Ms J Reading Comprehension 1

Passage 1 Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Where is Antarctica?

• It is the furthest north.
• It is the furthest south.
• It is the furthest east.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is a continent?

• a large country
• a large solid area of land
• a place covered in ice

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How big is Antarctica?

• 50 times the size of the UK
• 50 times the size of the USA
• 2 times the size of the UK

Complete the sentence. Lots of different animals __________.

• penguins in the world.
• live in Antarctica.
• no rain ever falls.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Complete the sentence. There are also parts where __________.

• penguins in the world.
• live in Antarctica.
• no rain ever falls.

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Complete the sentence. The emperor penguins are the largest __________.

• penguins in the world.
• live in Antarctica.
• no rain ever falls.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Passage 2

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Why was Jane nervous at the beginning of the passage?

• She didn't know what she was having for lunch.
• She didn't want to walk to school.
• She didn't know what she want to be when she grew up.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

Why did Jane say she didn't want to be a firefighter?

• It is too cold.
• It is too dangerous.
• It is too fiery.
• It is too gross.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3