1.

5 PRACTICE 3
1.5.1 Passage
READING COMPREHENSION
No.
Suggested answers
26(a A home library is a little area of
)
space in a corner of a home or
even a small room where one
can keep reading materials,
references and electronic
resources.
26(b cosy
)
27(a Scrabble
)
27(b
)
28(a
)
28(b
)
29(a
)
29(b
)
30(a
)
30(b
)

Word puzzles / crossword

puzzles
Printed reading materials.

Lifting / source
Line 5 to 7.

Notes for teachers

Only one word

answer.
Any two of the three
answers.
Chess is not a
correct answer.
Lifting allowed, line 11 to
12.

Non-printed reading materials.

Help to foster a long-life love for
reading among the family
members.
Young readers can be
inculcated with the love for
reading.
Get the help of the state public
library management on how to
run a home library.
Looking clean and attractive or
looking good enough for people
to see.

Lifting line 21 to 22.

Lifting line 23.
Line 41 to 42. One
example .. home library.

Teach students to do
selective lifting.
Look for clues from
sentences before
and after the word.

1.5.3 Editing
SUMMARY (Teachers notes)
31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

what is a home library

the benefits of having a home library

Begin your summary as follows:
Having a home library is important in every family for..................................................
1. its many benefits (1)
(2)
2. A home library is a little area of space in a corner of a home (or even a small room) where
we can place all our reading materials, references and electronic resources.
( elaboration library means having reading materials, references, etc)

(elaboration on the room)

3. A home library can be turned into a cosy room of references by the family members. Here,
where
(3)
the family may run activities that are related to reading such as games like Scrabble,
chess,
word puzzles and crossword puzzles.
(4)
4. Normally, a home library contains printed and non-printed reading materials for.
(elaboration on printed materials
5. In addition, it is good to add in some light reading materials or viewing materials in the
home library. There are a vast collection of novels, picture books, magazines, family photo
albums and articles that can be collected by the family members for reference. Other added
collections to the home library are videotapes, cassettes, CD-ROMs, board games and even
brochures.
(elaboration on non-printed materials)
(5)
6. A home library can help to foster a long-life love for reading among the family members.
(elaboration)
(6)
and
7. Children can be given the opportunity to be exposed to reading books at a young age.
Indirectly, the young readers can be inculcated with the love for reading.(7)
8. Reading can be made as one of the activities for the family members.(8)
9. The parents can guide the children to read books and at the same time, foster good family
relationships. (10)
10. Children can also be fostered to adopt a positive attitude to appreciate reading materials
and knowledge that can be of value to them.
(9)
(elaboration)
and easily accessed them
11. A home library enables the family members to read materials within the confines of their
own homes. The materials can be easily accessed at any time.
(11)
family members
12. Moreover, the reading activities can be carried out to improve the thinking skills of
family members. and making some handicrafts (13)
(12)
13. In this small corner of a room, one can also teach the family members to make some
handicrafts like origami.