Foundation year
WEEK THREE
English Language
Reading - ENGL 102
Lecturer: Ola Ahmed Refaat
Academic year 2015 / 2016
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Points to be covered this week:
 Reading “An Apple A Day”. (p. 273 + 274)
 How Words Are Used Together. (Ex. 2 + 3 + 7 + 8 p. 73
+ 74 + 78 + 79)
 Making Inferences. (Ex. 1 + 3 p. 137 + 139)
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How Words Are Used
Together :
 People often use certain words together in phrases. When
you are reading, you will understand better if you can
recognize common phrases quickly.
What is a phrase?
 A phrase is a group of words that stand together as a single
unit, as part of a clause or a sentence.
 A phrase doesn’t contain a subject and a verb and can’t
convey or give a complete thought.
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Some Examples of Phrases:
 I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took
me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my
autograph.
 I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took
me to see him in a department store, and he asked for
my autograph.
 She traveled around the world for her job.
 The underlined words are phrases that have a special
meaning without the rest of the sentences and when they
are used together.
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 Compare the previous examples with the following ones:
 They got lost on the way home.
 Every morning, I drink a cup of strong tea.
 The underlined words are not phrases because they don’t
have any meanings without the rest of the sentences.
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Making Inferences:
 An Inference is a kind of guess. When you read a
passage or see a picture, you get information from it.
Then you can make an Inference (guess) about other
information and ideas that are not in the passage.
e.g.:
 A friend from London is supposed to arrive by plane
this afternoon. You hear that there are terrible snow
storms in London. You make an inference from this:
Planes will probably not be able to fly out of London,
and your friend won’t come today.
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Assignment:
 Ex. (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9) p. 206
 Ex. (6 + 7 + 8 + 9) p.112
215
115.
 Ex. (2 + 4) p. 138 + 140.
 Ex. (4 + 5 + 6 + 9) p. 75 + 76 + 77 + 80.
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References:
1. Reading Power 2 [Fourth Edition].
2. Some internet sites, such as ISL collective.com, K12
Reader (Reading Instruction Resources), Cambridge
University Press, and English For Everyone.org.
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