understand what you have read.

[Anonymous]

how to make sure that we totally understood what we have read?
How to master reading skill as well as writing?

[Tdol]

It depends on the text. Try makinjg notes of the main points. Try writing down key words that illustrate the most important points of the text. Try to summarise it. Check that you can remember why people are mentioned by name, or what figures or dates mean. :D