Question
Guessing the meaning of new words in a printed text is a subskill of ________.
This question was previously asked in
OTET 2026 Social Studies Question Paper (5-Jul-2026)
The correct answer is
reading
Inferring word meaning from context in a printed text is a well-known reading subskill (contextual guessing), so the answer is reading.
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Important Questions from Reading - Teaching
- ____________ comprehension is the skill of reading a piece of text closely or intensely for the purpose of extracting specific information from the text.
- ____________ is a way of estimating or guessing beyond the facts.
- As a teacher of class V you ask the students to read the text thoroughly. Then you ask them to answer the questions with reference to the context (RTC). In this process, you are encouraging students for ____________.
- A teacher of class VI does a warm up activity to connect their previous knowledge and experience with the text they would read. She asks her learners to look at the illustrations of the reading text (the story) before she begin to teach the text. What does she want her learners to do ?
- Looking for a number in the contact list of your phone is an example of
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