Specialized Foreign Language Center of Veraguas

Technological University of Panama

Reading Comprehension Course 2021

Name: Neylin Hidalgo ID#: 8-897-1698 February 8th, 2021

I. Match each word from the box with its definition. Some words are extra

strange complex train wrestle greedy

deadly igloo population reminder skeleton
comfortable bones research sailors published
settlers treasure strains bacteria spread
developed certain take care of scrape cub

1. Bones : hard pieces inside a body that give it shape

2. Developed : grew; slowly started to exist

3. Greedy : wanting a lot of money, things, or food
4. Certain : sure, believing completely in something
5. Published : put in a book, newspaper, magazine, or online for all to see
6. Train : to teach a person or an animal
7. Complex : having many parts, often different from each other
8. Take care of : to look after something and keep it safe
9. Wrestle : to use your body to fight someone or push them down
10. Settlers : people who travel to a new place and start to live there

11. Skeleton : the shape that all the bones in your body make
12. Deadly : very dangerous, able to cause death

13. Research : to work of trying to find facts about something

14. Scrape : to remove a layer off something by moving something
rough or sharp across it

15. Treasure : something expensive and hard to find

II. Put in red the word that create compound nouns and write it on the line.
Then write if the compound noun is formed by a noun + a noun, an adjective
+ a noun or a preposition + a noun.

1. some day flower body Someday / P+N Somebody / P+N

2. rain forest water coat Rainforest/ N+N Raincoat/ N+A
3. police car woman man Policewomen/ A+N Policeman/ A+N
4. down town stairs key Downtown / P+N Downstairs / P+N
5. class room student mate Classroom / A+N Classmate/ A+N
6. Green boy land house Greenland / N+A Greenhouse/ A+N
7. out apple side doors Outside / P+N Outdoors / P+N
8. bed time room up Bedtime / A+N Bedroom /N+N
9. red fish car bird Redcar / A+N Redbird / A+N
10. sun set shine black Sunset / A+N Sunshine / A+N