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Name: ______________________________ Date:___________________

Catching Bugs by Andrew Frinkle

Billy treasured bugs. If it had six legs, he loved it. Billy liked
butterflies. Billy liked beetles. Billy liked flies. Billy liked ants.
He loved to look at them. He loved to read about them. He
loved to catch them.
Today he was looking for
butterflies. He had a net. He
dashed through his
backyard. He looked by the flowers. He looked by the trees.
Where were the butterflies? Billy observed more. He saw
one!

1) What does Billy like?

A. spiders B. fish C. puppies D. bugs

2) What did Billy like to do about bugs?

I. ____________________________________________________________________
II. ____________________________________________________________________

3) What kind of bug does Billy want to catch today?

A. spiders B. beetles C. butterflies D. ants

4) What was Billy using to catch butterflies?

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5) Where did Billy look for butterflies?

I. ____________________________________________________________________
II. ____________________________________________________________________

6) Find two powerful verbs from the above passages.

I. ___________________________
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II. ___________________________
He walked over. He got close. It was blue. Its wings flapped,
but it did not move. Why didn’t it move? He looked closer.
The butterfly was caught on a web! A big grey spider sat on
the web. The spider was going to eat the butterfly!
Billy loved bugs. Spiders had eight legs. They did not have
six. He only liked bugs with six legs. Spiders were not bugs.
Billy did not love spiders!

7) What color butterfly does Billy see first?

A. yellow B. blue C. green D. orange

8) Why didn’t the butterfly move?

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9) Why didn’t Billy like spiders?

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10) Find two adjectives from the above two passages.

I. ___________________________
II. ___________________________

Billy wanted to help the butterfly. The spider was hungry. Billy
wanted to let the blue butterfly go, but then the spider would
not get his food. That was not good. Billy did not like spiders,
but spiders must eat, too.
Billy left the spider alone. He would find his own butterfly to
catch. He would not steal the spider’s butterfly. There was
one! It was orange and black. Billy ran. Billy used his net.
He caught it! Billy really liked his new butterfly.
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11) What does a spider use its web for?

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12) Why does Billy leave the butterfly on the web?

A. Spiders need food, too.
B. He doesn’t want to hurt the butterfly.
C. The butterfly isn’t pretty.
D. He doesn’t like that butterfly.

13) What color butterfly does Billy catch at the end?

A. yellow and blue
B. blue and orange
C. green and yellow
D. orange and black

14) Number the following according to the correct order.

a) There was a blue butterfly caught on a web _______

b) Billy was looking for butterflies _______
c) He wanted to find his own butterfly to catch _______
d) It was the spider’s food _______
e) Billy used a net to catch an orange and black butterfly _______
f) He ran through the backyard _______

15) State True (T) or False (F).

a) The spider caught a grey butterfly _______

b) Billy let the spider eat its food _______
c) Spiders have more than six legs _______
d) Billy helped the blue butterfly _______
e) Billy saw two butterflies that day _______
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f) Billy’s new butterfly has two colours _______