How to Test Your Reading Comprehension

Determine your level of reading comprehension through a free online test.

Your reading comprehension level indicates how much you understand and retain information that you read. When your reading comprehension level is high, it makes for more enjoyable reading. When you understand it the first time, you don't have to keep backing up to re-read what you have already read. The more you practice your reading, the more your reading comprehension skills will increase.

Instructions

1. Access a reading comprehension test. There are many tests that you can access on line for free through sites such as Pearson Longman, Reading Soft, ABC Teach and English Learner. Choose a test that represents your reading level.

2. Read the assigned passage of text from beginning to end. Try not to back up and re-read text. Instead, keep moving from left to right.

3. Answer all of the test questions for the passage you just read. Submit your answers.

4. View the test results to determine the percentage of text you actually comprehended.

References

• Pearson Longman: Online Practice Reading Tests
• Reading Soft: Reading Comphrehension Test
• ABC Teach Directory: Reading Comphrehension
• English Learner: Advanced Reading Comprehension 2

Resources

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