reading comprehension

1. COMPREHENSION SKILL 1 TEST
NAME: _______________________ DATE:___________
Read the instruction carefully.
TEST I: Choose the correct meaning of the sentence and write your answer on the
space provided.
__________________Things place in a certain order. Something happens first.
Something else happens next. Another thing happens last.
__________________It is the most important in the passage. It tells you what the
passage is about.
__________________Can find out the meaning of the new word from the other words
and sentences that are near the word. These helps to make the meaning of the new
words clearer.
__________________You can say what you think of a passage after you read it. It is
based on all or most of the information in the passage.
__________________Deciding what you think will probably happen based on what has
already taken place.
__________________You say what you think about something with the information you
have, and from your own experience and knowledge.
__________________A piece of information that is true and can be proven.
__________________What someone things or fell.
Main Idea Using Clues
Making Inference Opinion
Putting events in Order Drawing Conclusion
Fact Prediction outcome

2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that fallows.
Write 1,2 and 3 in the blacks to show the order in which the events occurred in the story.
______Steven brushes his teeth.
______Steven washes the dishes.
______Steven pour a glass of milk.
Check the correct answer.
This passage mainly tells us ______________.
How brooding takes place.
What happens when chicks hatch.
Check the box to show what each of the words mean.
Happy Thankful Surprised
Delighted
Grateful
Steven gets up quickly when the alarm clock rings. He brushes his teeth,
washes his face and changes into his school uniform. Then, he goes to the kitchen
to have his breakfast.
After he pours a glass of milk for himself, he spread margarine on a piece of
toast. His father has finished his breakfast. He is reading the newspaper know.
Stevens eat a hard-boil egg that his father has made for him. Then he eats the
toast. Finally, he eats a slice of apple. Before he lives the house, he washes the
dishes.
Steven takes a banana with him. He wants to eat it on the school bus.
A hen lays egg. It sits on its egg all day to keep them warm. It also turns the
eggs once a day to make sure that they stay completely warm. Chicks will hatch from
the eggs after three weeks.
It is Mary’s birthday. She receives many presents. One of them is from her
uncle. It is a doll with long hair, beautiful clothes and movable limbs. Mary is
delighted. She likes the doll very much. She calls her uncle to thank him. Mary is
grateful to him for sending the doll all the ways from America.

3. What will happen to the quills after a few weeks?
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What will happen to the plants the next morning?
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Base on the passage, write on the blank if the statement is True or False.
a. Birds can go hungry in winter. _________
b. All birds do not feel cold in winter. ________
Read the sentences. Then state whether each sentence is a Fact or Opinon.
a. Life in the desert is tough. _______________
b. The desert is hot in the day and cold at night. _______________
A porcupine is born with thirty thousand quills. The quills are soft at birth. A
few hours after that, the quills become hard and sharp. A porcupine can grow as many
of these quills as it needs. New quills take a few weeks to grow.
Mr. Brown looks the plants in the garden. He feels that they are too short. He
wonders how he can make them grow taller. Suddenly, he has an idea. He pulls the
plant upwards, one by one. Then he goes to bed happily.
There are many deserts in Egypt. Life in the desert is tough. In the day, the
desert is very hot. At night, they become very cold. The most important river in
Egypt is the River Nile. It is also the longest river in the world. The land along the
Nile valley is very fertile ans suitable in growing of crops. The Egyptians farmers
grow grapes, olives, vegetables, maize and rice. They also rear animals such as cattle,
sheep and chicken.

4. 1. In your own words, summary the passage. What happened to the Passage?
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2. Give the meaning of the words.
Disappointed -____________________
Suitable -________________________
Several -________________________
Pleased -________________________
3. Circle the correct answer.
Mary has probably saved ________________________.
a. Less than twenty dollars.
b. More than twenty dollars.
4. Name two items that are on sale:
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
5. Complete the table to explain the different feelings Mary has.
Feelings Explanation
Disappointment
Delighted
6. What do you think Mary’s mother enjoys doing?
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Mary is alone in the shopping mall. She wants to buy a birthday gift for her mother.
She sees some pretty blouses, but each of them costs more than twenty dollars. Mary
wished she managed to save more money. Mary feels disappointed. She walks around
the shopping mall. She wonders if she will be able to find a suitable present for her
mother. Just then she sees several stores having a sale. She is delighted. Mary spends
the next hour looking at handbags, shoes, belts and even pots and pans. After selecting
what she needs, she goes to the cashers to pay for the items. Mary is pleased. She
knows her mother will be delighted to receive the apron and cookery book.