspaper routinely will improve your reading skills.

[ajitshinde78]

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I need to improve my reading comprehension. On any type of passage other than current affairs i usually get half of my answers wrong. I can get the theme of the passage but cannot get the tricky questions. Please give me some tips to improve my RC. If anybody is aware of good books or sites to improve Reading comprehension, please tell me.

Regards

Abhijit.
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[Einstein]

Are you taking the GMAT or GRE? I have a GMAT verbal prep book from Princeton Review that is phenomenal for CR strategy...I would highly recommend it. If you're taking the GRE instead, I would imagine they have one for GRE verbal and that it's pretty good too, based on what I've read in the GMAT one. Use that book for figuring out CR and doing some practice questions, and then use the official guide for more practice.

[missionsunil]

915). Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.

(A) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang

(B) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging

(C) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging

(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging

(E) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung

my answer is D.
seem is parallel to looked and whose refer back to monekys

[eflect]

Nice to see so many helping hands here.I feel happy and proud to be a part of this forum.Thanks guys and wish you all the very best.