Reading for Comprehension 1

​Reading

for Comprehension

​Lesson 1

How does an octopus squirt ink?

Read the text together then answer the questions.

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Match

Match the following

octopus

ocean

eye

swim

ink

• octopus

• ocean

• eye

• swim

• ink

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Multiple Choice

The octopus lives in ...

• the sea

• a lake

• a river

• a pond

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Dropdown

There is an opening in the octopus's ​

Select answer

. It shoots out ​ ​

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. This burst of water helps the octopus to ​

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. If an octopus is ​

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, it shoots out water. It also squirts out black ​

Select answer

from a sac in its body at the same time.

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Multiple Choice

After the octopus shoots dark ink, it ...

• hides

• swims away

• hurts its eyes

• shoots water

Multiple Choice

What word in paragraph 2 means "squirts"?

• shoots

• swims

• bursts

• helps

Drag and Drop

You can guess from the story that the octopus shoots ink when it is ​

Placeholder

.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

startled

sleeping

swimming

hungry

Think of another animal that lives in the ocean.

Say what you know about it.

Discuss