Reading Comprehension (Year 6 English pg.109)

The Kinabatangan River is __________ river in Sabah.

• the longest

• the second longest

• the shortest

• the first

Who went to Kinabatangan River?

• Sonia

• Mohan

Mohan's mother said, 'They're the treasures of Malaysia.' Choose the things she was referring to as treasures.

• hornbill

• mangrove trees

• proboscis monkey

• eagle

'They swam towards us butr our boat sped off before they could reach us.'

'They' is referring to ________.

• the crocodiles

• the hornbills

• the dolphins

• the alligators

What are the characteristics of proboscis monkeys?

Please choose more than one answer.

• They have enormous noses.

• They have big round stomachs.

• They have huge eyes.

• They have long ears.

Why does mangrove trees have roots that stuck out like sticks from the water?

• to take in air from the atmosphere.

• to repel salt water.

• to grow bigger.

• to support the trees in the wet muddy ground

The word enormous can be best replaced with______

• huge

• cute

• marvelous

• small

The hornbil has a bill that curved_________.

• upwards

• downwards

• inwards

• outwards

What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• Mohan saw mangrove trees for the first time.

• The characteristics of mangrove trees.

• Mangrove trees are amazing.

• Mangrove trees have roots that grew downwards.

Where is the Kinatabatangan River?

• Sabah

• Sarawak

• Selangor

• Indonesia