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Invite Ants To Lunch

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the author's main purpose of this text?

a)

Inform readers ants like to eat seeds.

b)

Inform readers how to make a feeding station for ants.

c)

Inform readers ants like to eat lunch.

d)

Infrom readers that ants touch food with their antennae.

2.

What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

a)

Ants like seeds.

b)

Ants carry food to their nest.

c)

Ants are fussy.

d)

Ants take time to choose their food.

3.

How can a person find out how far ants will travel to find a food station?

a)

A person can keep moving the food farther away until ants no longer show up.

b)

A person can throw seeds on the ground and watch the ants movement.

c)

Remove the food station away from the nest.

d)

Wait for the ants to get hungry and go find their own food.

4.

In paragraph 5 what does the word investigate mean?

a)

Remove

b)

Antennae

c)

Check out

d)

Leave alone

5.

In paragraph 8, what does the word source mean?

a)

A spring from which a river flows.

b)

A place where something comes from.

c)

A book used in research.

d)

A person who gives information.

6.

What are the ants antennae most like?

a)

ears

b)

eyes

c)

hands

d)

feet

7.

In paragraph 5, who is most likely asking the questions that are written in bold and italics?

a)

Narrator

b)

Ants

c)

Reader

d)

Person making the food station

8.

Is this statement a fact or opinion?

Once ants find a food they like, they work quickly to collect it.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

9.

Which step do you need to do first when seeing how far ants will travel to collect food?

a)

Move the food station a foot away from the nest.

b)

Find an ant nest.

c)

Remove the food and put it in another place.

d)

Ants no longer show up.

10.

What is an antonym for the word investigate?

a)

examine

b)

research

c)

study

d)

ignore

11.

Is the text Invite Ants to Lunch fiction or nonfiction?

a)

Fiction

b)

Nonfiction

12.
What did the author most likely want a reader to learn in this selection? 
a)
how much food ants can eat
b)
how to study ant behavior
c)
how to tell different ant species
d)
how to feed ants at home
13.

2- Why does the author most likely begin the article by saying "Ants love a picnic"?

a)

to show that ants enjoy sitting down to eat with their friends

b)

to get the reader's attention by showing that in some ways ants are like people

c)

to show that ants like to eat the same food every day all year long

d)

to show that ants love to have lots of fun