F1 - Brother Messy, Brother Neat - Literacy

Literacy 6 - Brother Messy, Brother Neat

A story of opposites

Reading A-Z

Written by

Torran Anderson

Illustrated by

Norm Grock

Pablo was messy.

He liked to draw whenever he could.

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Multiple Choice

1) What is the best idea for messy?

• clothes are on the floor

• the room is clean

Nico was neat.

He liked to organize whatever he could.



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Multiple Select

2) What ideas describe neat? (choose three)

• the floor is clean

• paper on the floor

• books on packed away

• toys are on the bed

• room smells clean

When their sister Maria was born, the boys had to share a room.

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Multiple Choice

3) True or False

"The boys look happy in the picture about sharing a room."

• True

• False

"I'm not sharing a room with that slob," Nico said.

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Multiple Choice

4) What is the best idea for the word slob?

• a clean person

• an untidy person

• a very untidy and dirty person

"How can I do anything fun when everything is so clean?" Pablo asked.

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Multiple Choice

5) True or False

"Pablo likes to have fun more than being tidy."

• True

• False

"Find a way to work it out," their mother said.

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Multiple Choice

6) What is the best idea for work it out?

• hit each other

• forget about the problem

• find a solution

Their first week together, Pablo slept in the closet.

"It's too clean out there," Pablo said.

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Multiple Choice

7) True or False

"The closet is tidy and the room is untidy."

• True

• False

The closet was too dark at night, though.

Pablo moved back into their room.

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Multiple Select

8) What kind of room does Pablo like to sleep in? (choose three)

• a bright room

• an untidy room

• a dark room

• a clean room

• a colourful room

The second week, Nico put tape on the floor.

"You stay on your side," Nico said.

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Multiple Choice

9) True or False

"The 'tape' is to help the boys keep their own space."

• True

• False

Nico had to cross the line every day to leave the room, though.

He pulled up the tape.

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Multiple Choice

10) Nico had a problem every day because_______

• he had to jump over the line

• he was stuck behind the line

• he could not get to the door

The third week, they decided to come up with rules.

"First rule is you can't organize my stuff without asking me," Pablo said.

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Multiple Select

11) What three ideas are good about rules?

• we can do what we want

• we know what is right and wrong

• rules get me into trouble

• we think before we do something

• rules help us to share a space

"Second rule is you can't use my stuff without asking me," Nico said.

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Multiple Choice

12) True or False

"Nico likes sharing but he also wants Pablo to ask him to share."

• True

• False

They thought up a list of fifteen rules they promised they wouldn't break.

At the end they both agreed on one more thing.

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Multiple Choice

13) What is the best idea for the word promise?

• to chat about something

• to do exactly what you say

• to make jokes

"We need to paint our room!"

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Lucky for them, they both agreed on what to paint.

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Multiple Choice

14) This story is ______

• fiction

• non-fiction

• drama