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RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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Questions<br />

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What caused the pond to dry up?<br />

(a) a drought (b) too many animals (c) floods<br />

Some animals died:<br />

(a) because they got old.<br />

(b) of thirst.<br />

(c) because they killed each other.<br />

<strong>The</strong> word distant in Paragraph 3 means:<br />

(a) talk about. (b) unusual. (c) far away.<br />

Paragraph 2 tells:<br />

(a) why the three friends had to move away.<br />

(b) what the plan was.<br />

(c) what happened to the tortoise.<br />

After the tortoise held onto the stick with his mouth:<br />

(a) the three animals stayed near the pond.<br />

(b) there was a drought.<br />

(c) the geese flew with the stick between their beaks.<br />

In Paragraph 7, he means<br />

(a) the geese. (b) the tortoise. (c) the townsfolk.<br />

<strong>The</strong> geese could fly a great distance quickly but the tortoise:<br />

(a) could only travel slowly.<br />

(b) could run quickly.<br />

(c) did not talk very much.<br />

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8.<br />

<strong>The</strong> geese were worried about<br />

their friend because:<br />

(a) he was talkative.<br />

(b) he was too heavy.<br />

(c) he liked to eat sticks.<br />

Something extra<br />

H Find out and write some interesting<br />

facts about tortoises or geese.<br />

H Read about India.

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