alleryA pupil with a small vocabulary reads the same story as classmates. What is likely?
AUnderstands less of it
BGains more by guessing
CShows no difference
DFinishes it sooner
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Understands less of it
1. Knowing what words mean directly affects what a text means to the reader.
2. Pupils with smaller vocabularies comprehend less of what they read.
3. Guessing does not replace word knowledge, and vocabulary size clearly matters.
_Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, The role of vocabulary_
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