The Mouse

How was the mouse sitting under the tree?

• sadly

• gladly

• angrily

• smilingly

The text stated that "the mouse was deeply hungry". What does deeply mean in this sentence?

• a little bit

• very much or intensely

• not really

• not at all

Identify the adverbs in the following sentence:

The rain fell loudly and lightning brightly streaked across the sky.

• fell and streaked

• sky and rain

• loudly and brightly

• lightning and fell

What clue in the following sentences tells the mouse is very hungry?

It had been raining all morning, and her stomach was now rumbling.

The mouse waited and waited until the rain started to drizzle softly

• her stomach was now rumbling

• it was raining all morning

• the mouse waited

• the rain started to drizzle softly

The mouse moved swiftly. What does swiftly mean in this sentence?

The mouse gladly nibbled at the berry quietly.

Why does the mouse need to eat quietly? What could happen if it didn't?

The mouse hid cleverly under a big branch. What does cleverly mean in this sentence?

• smart and skillfully

• lazy and unskillfully

• brave and loud

• happy and joyful

How was the mouse feeling at the end of the passage? How do you know?

Sort the following words from the passage into the correct column.

Groups:

(a) Noun 👨🏽‍🍼 🏩 🐥

,

(b) Verb 🏃🏽 💃🏿 ⛷️ ⛹🏽‍♀️

,

(c) Adjective 🟪 🟧🟦

,

(d) Adverb (tells HOW)

• wet

• looked

• rain

• tree

• quickly

• cleverly

• ran

• hid

• little

• big

• strawberry bush

• softly