How to gain speed in reading

In the verbal section, every candidate must work on his reading speed. Reading faster keeping in sync with comprehending the content given makes it possible to give a quality attempt in minimum time. This skill is of most importance while attempting Reading Comprehension. The first key rule is to avoid reading like a school student. That technique might consume excessive time and hence examinees should eliminate the volume of their inner voice while attempting to read a piece of content.

Read only with your eyes to work on your pace. Look at a large group of words and identify them as verbs and nouns. After this practice, try reading multiple lines by infusing the same ideology. Keeping a finger as you read helps you to register content quickly. Using a pen or pencil while reading content, would help you mark important portions relevant to be understood later if not capable of being understood in a single reading attempt.

Scanning for keywords in your piece of content in the course of your reading would help you understand the subject-matter of the content. When you are looking for a keyword matching the answer to your question, referring back to the portions marked makes it easy and effortless. Make it more interesting by use of interesting shapes to shape your understanding and referring better.

Every reading comprehension, you attempt, summarize the key points for every paragraph and have your own opinion on the content which will help you understand things in a better way. Writing whatever is important helps you retain the required content better making your answering process even more focused and quick.

Also, keep a track of the time you take to read a fixed number of words. Work on increasing your speed to maximize the number of words you read in a given time-frame to perform well. Also check your quality of comprehension when you read large chunks of text. These techniques would help you identify the areas that have enough scope for improvement when you attempt exams like Xat and NMAT, you can also keep progress of how often you improve on them. All the best!