Reading Comprehension - A floating school

Reading Comprehension - A Floating school

Makokos a Floating School

Read the text and choose the correct option.

Multiple Choice

1- Adeyemi ____ Nigeria

• is visiting

• is from

• hasn't been to

Multiple Choice

2- Adeyemi´s design helped to ___ waste

• use

• create

• avoid

Multiple Choice

3- Makoko is not a very ___ neighbourhood.

• wet

• wealthy

• windy

Multiple Choice

4- They didn't use___materials to build the school.

• expensive

• ecological

• local

Multiple Choice

5- ____ provide power for the school.

• Solar panels

• Plastic barrels

• Local materials

Multiple Choice

6- The school has got three ___.

• classrooms

• plants

• floors

Multiple Select

7- The new floating school isn't safe.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

8- Makoko is a city on a lake.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

9- Weather and water levels aren't a problem.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

10- People from Makoko built the school.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

11- The school has got outside space for playing.

• True

• Flase

Fill in the Blanks with the following words

• challenging

• creative

• historic

• ordinary

• unique

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​TIP! copy the words on a paper to read them while you read the sentences

Fill in the Blank

The building is not ______. It's unusual.

Fill in the Blank

He loves art. He's very _____.

Fill in the Blank

It isn't like anything else. It's ____.

Fill in the Blank

The book is____. It's hundreds of years old.

Fill in the Blank

Is the work easy, or is it ____?

Answer the following questions

Open Ended

a. Why can't the students go to lessons in the old primary school?

Open Ended

b. How does the building float on water?

Open Ended

c. How will the school stay up in the wind?

Open Ended

d. Why is the building ecological?

Open Ended

e. How will the school help the community?

Open Ended

f. What do you think life is like in Makoko?