Open-ended COMPREHENSION, Read the passage carefully and answer the questions th follow. 02/1 [20 Sonia is very disappointed. She is supposed to play ‘Cinderella’ in her school play. However, one week before the show, she fractured her leg. Her mother tries to cheer her up. However, Sonia has been dreaming of wearing the beautiful gown and the glass slippers for a long time. The next day, Sonia watches the rehearsals. Her best friend, Rita, is now playing the part of Cinderella. She thinks Rita looks very pretty up on the stage. She feels happy that it is her best friend who is replacing her. The teacher asks Sonia if she wants to help make the invitation cards for the show. Sonia is overjoyed that she can be a part of the play even though she is injured. ( © Educational Publishing House Pre Lidpen-ended COMPREHENSION a TT When did Sonia frature her leg? ', Who replaced Sonia in the play? Pp 3. For Q3 (a) -(d), read each statement and tick (/) ‘True’ or ‘False’. Refer to paragraphs 1 to 3. Statement True | False Sonia is disappointed that she cannot perform in the play. Sonia has wanted to wear the (b) |beautiful gown and glass slippers for the play. (©) |Sonia is jealous of Rita. Sonia is not able to be part of the () play. 8 Educational Publishing House Pte LidOpen-ended COMPREHENSION, ST 4. What does Sonia's teacher ask her to do? 5. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage. —— Sonia watched the rehearsals. —— Sonia is overjoyed. —— Sonia's mother tries to cheer her up. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltdpead the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Lucy is on her way home. It has just rained. The ground is wet. A man is cycling in front of her. Suddenly, he loses his balance and falls. Lucy runs over to help him up. "Tam fine!” the man replies rudely when Lucy offers her hand. He quickly gets up. Lucy can see that he has a small cut on his elbow. He is bleeding. “Can I give you a plaster for your elbow?” she asks him, feeling rather worried. He is touched by her concern. “I am sorry I was rude. I was embarrassed that you saw me fall.” Lucy smiles and tells him it is alright. She gives him the plaster and continues walking home. She is pleased that she has helped someone. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd COMPREHENSIONOpen-ended COMPREHENSton, 1. Why is the ground wet? 2. What happens to the man in front of Lucy? 3. What does Lucy give the man? © Educational Publishing House Pte LtdOpen-ended COMPREHENSION For Q4 (a) - (d), read each statement and tick (V) ‘True’ or ‘False’. Refer to paragraphs 1 to 3. (a) | Lucy is on her way to school. (b) |The man is rude to Lucy at first. (©) |The man has a cut on his leg. (d Lucy feels worried for the man. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage. ____ The man is touched by Lucy’s concern. __— Lucy is pleased. —— Lucy runs to help the man up. © Educational Publishing House Pte LidOpen-ended Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. All answers must be in complete sentences. One fine day, Charlotte the spider begins to feel hungry. She looks at her empty web sadly. There are no flies on it at all. Charlotte climbs down from her web. She goes for a walk. Charlotte then comes to a garden which is blooming with flowers. She sees two bees buzzing over the biggest flower in the garden. They are getting nectar from the flower to make honey. “What busy little things they are,” Charlotte thinks to herself. She walks on and sees a mother bird carrying a worm in her beak. “She must be going to feed her little baby birds,” Charlotte says to herself. She feels sad that there is no one to bring her food. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd| Open-ended COMPREHENSION Where does Charlotte go for a walk? What are the bees doing? © Educational Publishing House Pte LidOpen-ended 4. For Q4 (a) -(d), read each statement and tick (/) ‘True’ ‘False’. Refer to paragraphs 1 to 3. True (a) | Charlotte is hungry. (b) |The bees are very busy. Charlotte sees a mother bird with its baby. Charlotte is sad that there is no one to bring her food. 5. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order | in which the events occurred in the passage. ____ Charlotte feels sad after seeing the mother bird. | ____ Charlotte sees the bees. ___ Charlotte climbs down from her web. © Educational Publishing House Pte UdOpen-ended COMPREHENSION Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. There was a boy who had to look after a flock of sheep ona hillside. He was young and there were wolves in the area. So, his kind neighbours promised to help him if he saw a wolf. All he had to do.was to shout “Wolf!” loudly and they would come. One day, the boy shouted “Wolf!” just for fun. All his neighbours came rushing to help him. They were very angry when they realised there was no wolf. The next morning, the boy again shouted “Wolf!” even though there was no wolf. Again the neighbours came. They were even angrier when they realised they were tricked a second time. A few hours later, a wolf really came. It attacked all the sheep. The boy shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” This time nobody came to help him. They all thought he was trying to fool them again. | ! b I | © Educational Publishing House Pte Lic 10COMPREHENS; Open-ended 1. Where did the boy look after the sheep? 2. Why did the boy's neighbours offer to help him? (i) (ii) 3. Why did the boy cry “Wolf!” the first time? © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd NV‘Open-ended ‘COMPREHENSION For Q4 (a) — (d), read each statement and tick (/) ‘True’ or ‘False’. Refer to paragraphs 1 to 4. (a) | The boy's neighbours were kind. The neighbours were tricked by (b) the boy more than once. The neighbours were not angry iC when they did not see any wolf. The neighbours did not believe (d) | the boy after they had been : tricked twice. ee 5. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage. —— The neighbours rushed to help the boy when they heard the boy's shouts the first time. —— The neighbours did not help the boy when he shouted that there was a wolf. —— Awolf came and attacked the sheep. = © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid qj 26 \2