Reading English well

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For non-native English readers, four sections have been designed for improving English reading skill well. The four sections of reading English well are reading well, learning well, understanding well and grasping text well. Although these titles of the subsections look different but practice of all these four sub-sections improves the English reading skill well. If you are not native English learners; I strongly suggest you do oral practice of these four lessons and repeat two or more times.

Grasp text well (subsec 1):

Learning English well (subsec 2):

Reading English well (subsec 3):

Understanding English well (subsec 4):

The practice helps you acquire the skill of reading English well. Many have written theories and steps to improve the reading skill, but I designed practical lessons to improve the English readers’ reading skill well. Although the practice lesion will take some time; but, the time of the practice will certainly improve the reading skills extraordinarily. You too will be surprised after the practice of the subdivided sections of the reading English well.

16.Read the following sentences with linking verbs followed by nouns and subjective complements and their transformations into Wh- questions.  This oral practice session helps improve the skill of reading English well.

* Mr. Gurung is president of the garment industry.

Who is the president of the garment industry? Mr.Gurung.

What is Mr. Gurung? He is the president of the garment industry.

*The books of Learn English Easily are the most effective series?

What is the book of Learn English Easily? The most effective book series.

What is the most effective series? The books of the series of Learn English Easily.

* Prakash became Bhaskar's close friend.

What did Prakash become? Close friend.

Prakash became Bhaskar's close friend.

Who become Bhaskar's close friend? Prakash.

Note: The "be" (was, were, am, is), become and remain are often called linking verbs. We use "who" or "what" to ask about the subject of a sentence or about the subjective complement.

17.Make questions and give short answers like the examples (*). This oral exercise helps improve the skill of reading English well.

*The plant species became very valuable herb.

What became very valuable herb? The plant species.

What did the plant species become? Very valuable herb.

*The race of the plant species remained neglected.

What remained neglected? The race of the plant species.

*Sherpa and Gurung are the local inhabitants of Namchebazar, Solukhumbu, Nepal.

Who are the local inhabitants of Namchebazar, Solukhumbu, Nepal.

Sherpa and Gurung.

What are the Sherpa and Gurung? Local inhabitants of Namchebazar.

a)    Those boys and girls are the first batch students of the school.

b)    Colourful clothes are the girls' choices.

c)    Gopal became a very good football player.

d)    Mr. Adhikari became retired in his job.

e)    Mr. Shrestha remained the office assistant in the bank staff.

f)    Dhakal's hatchery is a successful business.

g)    The traffic in Kathmandu became very busy.

h)    Raju's father became the chairman of the bank.

i)    Her father is a college professor.

j)    His father became the member of the upper house.

18.Read the following sentences with linking verbs followed by adjectives.

The pizza tastes delicious.

How does the pizza taste? Delicious.

The man looked disappointed.  How did the man look? He looked disappointed.

Maiya is fine.               How is Maiya? She's fine.

Note: Look, taste, smell, sound, grow, become, remain, appear and feel are linking verbs followed by adjectives.

19.Make questions about the adjective and give short answer. See examples (*). This oral practice helps improve the skill of reading English well.

* The traffic seemed very busy.  How did the traffic seem? It seemed very busy.

* Gopal was laboreous.          How was Gopal? He was laborious.

The mango tastes delicious.         The traveler became sick.

His clothes looked dirty.         The teacher became happy.

The music sounded noise.         The boy grows well.

His health became serious.         The boys and girls remained silent.

She looked beautiful in that dress.     He looked handsome in that outfit.

That perfume smells soothing and cheerful.

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20.Read the following sentences with both direct and indirect objects and their transformations into Wh-questions. This practice helps improve the skill of reading English well.

* The businessman sold the feed industry corn.

Who(m) did the businessman sell corn? The feed industry.

What did the businessman sell to the feed industry? Corn.

* Grishma presented his wife a warm coat.

Who(m) did Grishma present the warm coat? His wife.

What did Grishma present his wife? A warm coat.

21.Make question about the direct object in the following sentences like the example (*).

* Chomlong Sherpa sent his friends some apple brandy.

What did Chomlong Sherpa send friends? Some apple brandy.

a)    The economist informed all his students about the effectiveness of the bank.

b)    Mother cooked Father some special dish of rice and milk yesterday.

c)    The doctor prescribed the patient some herbal medicines and a good nurse.

d)    The nurse gave the patient the herbal medicine.

e)    The taxi driver showed my father a list of fare rate.

f)    The principal managed a music teacher to his students.

g)    The bus staff served the passengers bottles of cold drinks.

h)    The professor gave his M. S. student a good topic for his research.

i)    His uncle's boss gave him a promotion in his job.

j)    The English teacher recommended all his students this English book.

k)    The students and the teacher admired their friends the beauties of the book.

22.Make questions about the indirect objects of the sentences of exercise 21 and give short answer like the example.

*  Chomlong Sherpa sent to his friends some apple brandy.

Whom did Chomlong Sherpa send some apple brandy? His friends.

Who did Chomlong Sherpa send some apple brandy? His friends.

23.Read the following sentences with object complements and their transformation into Wh-questions.

* The class students elected Gopal their leader.

What did the class students elect Gopal? They elected Gopal their leader.

* His father likes his tea sugar-free.

How does his father like his tea?   He likes his tea sugar-free.

24.Make questions about the object complement of each sentence and give answer to them. See the following examples (*). This oral step helps improve the skill of reading English well.

* The students called the new teacher very good.

What did the students call the new teacher? They called him very good.

* The guest liked our meal very much.

How did the guest like our meal? He liked our meal very much.

a)    Prakash assumed Bhaskar his bosom friend.

b)    The board of directors appointed Mr. Maharjan the general manager of the bank.

c)    His father tasted the apple of Mustang very delicious.

d)    His father called his dog his favourite pet.

e)    His father prefers his clothes very clean. 

f)    The girl liked her dresses short.

g)    The committee elected Mr. Upadhyaya the chairman of the company.

h)    His father prefers the weather autumn.

i)    His friends call the position of president an honorary one.

j)    His grandparents called the pop music a noise.

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