<p>Hey guys! Whenever I do Improving Paragraph questions, I don't read the entire passage because I find that reading it would waste valuable time. However, there are questions that ask, "What sentence best describes the main idea of the passage?" Do I have to read the entire passage to answer this type of question, are are there tricks that can be utilized?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>generally, i just think reading the large paragraphs is a huge time-waster. Thus, i look at the questions, and it gives you a specific line number(s), so then i read it once in context, and then once more how they write it in the question. From there, you just see what choice fits best in the paragraph itself, and makes grammatical sense.</p>
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Did you read what I wrote…?</p>
<p>I was describing a question like this:</p>
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<p>Can anyone else comment on this?</p>
<p>sorry about that. lol </p>
<p>and to answer ur question question lol, you dont need too. If you underline things as you do every other question first, you get an idea of the main idea…so then you just play devil’s advocate with each choice and see if it’s passage-supported, if not, its not the answer. so basically, you dont NEED to read the entire passage.</p>
<p>Ok! Thank you very much! If there are any other opinions, I would be glad to hear them.</p>
<p>no problem!</p>
<p>That’s just one of the many ways im sure, its the way my friends told me, and it worked out for me after a couple practice tests, yet im waiting for my June 4th scores xD</p>
<p>For questions like those, skimming over and taking short ‘keyword’ notes will give you a very good idea of the main theme of the paragraph.</p>
<p>The improving paragraphs passage is supposed to be written by an average high school student so it is very easy to read and understand. It should take you a matter of seconds, so I say read it. Another advantage to reading it is that you will see some of the errors as you read and can circle them. This will help when you get to the question about that error. </p>
<p>So many of these questions are asked “in context” and I just do not see a way around reading most of the passage. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you guys for the help!</p>