The questions are designed to help them practise their reading comprehension skills.

He was outgoing and had good comprehension skills—but he overrated himself, and that irritated me.

However, there comes a moment when your comprehension skills fail you and you realise you might be a bit thick.

Readers with poor listening comprehension skills are referred to as readers who are poor comprehenders.

The types of verbals candidates face in these assessments are typically looking to assess understanding and comprehension skills.