Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo texts agreeing about reading to children
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Reading aloud to children every night helps them learn to read, says teacher Sam Dee.
Text 2
Children who are read to at home arrive at school knowing more words and recognising more letters than children who are not.
Based on the texts, Dee and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree that ____
- A. reading to children helps them with reading.Correct
- B. children should learn to read only at school.
- C. reading aloud is a waste of time.
- D. children who are read to know fewer words.
Answer: A. reading to children helps them with reading.
Both link being read to with reading skills.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. children should learn to read only at school.
- Both value reading at home.
- C. reading aloud is a waste of time.
- The opposite.
- D. children who are read to know fewer words.
- The opposite.
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