Readworks Passages

Hannah went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, and Emily reluctantly got out of bed.

Why does the author use the word reluctantly in the sentence above?

• to show that Emily did not want to get up

• to show that Emily was still tired

• To show that Emily was afraid

• To show that Emily didn't want to brush her teeth.

The sun was peeking through the curtains in Emily and Hannah's room when their mom called upstairs to wake them.

What does the phrase, sun was just peeking through, suggest about the time of day?

• The rain had just stopped.

• It was very early in the morning.

• The sun was really something alive looking into the room.

• It was the hottest part of the day

Read the sentence from the passage.

Hannah came running down stairs and started eating quickly, shoveling the cereal into her mouth.

What does the phrase, shoveling the cereal into her mouth, suggest about Hannah?

• She really liked the cereal.

• She wanted to finish it before Emily finished her cereal.

• She was rushing to get her breakfast finished before they left.

• She knew Emily was the good one so she didn't want to get in trouble.

Read the sentence from the passage.

Hannah came running down the stairs and started earting quickly, shoveling the cereal into her mouth.

Select the phrase from the sentence that best supports the meaning of the phrase, shoveling the cereal into her mouth.

• running down

• started eating

• eating quickly

• stairs and started

Read the paragraph from the passage.

Their grandma opened the album and the spine cracked. "These are pictures of your mom when she was a little girl," Grandma said. Hannah moved close to Grandma, even Emily was curious. She pushed her chair closer to Grandma's and looked over her shoulder as she showed them pictures of their mom's childhood.

Select TWO answers from the paragraph above that indicate the girls were interested.

• opened

• curious

• showed

• moved close

• Mom's childhood

Choose the sentence from the passage that supports the theme of "giving people a second chance".

• A few hours later, they heard a loud honk, which meant that their mom was back to pick them up.

• They waited in the foyer not quite knowing where to go or what to do.

• "It'll be fine Emily..."

• "that wasn't so bad, was it?"

How does Emily feel after Hannah apologizes to her mom for being late on page 2 of the passage?

• That Hannah is always doing everything right.

• That Hannah messed up.

• That Hannah gets nicer clothes than she gets.

• That Hannah is going to choke on her cereal.

What does the graphic add to the text?

• It gives a visual of what the reader should expect the house to look like.

• It explains how to get to the grandma's house.

• It identifies whom the house belongs to in the story.

• It informs the reader what type of home the family lives in.

Read the sentence from the passage.

Emily looked down at her old jeans with the holes at the knees and the lumpy sweater she had pulled out of her closet.

What does the word lumpy mean in the sentence above?

• big

• bulky

• ugly

• long

Choose the sentence with the correct grammar.

• The girls were glad to give their grandma another chance to be close to them.

• The girls was glad to give their grandma another chance to be close to them.

• The girls' were glad to give their grandma another chance to be close to her.

• The girls were glad to give there grandma another chance to be close to them.