Practice for the communicative skill of reading, subskill identifying supporting points or examples.
The PTE Academic item types where this subskill is tested are
- Reading: Multiple choice, choose single answer
- Reading: Multiple choice, choose multiple answers
- Reading: Re-order paragraphs
- Listening: Highlight correct summary
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Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource |
Academic Connections 1,
Academic Connections 2,
Academic Connections 3,
Academic Connections 4 |
identifying the major points and key facts in a passage |
| Creating Meaning |
identifying supporting information |
| Inside Reading 1 |
identifying examples and definitions |
| Inside Reading 2 |
highlighting and annotating supporting points |
| Inside Reading 3 |
finding and outlining supporting details |
| New Directions |
finding supporting details |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 3 |
differentiating between main ideas and details |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 4 |
differentiating between main ideas and details, recognizing how details support main ideas, relating specific examples to broad themes, scanning for supporting details
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| NorthStar Reading and Writing 5 |
relating supporting details to main ideas |
| Select Readings Intermediate |
using examples to support opinions |
| Select Readings Upper-Intermediate |
supporting main ideas |
| Strategic Reading 1 |
distinguishing main and supporting ideas, distinguishing arguments |
| Study Reading |
practicing academic reading skills including identifying supporting arguments |
Well Read 2,
Well Read 3,
Well Read 4 |
understanding supporting details, understanding vocabulary used to give examples in context |