Learning to swim

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

All of the following are most like learning how to swim EXCEPT

• playing an instrument.

• listening to the radio.

• writing a paragraph.

• reading a book.

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

What happens right after the narrator's mother teaches her the front crawl?

• She forgets to turn her head sideways.

• She turns on her back to float instead.

• She proves to be a better swimmer.

• She swims as expertly as her mother.

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

How does the narrator in "Learning to Swim" MOST LIKELY feel during monthly swim tests?

• joyful

• determined

• nervous

• weary

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

What is the MOST LIKELY reason the author wrote this passage?

• to explain to readers why it is important to learn to swim

• to help readers decided which swim strokes and kicks to learn

• to tell readers which tests to take to become a better swimmer

• to entertain readers with a story about a girl who is taught how to swim

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On the basis of the story, which of these does the narrator MOST LIKELY want?

• to teach her younger brother how to swim

• to have a lot of lines sewn on her swimming cap

• to impress her favorite teacher

• to spend time with her mother

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

Read the sentences.

"1.) The narrator is learning to swim and wants to swim twenty-five meters. 2.) Swimmers receive a red or black line on their caps for every five or ten meters they swim. 3.) The narrator must do the front crawl and must swim the length of the pool to receive the appropriate lines sewn on her cap."

Which idea BEST belongs after Sentence 1 of the summary?

• The narrator's grandparents live in a small farming village.

• The narrator's classmates had to learn to swim.

• The narrator was an average swimmer learning to swim into the deep end.

• The narrator recalls when her mother began to teach her how to swim.

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What is the MAIN setting of this story?

• a swimming pool at a school

• a field of flooded rice paddies

• the house of the narrator's grandparents

• the river near the narrator's grandparents' fishing village

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

To which genre does this selection "Learning to Swim" belong?

• autobiography

• biography

• essay

• myth

This question refers to Learning to Swim.

Which sentence from the story helps create a relaxed mood?

• First, she show me how to float with my face in the water, stretching my arms out in front of me and lying very still so my whole body was like a long plastic raft full of air.

• I forgot to turn my head and found myself dog-paddling again after only a few strokes.

• At our school, where we had monthly tests to determine how far each of us could swim without stopping, everyone could tell who the best and the worst swimmers were by looking at our white cloth swimming caps.

• For every five or ten meters we could swim, our mothers sewed a red or black line on the front of the cap.

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According to the third paragraph, why did mothers sew a red or black line on the front of the children's swim caps?

• to indicate the age groups of the children

• to identify the children testing

• to show the swimming techniques children could do

• to show the distance children could swim