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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Once upon a time, a farmer had three sons. The farmer was rich and had many fields.
When the farmer was dying, he called his three sons to him. "I have left you treasure which will make you rich", he told them. "But you must dig in all our fields to find the place where the treasure was buried".
After the old man died, his three lazy sons went out into the fields. They began to dig. "I'll dig the first to find the place where the treasure was buried", cried the eldest one. "That's the field where our father put the treasure", said another son.
The three sons dug all the fields for several years, but they found no treasure.
However, many plants grew in the fields because the sons had dug. The vegetables made them very rich  

         1. What is the real purpose of the farmer by telling that he left the treasure ?

a)
The sons decided to stop digging and never found the treasure
b)
The sons became poor after digging in the fields
c)
The act of digging in the fields led to the growth of plants and vegetables, making the sons rich.
d)
The sons found the treasure in the first field they dug
2.

They began to dig. They refers to . . . .

a)
the people who began to dig
b)
the aliens who began to dig
c)
the plants who began to dig
d)
the animals who began to dig
3.

Which statement is correct based on the text above?

a)

The farmer is a very poor man

b)

they did not have large  fields

c)

the farmer’s sons were deligent at first.

d)

after the farmer dying the three sons became diligent.      

4.

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who lived with his wife. One day, he dug up his field and found a big box. He took it home with him and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned the box and kept it in their house.

One sunny morning his wife dropped an apple into it. Suddenly, the box began fill up with apples. No matter how many the apples were taken out, more apples took their places. So, the farmer and his wife decided to sell the apples and in short time they were able to live quite comfortably.

One day, the farmer dropped a gold coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins. Everyday, the farmer and his wife collected hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon they became very rich.

Having heard that his son had gone rich, the farmer’s grandfather visited the couple. He was not very strong and he could not go out to work anymore. So, the farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out from the box. When his grandfather told his son that he was tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him, “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?”

The old man did not say anything, and continued to work until he fell into the box and suddenly died. At once, the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with the dead grandfathers.

The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before.

  1. 4. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

a)

.  The farmer become very poor as before.

        

    

b)

The box filled up with coins

c)

The farmer collected many gold coin

d)

    The farmer dropped a gold coin into the box

5.
  1. 6. What can you learn from the story?

a)
Unrelated anecdotes
b)
Irrelevant facts
c)
Valuable lessons, morals, or insights
d)
Inconsequential details
6.
  1. 7. what is the best title of the text above?

a)

golden starfruit tree

b)

Magic Golden coin

c)

Magic box

d)

magic cucumber

7.

Once upon a time there was a peacock who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was that it live next to an ugly owl. Every day, peacock come to the owl house would insult the owl on its looks while the owl stayed quiet. 
All the other animals in the forest tried to make the peacock see sense, but it was too swayed by its own good looks. 
One night, it rained heavily and flooded the peacock’s nest. Peacocks are homeless and have no food. Peacock came to the owl house to ask for food and the owl gave it. Then the owl told the peacock to stay.

  1. 7. How was the characters of the owl?

a)
The owl was rude, selfish, and unhelpful.
b)
The owl was arrogant, boastful, and ungrateful.
c)
The owl was patient, kind, and generous.
d)
The owl was lazy, forgetful, and mean.
8.

where did the story happen?

a)
The story happened on Mars
b)
The story happened in a parallel universe
c)
The story happened in a specific location mentioned within the text.
d)
The story happened in a dream
9.

One day, a mouse deer was walking by the river. He was very starving because he hadn't eaten since morning. It was midday. But he found nothing in the land but dying trees. he thought to cross the river. 'but how can I get there?' I can't swim, said the mouse deer to himself' Suddenly, he jumped to the water then walked to the edge of the river. He didn't see the reflection because the water flowed very fast. He dipped one of his fore legs into the water. A few moment later, appeared Mr. Crocodile shown his sharp teeth. He then laughed, "Ha... ha... ha, you can't run away from me, You'll be my tasty lunch!" said the crocodile."Of course I can't. I am thin, my flash is not enough for you Mr. Croco," replied the mouse deer frightenedly. shortly, the mouse deer got an idea to make him safe. Mr. Croco " Now, can you ask the others to line up, from one edge to the other edge of the river? the king of the forest will give you present if you all help me said the mouse deer. "Then the crocodiles arranged themselves in line from one edge to the other edge of the river. The mouse deer jumped to the body of one crocodile to the others while he was counting, 'one, two, three; and so forth up to ten. Then at last he arrived at grassland, and he was safe from danger.

what is the best conclusion describes the mouse deer?

a)
The mouse deer is lazy and unprepared.
b)
The mouse deer is resourceful and quick-witted.
c)
The mouse deer is aggressive and confrontational.
d)
The mouse deer is slow and clueless.
10.

He was very starving because he hadn't eaten since morning

what is the synonym of the underlined word?

a)
hungry
b)
satisfied
c)
full
d)
thirsty