8541RB Reading for Me Level 4 Part A

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Imaginative Life in the Ant Colony My name is Number 35701. I am a worker ant in the colony under the rocks just outside your bedroom window. My first task for today is to find food for the colony. The queen laid a ton of eggs yesterday. She needs her nourishment. As I leave the colony, I catch on to the scent Number 34562 has left. I’m sure it will lead to something yummy! I walk up along the wall, through the little open space in the window and, sure enough, there are some delicious breadcrumbs waiting for me on your bedside table. I’m very glad that you did not listen to your mum when she asked you to clean it up! I load a few crumbs in my mandibles and carry them back to the nest. I also leave a scent behind so my friends can know where to find food. Did you know that I can carry up to 20 times my body weight? That is the equivalent of a 40-kg human lifting an adult giraffe! I drop the crumbs at the back of the nest and head out again. As I walk along the path, I catch an unfamiliar scent. Every ant colony has its own unique scent they leave behind. There are definitely some intruders from another colony around! I hurry to pick up another pile of crumbs and make my way back to the nest. Hopefully the intruders are not looking to pick a fight. When ants fight, it’s usually to the death. As I enter the nest, I receive the order that I am on garbage duty. We are very clean and tidy insects. Worker ants, like me, are responsible for taking the rubbish out of the nest and dropping it in a pile outside. To be honest, this is not my favourite job. My favourite job is to look after the queen’s eggs. I was there yesterday, and they looked very close to hatching. Hopefully I can go there again tomorrow. If I’m lucky, they will hatch into larvae right there. I love to feed the larvae and watch them grow. Being a worker ant sure is hard work, but it is very rewarding to be part of a colony. Please remember to leave some crumbs for me again tomorrow! 8 Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing
Questions 1 How do ants know where to find food? 2 Complete the sentence: Ants don’t stop fighting until one of them is . 3 What are baby ants called? 4 Who is the most important ant in the colony? Why? 5 If you were an ant, which of the jobs would you like best? Explain your answer. 6 Where will you find an ant’s mandibles? R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 9
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