Quick Check 2 in English 4

GRASS

by Rosalie Kosimaki

Did you ever think about grass? You walk on it. Sometimes you play on it. But did you ever really think about grass?

Grass is very important. Animals can't live without grass. Some animals eat grass. Cows and sheep are grass eaters. Other animals eat the grass-eaters. Lions and wolves may eat cows and sheep.

What if there were no grass in the world? What would happen? There would be no food for the grass eaters. They would die. The other animals would die too. They would have no grass-eaters to eat.

People can't live without grass either. We eat grass eaters. We get meat and milk from cows. meat from sheep.

People are grass-eaters too! You might say, "But I don't eat grass!" Yes, you do. You eat rice and corn, don't you? They're grasses. You eat cereal, don't you? Most cereals are made from grasses. You eat sugar. Sugar comes from the grass family.

There are many kinds of grasses. There is the green grass in yards. There are grasses that you eat. In cold countries there are little grasses. But in hot countries grass can be fifty feet tall!

This huge grass is called bamboo. Many people eat young bamboo plants. They build houses out of bamboo stems. They make clothes and rope out of bamboo. Bamboo is a very useful grass.

So the next time you see grass, think how important it is. It's important to the grass-eaters. And you're one of them!

Multiple Choice

This story shows ___________.

• that grass is used only for food

• that grass is used for many things

Multiple Choice

People and wolves both ___________.

• get meat from grass-eaters

• get milk from grass-eaters

Multiple Choice

Bamboo is a grass that ___________.

• grows very strong in cold countries

• grows very tall in hot countries

Multiple Choice

You are most likely to see grass in your house __________.

• on your bed

• in a bowl

Multiple Choice

If there were no grass left, ___________.

• only grass-eaters would die

• grass-eaters and meat-eaters would die

Open Ended

Complete the sentence by writing a limiting adjective as suggested in the parenthesis.

The __________(ordinal number) clown performed the best.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence by writing a limiting adjective as suggested in the parenthesis.

__________(demonstrative) old clothes are donations for the poor.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence by writing a limiting adjective as suggested in the parenthesis.

___________(interrogative) road was flooded?

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the adjectives below. Make sure to arrange them in the correct order.

wooden, heavy, a

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the adjectives below. Make sure to arrange them in the correct order.

silk, long, several