Which of the following supports a pre-reading activity ?

The correct option is Using a prediction task.

Pre-reading activities are tasks carried out before students read a text. Their primary purpose is to activate background knowledge, build interest, introduce key concepts or vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. A prediction task (such as guessing what a story is about based on its title, images, or brief headings) encourages learners to connect their existing knowledge with the text before they begin reading.

Let's analyze why the other options are incorrect for a pre-reading activity:

• Asking learners to summarise the text: Summarizing requires a complete reading and understanding of the text, so this is a post-reading activity.

• Teaching grammatical structures: While grammar focus can occur in language lessons, explicit grammar exercises based on a text are typically while-reading or post-reading tasks.

• Using paraphrasing tasks: Paraphrasing involves rephrasing parts of a text that has already been read, making it a while-reading or post-reading activity.