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    This document is an English class worksheet about a reading comprehension passage titled "Sun Swallow". The passage is from a textbook about great inventions. The worksheet contains learning objectives, instructions to read the passage, vocabulary words to look up, and 5 questions about the details and events in the passage. The questions ask about why the villagers were anxious to reach Sun Swallow, why Mipeng says Sun Swallow lacks brains, what the villagers thought was happening when Sun Swallow got sick during his flight, how Mipeng deceived the crowd, and how the villagers behaved before, during and after Sun Swallow's flight.

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    Comprehension WS 1A

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    This document is an English class worksheet about a reading comprehension passage titled "Sun Swallow". The passage is from a textbook about great inventions. The worksheet contains learning objectives, instructions to read the passage, vocabulary words to look up, and 5 questions about the details and events in the passage. The questions ask about why the villagers were anxious to reach Sun Swallow, why Mipeng says Sun Swallow lacks brains, what the villagers thought was happening when Sun Swallow got sick during his flight, how Mipeng deceived the crowd, and how the villagers behaved before, during and after Sun Swallow's flight.

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    The City School

    Academic Year 2020-21


    Class 8
    Subject: English
    Topic: Reading Comprehension- Great Inventions
    Resources: OPE – Sun Swallow (Page 2-5)
    Worksheet # 1- A

    Student’s Name: ___________________ Date: ___________

    Unit 1 Great Inventions: Sun Swallow


    Learning Objectives:
    Upon completion of this worksheet you will be able to:
    -determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues and dictionary.
    -answer literal and inferential questions about the given text.

    Is it easy to fool simple villagers into believing tales and fables about ancient spirits and
    ghosts? Have you ever heard of any such incident?

    Read the comprehension passage Sun Swallow from Unit 1 - Great Inventions, Oxford
    Progressive English – (Page 2-5) to find out how a Circus Master uses a little boy, Sun
    Swallow and his cousin Mipeng, to manipulate simple villagers; just so that they would
    come to watch his circus.

    Vocabulary: Before you read the passage, search the meanings of the following words and
    then observe how they are used in the passage for a better understanding of the text:
    Dismal, Supernatural, Desolate, Conjurer, Enthralled, Frogspawn, and Imperious.

    Now answer the questions below:

    Q1 Why were the people pressing forward so anxiously to reach Sun Swallow? (Paragraph 4)
    Q2 Why does Mipeng say that Sun Swallow is short of brains?
    Q3 Sun Swallow was sick during his turbulent flight. What did the people below think was
    happening? (Paragraph 3)
    Q4 Explain how Mipeng deceived the crowd?
    Q5 Use the whole text to answer this question in a detailed paragraph. How did the people
    behave before, during and after Sun Swallow’s flight?

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