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WorksheetsBat Loves the Night
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word twitches mean in the sentence below?
His nose twitches when he smells the apple pie.
His nose twitches when he smells the apple pie.
a)
get itchy
b)
starts hurting
c)
become stuffy
d)
moves suddenly
2.
What does the word slithers mean in the sentence below?
The snake slithers away.
The snake slithers away.
a)
bounces
b)
slides
c)
turns
d)
walks
3.
What does the word swoop mean in the sentence below?
The birds swoop and land on a branch.
The birds swoop and land on a branch.
a)
look quickly
b)
turn around
c)
find food
d)
fly down
4.
What does the word dozes mean in the sentence below?
The baby dozes, but starts to cry when she hears a noise.
The baby dozes, but starts to cry when she hears a noise.
a)
gets dirty
b)
rolls over
c)
sleeps lightly
d)
looks around
5.
What does the word snuggle mean in the sentence below?
The mice snuggle in their nest.
The mice snuggle in their nest.
a)
lie closely against each other
b)
keep each other safe
c)
make loud noises
d)
fall down
6.
What does bat do at the start of the story?
a)
wakes up
b)
finds a cave
c)
catches food
d)
feeds her babies
7.
What does bat do before she starts to fly?
a)
shouts loudly
b)
looks for food
c)
finds her babies
d)
unhooks her toes
8.
What is bat's voice compared to in the article?
a)
a leaf
b)
a cave
c)
a shadow
d)
a flashlight
9.
Read the sentence from the article:
Bat plunges, fast as blinking, and grabs it in her open mouth.
What does the word plunges mean as used in the sentence above?
Bat plunges, fast as blinking, and grabs it in her open mouth.
What does the word plunges mean as used in the sentence above?
a)
lands smoothly
b)
sleeps peacefully
c)
turns around quietly
d)
moves down suddenly
10.
What does the word roost mean?
a)
food that bats eat
b)
place where bats fly
c)
place where bats sleep
d)
body of water where bats live
11.
What does the word battlings mean?
a)
bats that are babies
b)
bats that make noise
c)
bats that live in a cave
d)
bats that are large in size
12.
Why do baby bats stay in the nest for the first few weeks of their lives?
a)
They cannot fly.
b)
They cannot hear.
c)
They are too cold.
d)
They are too small.
13.
What does the word nocturnal mean?
a)
eat plants
b)
eat insects
c)
sleep at night
d)
sleep during the day
14.
What happens when the birds are singing?
a)
Bat is sleeping.
b)
Bat is listening.
c)
Bat is eating food.
d)
Bat is flying around.
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