Unit 10 Name:

Reading Comprehension
Stone Soup

A Match the parts of the story with the pictures. Then write
B (Beginning), M (Middle), and E (End).
1 a
Everyone has tasty soup
to eat. They’re all happy.

2 b
Hans and his family are
very hungry. They walk
to town.

3 c
The people in the town
put potatoes, sausages, and
carrots in the family’s soup.

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 B Read and circle the correct words.

Stone Soup is a folk tale  / poem.

It is a story about people in a town  / city.

C Complete the sentences.

1 The name of Hans’s daughter is  .
2 The woman they meet is  .
3 Hans puts water in the big  .
4 The people in the town the soup and come out to look.

D Read and circle True or False.

1 Hans and Olga have two big pots. True   False
2 The family has twelve stones. True   False
3 The woman and her friend have twelve potatoes. True   False
4 The man and his son have six sausages. True   False

Extra  What would you put

in a soup? Draw and color.

Oxford Discover 2nd edition Level 1  Unit 10 Reading Comprehension 2

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