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READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE FOR FIFTH GRADE .

NAME AND LAST NAME .. DATE .
I. PABLO PICASSO Pablo Picasso was born in Mlaga, Spain in 1881. He learned to draw when he was very young and to paint when he was ten years old. His father was a drawing teacher and Pablo went with him to his school and watched him paint. He lived in Paris for a long time .There he painted his most famous paintings . One of them is Guernica about the Civil War is Spain. He died in France in 1973. Questions: 5 points 1. Was Pablo Picasso born in France? 2. Was his father an architect 3. Did he paint Guernica in Paris? 4. Did he die In 1970? . 5. What did Pablo Picasso paint? . II. Put this informal e- mail in the correct order: 5 points Hi Augusto, ------- After Chan Chan , I took my friends to Kuelap. They had a great time there, too. I wish you could have joined us. Take care, .. I took them to see the city Chan Chan in Trujillo. They were very impressed. They thought the place was wonderful. . Write and tell me what you did this summer. I want to know all the details. .. How have you been? I havent heard from you. I have been busy with some visitors from the United States. Josue. Read the text. Identify the part of the speech that complete each sentence (9 points) : Aim build busy improve poverty sponsors stay vocational wonderful MELISSA CAMPOS Long time no see! I was .. the whole summer. I worked for a Roof for my Country with some other students in Lima. This is a (b) . Organization that started in chile in 1997, but is now active in 19 Latin American countries. Seven guys and I a house in two days!. OK, So it was only a prefabricated house with a Zinc roof and a concrete floor, but still , it was a house! Then, I .. for another week teaching teens computer skills. The money for the materials came from different .. The main of a Roof for a country is to the quality of life for poor families. They have lots of young people helping to construct houses, organize health and literacy programs and provide training . You know I always wanted to fight and this summer I felt like I finally did something about it. Complete the statements using verbs in simple past tense( 1 POINT) 1. Last summer Melissa . In Lima 2. Melissa . a house in two days.

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3. Money for the materials from the sponsors. 4. Melissa also .. teens computer skills. GUADALUPE HIGH SCHOOL