Name ________________________________________ Grade & Section ________
Reading Comprehension
Inventions enhance people’s lives. Inventions are
improvements of previous discoveries. With technology, inventions
are easier to complete.
One such invention is the camera. The invention of the
camera gave way to the first underwater camera in 1856. It was
placed in a tightly sealed container. However, when the contraption
was underwater, the container broke before many pictures were
taken. It was only in the 1980’s that a camera was made which is
able to go deep underwater without being damaged. Less than
twenty years later, technology allowed underwater cameras to take
photographs in color and to go even deeper into the water.
With better technology, an invention will never stay stagnant.
Questions:
1. When was the first underwater camera introduced?
A. 1980’s B. 1850’s C. 1580’s D.1860’s
2. True or False. The invention of the first underwater camera was successfully used.
3. In the sentence, However, when the contraption was underwater, the container
broke before many pictures were taken, what does contraption refer to?
a. container B. camera C. handle D. string
4. We can infer from the selection that _____.
A. man’s nature is easily influenced
B. man’s nature easily adapts to his environment
C. man is constantly in search of new inventions
D. man easily gives up when confronted with a challenge
Name ________________________________________ Grade & Section ________
Reading Comprehension
Inventions enhance people’s lives. Inventions are
improvements of previous discoveries. With technology, inventions
are easier to complete.
One such invention is the camera. The invention of the
camera gave way to the first underwater camera in 1856. It was
placed in a tightly sealed container. However, when the contraption
was underwater, the container broke before many pictures were
taken. It was only in the 1980’s that a camera was made which is
able to go deep underwater without being damaged. Less than
twenty years later, technology allowed underwater cameras to take
photographs in color and to go even deeper into the water.
With better technology, an invention will never stay stagnant.
Questions:
1. When was the first underwater camera introduced?
E. 1980’s B. 1850’s C. 1580’s D.1860’s
2. True or False. The invention of the first underwater camera was successfully used.
3. In the sentence, However, when the contraption was underwater, the container
broke before many pictures were taken, what does contraption refer to?
b. container B. camera C. handle D. string
4. We can infer from the selection that _____.
A. man’s nature is easily influenced
F. man’s nature easily adapts to his environment
G. man is constantly in search of new inventions
H. man easily gives up when confronted with a challenge
5. The main idea of the selection is that _____. 5. The main idea of the selection is that _____.
A. man by nature is a contented being E. man by nature is a contented being
B. people make efforts to improve an invention F. people make efforts to improve an invention
C. to seek comfort is man’s goal in life G. to seek comfort is man’s goal in life
D. inventions have a tendency to be copied H. inventions have a tendency to be copied

6. What figure of speech is used in the last line of the selection? 6. What figure of speech is used in the last line of the selection?
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Hyperbole D. Personification B. Simile B. Metaphor C. Hyperbole D. Personification

7. The value emphasized in the selection is man’s _____. 7. The value emphasized in the selection is man’s _____.
A. Passivity B. creativity B. Passivity B. creativity
C. contentment D. independence C. contentment D. independence

8. We can conclude from the selection that inventions _____. 8. We can conclude from the selection that inventions _____.
A. improve people’s lives E. improve people’s lives
B. are easy to accomplish F. are easy to accomplish
C. are hard to improve G. are hard to improve
D. are costly H. are costly

9. In the last sentence, the word stagnant is closest in meaning to ______. 9. In the last sentence, the word stagnant is closest in meaning to ______.
A. motionless B. flowing C. moving D. grow B. motionless B. flowing C. moving D. grow

10. What could be the best title for the selection? 10. What could be the best title for the selection?
A. Taking Photographs C. How To Invent A Camera C. Taking Photographs C. How To Invent A Camera
B. Exploring Underwater D. The Ingenuity of Man D. Exploring Underwater D. The Ingenuity of Man
 Independent 190 wpm 90-100% correct answers
Fast readers

ANSWER KEY Instructional 161-189 wpm 75-89%

1. B Average readers
2. False
3. B Frustration 160 below wpm 74% below
4. C Slow readers
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. D

9 to 10 correct answers – Independent

7 to 8 correct answers – Instructional
1 to 6 correct answers - Frustration

Reading Speed= No. of words in the passage divide by reading time in seconds x 60

Ex. No of words in the passage – 131

Reading time-80

Reading Speed = 131/80x60=98 wpm

Comprehension = no. of checked answers/no. of questionsx100= % of

comprehension

Speed Comprehension