There are six main types of reading comprehension questions: 1. Literal questions test straightforward understanding and can be answered directly from the text. 2. Reorganization questions require combining details from different parts of the text. 3. Inference questions involve drawing conclusions not explicitly stated in the text. 4. Prediction questions ask readers to anticipate what may occur based on text details and their own knowledge. 5. Evaluation questions require making a judgment about some aspect of the text. 6. Personal response questions have no single right answer but must relate to the reader's understanding and opinion of the text. Being aware of these question types can help ensure students practice important comprehension skills.

1. TYPES OF COMPREHENSION
By Group I :
 Alfeus Nikolaus Ibung
 Aura Astuti
 Gracella Feybe Everia W
 Julius Lugan

2. Types of Question
There have been a number of attempts to
classify reading comprehension questions
according to their content. The classification
that follows is not particularly original. It is
intended to be useful as a form or checklist; by
classifying your questions against it you can find
out whether you are omitting any important
kinds of question and thus failing to give
practice in some important skills.

3. Divided into six types
• Literal
• Reorganization
• Inference
• Prediction
• Evaluation
• Personal Response

4. Literal Types
Refers to an understanding of
the straightforward meaning of the
text, such as facts, vocabulary,
dates, times, and locations.
Question of literal comprehension
can be answered directly and
explicitly from the text.

5. When did Rahman’s wife have an
accident ?
(look at Appendix A text 2)
Answer :

6. Reorganization Types
Is based on literal understanding
of the text; students must use
information from various parts of
the text and combine them for
additional understanding.

7. For Example :
We might read at the beginning of a
text that a woman named Maria Kim was born
in 1945 and then later at the end of text that
She died in 1990.
In order to answer this question, How
old was Maria Kim when she died?, the
student has to put together two pieces of
information that are from different parts of
the text.

8. How many children had Rahman ?
(Look at Appendix A text 2)
Answer :

9. Inference Types
Making inferences involves more than
literal understanding. Students may
initially have a difficult time answering
inference questions because the answers
are based on material that is in the text
but not explicitly stated. An inference
involves students combining their literal
understanding of the text with their own
knowledge and intuitions.

10. For Example :
Miss White has recess duty. Jacob
finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to
show it to Miss White. Miss White screams,
jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the
school.
• What can you infer from this passage?
• What are the “clues” in this passage?

11. Which people were in Rahman’s
house when the accident happened ?
(Look at Appendix A text 2 )
Answer :

12. Prediction Types
Involves students using both their
understanding of the passage and their own
knowledge of the topic and related matters
in a systematic fashion to determine what
might happen next or after a story end.

13. For Example
Student could read the first two
paragraphs of a passage and then be
asked a question about what might
happen next. They can determine the
answer by reading the reminder of
the text.

14. Evaluation Types
Requires the learner to give a global
or comprehensive judgment about some
aspect of the text.

15. For Example:
A comprehension question that
requires the reader to give an evaluation of
this article is : How will the information in
this article be useful to you ?
In order to answer this type of
question, student must use both a literal
understanding of the text and their
knowledge of the text’s topic and related
issues.

16. Personal Response Types
Requires readers to respond with their
feelings for the text and the subject. The answers
are not found in the text; they come strictly from
the readers. While no personal responses are
incorrect, they cannot be un founded; they must
relate to the content of the text and reflect a
literal understanding of the material.

17. For Example
An example of a comprehension
question that requires a personal response
is :
What do you like or dislike about this
article?
Like an evaluation question, students
have to use both their literal understanding
and their own knowledge to respond.

18. CONCLUSION

19. T H A N K Y O U