Reading Comprehension and VR

[tanny]

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Reading Comprehension is my problem not timing. I finish the exam on time but get answers wrong. What should I do? My score in VR is a 6.

How many passages should I do per day?

 

[Ebola Virus]

If timing is not a problem, then I would suggest the following.

Ask yourself what type of questions are you getting wrong? Is it the same type of questions for every passage? (I believe this is most important in diagnosing your problem)
Are you missing questions related to identifying the theme/missing the author's point?
Most of the time, the answer lies in the tone of the question.
Can you elimate two responses out of the 4 possible choices?

In order to raise that score you'll need to practice daily. Get your hands on as many tests as you possibly can. I'll recommend also buying the examkrackers verbal/mathmatical reasoning book. It has techniques that aids in raising the verbal if timing is not an issue for you.

 

[tanny]

Bump

 

[AllAboutVerbal]

Ebola has some good points. You do need to figure out which types of questions you are missing. If they are specific detail, then you just need to use your extra time to go back and search through the passage for the answer. My guess, however, is that they are questions related to the main idea because every question that isn't a specific detail question is related to the main idea. Try reading a little slower in the first and last paragraph as the main idea has a good chance of being there. You also need to look for key words, like cause and effect (therefore), priority (primarily), and absolutes (only) that can affect tone. Hope that helps.

If you have any other questions, or want to discuss it more, I have a free blog about Verbal: http://allabouttheverbal.blogspot.com/