Phil-IRI Form 1 - Pretest

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GRADE LEVEL PASSAGE RATING SHEET

Direction: Read the selection silently. Record your reading time

as soon as you finish reading. Read the questions
and encircle the letter of your answer.

Party Time

It’s
It’s party
party time!
time! The
The grade
grade 2
2 pupils
pupils are
are drinking
drinking
juice.
juice. Some
Some children
children hold
hold glasses.
glasses. Some
Some boys
boys drink
drink from
from
bottles
bottles and
and mugs.
mugs. Some
Some girls
girls sip
sip from
from cups.
cups. Teacher
Teacher
holds
holds aa big
big pitcher
pitcher of
of orange
orange juice.
juice.
Suddenly,
Suddenly, Ferdie
Ferdie shouts,
shouts, “Look,
“Look, we
we are
are drinking
drinking
orange
orange juice
juice of
of different
different shapes.”
shapes.”
The
The pupils
pupils laugh.
laugh.
Teacher
Teacher says,
says, “Don’t
“Don’t laugh,
laugh, children.
children. Ferdie
Ferdie is
is just
just
giving
giving his
his observation.
observation. Juice
Juice is
is liquid.”
liquid.”
“You
“You see,”
see,” says
says Ferdie,
Ferdie, “liquid
“liquid takes
takes the
the shape
shape of
of
its
its container.
container. Liquid
Liquid has
has no
no shape
shape of
of its
its own.”
own.”
“That’s
“That’s aa good
good lesson,
lesson, Ferdie!”
Ferdie!” exclaims
exclaims Teacher.
Teacher.
Grade II

No. of words: 88

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Questions:

1. What did the teacher have in the big pitcher?

a. juice
b. milk
c.water
d. coffee

2. Who used cups in drinking juice?

a. some teachers
b. some visitors
c.some boys
d. some girls

3. What was Ferdie’s observation about liquid?

a. Liquid has no weight.

b. Liquid has no color.
c.Liquid has its own shape.
d. Liquid has no shape of its own.

4. Why did the pupils laugh?

The pupils laugh because of __________

a. Ferdie’s joke.
b. Ferdie’s lesson.
c.Ferdie’s expression.
d. Ferdie’s observation.

5. How did the teacher feel about Ferdie’s observation?

a. angry
b. happy
c. sad
d. ashame

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6. Which word describes Ferdie?

a. vibrant
b. conversant
c. observant
d. extravagant

7. How can you be like Ferdie?

a. I will look for reasons why things happen.

b. I will show off that I know something.
c. I will make noise.
d. I will spend time with my classmates.

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