Comprehension questions

What is the genre of the text?

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

• Science Fiction

Mention two features of the genre?

• Every day character

• Everyday setting

• science experiments

• non-chronological events

Identify the effect of the punctuation mark ( the comma) in the first sentence.

• used before a coordinating conjunction to separate two independent clauses

• link two unrelated clauses

• for listing ideas

• for explanation

Mention the synonym of “poking out” in paragraph 2.

• bulging

• filling

• looking

• pushing

Find a word that means spreading in paragraph 2.

According to the text, what is the girls’ favourite activity?

What do Alex and Maria want to achieve by building a bridge?

Identify the meaning of “hefted” in paragraph 6. 

• lifted

• lowered

• compared

• cut

What is first problem Alex and Maria face while they are trying to build their bridge?

Mention a personal object that the girls used in building the bridge