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Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

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Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.
What is the main idea?

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

Floods cause mudslides.

Floods damage houses and roads.

If I wanted to tell how things are alike, I must...

Compare

Contrast

Guess

Predict

Amy opened the door to the bathroom. “What is that dripping sound? Why is the carpet wet and squishy all around the bathtub? The rest of the carpet is dry. Oh no!”
What is the problem?

The TV is broken.

The bathtub is overflowing.

There is no soap in the bathroom.

The stove was left turned on.

Infer means to look for _____________ in the story and use your knowledge.

clues

characters

setting

theme

Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.

Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.

Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.

Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

Floods cause mudslides.

Floods damage houses and roads.

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
What is the main idea?

Soccer is important at the Olympics.

Soccer is a worldwide sport.

Soccer is also called football.

Soccer is played by men and women.

A questions that asks for supporting details or something that supports an idea is asking for...

an inference

evidence

a selection

a definition

Non-fiction is...

true and informational

not real

10.

What is an inference?

A final decision

What the story is mostly about

The author's belief

An educated guess

11.

A good reader..

reads like a robot

reads really fast

reads too slow

reads fluently, at a talking pace.

12.

When you see a period in a sentence you should...

read softer

get louder

stop or pause

sound like the character

13.

What does it mean to read with expression?

to read like a robot

to read in the same voice

to change your voice to match what you are reading

14.

Why is it important to have good reading fluency?

To help you understand what you are reading.

To help you not understand what you are reading.

15.

What is the problem with reading too fast?

you could skip important words

you may not understand what you are reading if you are going too fast

all of the above

16.

A fluent reader

reads word by word like a robot

reads in phrases

does not read at all

17.

The wind blew through his hair as the boy watched the clouds roll in. As the waves grew bigger and bigger, he decided it was time to ride home. What is the boy doing?

eating breakfast

sailing

riding his bike

playing with his friends

18.

Lucy was furious about her spelling grade. She kicked her desk and ran out of the classroom.
Why does the author use the word furious instead of mad in the example above?

Furious is a fancier word than mad.

Lucy was really upset.

Lucy wasn't that mad at all.

Lucy was going home.

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READING

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

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