1. SHANTINIKETAN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA – QATAR
SKILL WORKSHEET
READING
1. Read the extracts and answer the questions by choosing the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
Encyclopedia’s father was Chief of Police. Everyone thought that he must be the smartest police
chief in the country.Chief Brown was smart and quick. He didn’t sit around and worry. When he
came up against a case he couldn’t solve, he acted at once. He cleared his desk, put on his hat,
and went home to dinner. Encyclopedia solved the case for him before dinner was over. Chief
Brown would have liked to tell everyone about his only child. But who would believe him? Who
would believe that the best detective alive was a fifth grader? So he said nothing.
1. Chief Brown was the …………….
(a) Chief Chef
(b) Chief of Police
(c) Chief of Detectives
(d) Chief of Interpol
2. Encyclopedia studied in class ……………
(a) four
(b) five
(c) six
(d) seven
3. Everyone thought that Leroy’s father was the smartest police chief in the country because
(a) he had a son called Encyclopedia.
(b) his son solved all the difficult cases for him.
(c) he was very quick in solving cases.
(d) he never disclosed that his son solved all the cases for him.
4. When a case came up the Chief……………
(a) asked others to do something
(b) slept on it
(c) did nothing
(d) acted at once
5. Chief Brown did not talk about the brilliance of his only child because
(a) he wanted to keep it a secret.
(b) he knew nobody would believe it.
(c) he wanted to take credit himself.
(d) he wanted to protect his son.
2. II. Encyclopedia never spoke of the help he gave his father. He didn’t want to seem different
from other boys. But there was nothing he could do about his nickname. He was stuck with it.
Only his parents and teachers called him by his real name, Leroy. Everyone else called him
Encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or set of books filled with facts from A to Z. So was
Encyclopedia’s head. He read more books than anyone in Idaville, and he never forgot a fact. His
pals said he was like a library and computer rolled into one, and more user-friendly.
1. Encyclopedia never spoke of the help he gave to his father because
(a) he didn’t want to take away his father’s credit.
(b) he didn’t want his friends to think that he was any different from them.
(c) he was modest.
(d) he was proud.
2. Only his………………..called him Leroy.
(a) friends
(b) parents
(c) teachers
(d) parents and teachers
3. Leroy was nicknamed Encyclopedia because
(a) his head was full of facts from the large number of books that he read.
(b) he owned a set of valuable encyclopedia at home.
(c) he loved to read encyclopedia.
(d) he helped his father in solving mysteries.
4. The nickname was a suitable name for Leroy because
(a) he would share his knowledge with his friends whenever they asked him to.
(b) he would memorize facts from the encyclopedia.
(c) he was good in solving mysteries.
(d) he read a lot of books.
5. Encyclopedia was so bright because……….
(a) he had a sharp mind
(b) he read a lot of books
(c) he never forgot a fact
(d) all of the above
