Don’t go nuts!

Just read the whole recipe before

you start.

Directions: Read the recipe, then answer the questions.

Monkey’s Delight
Ingredients
• 3 bananas • 3 tablespoons flour
• Lemon juice • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• Cinnamon • 2 tablespoons chopped nuts
• 3 tablespoons quick-cooking • 2 tablespoons margarine
rolled oats
Directions
1. Cut bananas into 1/4-inch slices. 6. With a fork, mix in margarine until
2. Lay them in a pie plate. the mix is crumbly.
3. Brush the slices with lemon juice. 7. Sprinkle crumb mix over the bananas.
4. Sprinkle them with cinnamon. 8. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 12 to 15
5. Mix in a bowl: rolled oats, brown minutes.
sugar, nuts. 9. Serve warm.

1. How many servings does this recipe make? ______________________________________

2. What do you do first? _________________________________________________________
3. What is the third step? ________________________________________________________
4. What kind of fruits do you need to buy for this recipe? ___________________________
5. What do you need to cut the bananas? _________________________________________
6. How do you get lemon juice? __________________________________________________
7. What would happen if you left out the bananas? _________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
8. What could you add to make this dessert more yummy? __________________________
9. Yikes! You are allergic to nuts. What can you do to still enjoy this dessert? ___________
____________________________________________________________________________
10. What would you need to do if you wanted to serve this dessert to 10 hungry people
or chimps? __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Reading Comprehension • Saddleback Educational Publishing ©2002
30 3 Watson, Irvine, CA 92618•Phone(888)SDL-BACK•www.sdlback.com
 Word to the wise—idioms are words or phrases that
mean something different from the individual words.
They may make you smile. They may seem easy...but
they are not a piece of cake.

Directions: Read each sentence. Write the letter of the phrase or word that is the meaning of
the underlined words. Use clues from the other words in the sentences to help you.

a. easy b. depressed c. quit

d. a long time e. is bothersome, annoying f. tired, worn out
g. very hard h. change your mind i. anger
j. go to bed k. look like l. disciplined

1. I am so tired that I think I’ll just hit the sack.

2. Twila yelled at her sister, and that caused hard feelings between them.

3. Let’s call it a day because we’ve worked long enough.

4. Wills got called on the carpet for using Dad’s power tools without permission.

5. Aunt Ruth said I am the spitting image of my grandpa.

6. My older brother plays loud music, and it drives me up a wall.

7. Wow, a big storm blew in, and it’s raining cats and dogs!

8. When Stewart’s pet turtle died, he was down in the dumps for a week.

9. Learning how to tie shoes took forever and was not a piece of cake.

10. We haven’t seen our cousins in Ohio for ages.

11. Mom got pretty run down, and then she got the flu.

12. Manny is late for the track meet, so I hope he didn’t chicken out.

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________________

Reading Comprehension • Saddleback Educational Publishing ©2002
45 3 Watson, Irvine, CA 92618•Phone(888)SDL-BACK•www.sdlback.com