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Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 41mins
How are the 2 passages similar?
They are both about a feather
They are both about disobedient children.
They are both about a blessing in disguise
They have nothing in common
What is a theme that both stories share?
Don't beg your parents for things.
Be generous with others.
Be more careful/Don't lose things.
Sometimes good things come from difficult situations.
Passage A: Owls are nocturnal, meaning they are awake at night and sleep during the day. Owls cannot move their eyes either, so they have the ability to turn their heads 270 degrees!
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Passage B: When an owl eats a rodent, only the meat, organs, and tissue are swallowed. The owl stores things that could potentially harm the owl in its gizzard (second stomach). Later, it regurgitates (vomits) the bones and fur back onto the ground. This is called an "owl pellet."
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What is the difference between Passage A and Passage B?
Passage A is talking about how owls see rather than eat.
Passage A was probably written by a different author.
Passage B is talking about a specific type of owl.
Passage A and Passage B are not different.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with temperatures around 842 degrees Fahrenheit. Mercury is closer to the sun, but Mercury lacks an atmosphere. An atmosphere is what controls how hot a planet is.
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Which sentence BEST supports the reason why Venus is hotter than Mercury?
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with temperatures around 842 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mercury is closer to the sun.
Mercury lacks an atmosphere.
An atmosphere is what controls how hot a planet is.
Passage A: The Earth's equator is the warmest point on the surface of the planet because the sun's rays consistently reach the middle of the earth. The rays cannot reach the north and south poles as easily.
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Passage B: Living near the equator is fun because the temperature never gets too cold. I love going to the beach and basking in the sun. Although, I wouldn't mind getting some snow a few days a year.
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How does Passage A differ from Passage B?
Passage A is talking about the equator.
Passage A is factual, and Passage B is someone's opinion
Passage A is less formal than Passage B.
Passage B is talking about how warm the equator is.
Nick’s parents say he isn’t capable of taking care of a puppy. Which word or phrase means capable?
interested
angry about
afraid of
able to
What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?
supporting detail
example sentence
topic sentence
transition sentence
Direction: Read the text and then answer the questions
Ever since he was six years old, Nick had wanted to get a puppy. His parents always refused. They said he wasn’t capable of taking care of a puppy. “You have no idea how much work a puppy is,” Dad said. “You would have to housebreak the puppy, train the puppy to obey you, and groom it, too.”
“And then there’s taking the puppy to the vet, playing with it, and feeding it,” Mom added. “It’s not that I’m against having a puppy. But a puppy takes up a lot of time.”
Nick couldn’t think of a way that he could convince his parents that he was ready for a puppy. Then, he got an idea. “If I volunteer at the animal shelter,” he thought, “I’ll bet Mom and Dad will see that I’m ready to take care of a puppy!”
What is the main idea of this text?
Nick proving he is responsible enough for a puppy.
Nick training his new puppy.
Nick becoming a volunteer at the animal shelter.
Nick arguing with his parents since he was six.
Once upon a time there lived an old man of eighty-seven whose name was Labon. All his life he had been a quiet and peaceful person. He was very poor and very happy.
What was the age of the old man?
87
78
17
80
When Labon discovered that he had mice in his house, it did not bother him much at first. But the mice multiplied. They began to bother him. They kept on multiplying and finally there came a time when even he could stand it no longer.
Did the mice bother him?
True
False
Not said
“This is too much,” he said. “This really is going a bit too far.” He hobbled out of the house down the road to a shop where he bought some mousetraps, a piece of cheese and some glue.
What does 'hobbled out' mean?
came in
got out
take out
get in
When he got home, he put the glue on the underneath of the mousetraps and stuck them to the ceiling. Then he baited them carefully with pieces of cheese and set them to go off.
Why did he put the glue?
To take care of them
To catch them
To glue on mice
That night when the mice came out of their holes and saw the mousetraps on the ceiling, they thought it was a tremendous joke.
What does 'tremendous' mean?
funny
huge
not funny
terrible
They walked around on the floor, nudging each other and pointing up with their front paws and roaring with laughter. After all, it was pretty silly, mousetraps on the ceiling.
What does this paragraph mean?
They were scared of the mouse traps.
They found it pretty silly.
They didn't do anything.
When Labon came down the next morning and saw that there were no mice caught in the traps, he smiled but said nothing.
Who came down the next morning?
Labon
Mice
No one
Labon and mice
He took a chair and put glue on the bottom of its legs and stuck it upside-down to the ceiling, near the mousetraps.
What is the opposite of 'bottom'?
under
middle
top
Why did Labon want to get rid of the mice?
He had always hated mice.
There were too many of them.
They laughed too loudly.
He did the same with the table, the television set and the lamp.
What is the sequence?
chair, television set, lamp and table, mousetrap
mousetrap, table, chair, lamp and television set
mousetrap, chair, table, the television set and lamp
Tamara and her sister were both born in Mexico?
Right
Wrong
Doesn´t say
Tamara’s parents moved from Mexico to Manhattan?
Right
Wrong
Doesn´t say
People called Tamara “Adriana” many times?
Right
Wrong
Doesn´t say
Adriana wrote to Tamara first?
Right
Wrong
Doesn´t Say
What does WAR2D mean?
(a)
What reading age is Gold?
7.5-8
8-8.5
8.5-9
9.5
Which colour comes first on the colour wheel?
Green
Blue
Turquoise
Orange
How many PM benchmark reading levels are there?
(a)
