Two for One Quick Questions

All our lives, we have done everything together. We’ve had 1. How else could the author have said this?
the same haircuts, worn the same clothes, and we’ve even “The Jones twins struck again.”
finished all of our meals at exactly the same time. But,

there is one thing that is very different, the soccer teams

we play on.

I play for the Bolton Buffalos (clearly the best) and Johnny 2. What is the twins’ last name?
plays for the Leigh Lions. Last Sunday was the first time
our teams competed against each other and the stakes were 
high. It was the final of the local soccer league’s annual
competition and, what a surprise, the Jones twins struck 3. What is similar and different about
again. We both scored a goal within the last minute of the the twins?
match and the final score was tied at one. I guess we’re not Similar: 
so different after all. 
Different: 


4. What do the words “clearly the best” in

parentheses show about the author’s opinion
on the soccer teams the twins play for?




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 Two for One Answers
All our lives, we have done everything together. We’ve had 1. How else could the author have said this?
the same haircuts, worn the same clothes, and we’ve even “The Jones twins struck again.”
finished all of our meals at exactly the same time. But, The Jones twins did it again.
there is one thing that is very different, the soccer teams
we play on.
2. What is the twins’ last name?
I play for the Bolton Buffalos (clearly the best) and Johnny Jones
plays for the Leigh Lions. Last Sunday was the first time
our teams competed against each other and the stakes were 3. What is similar and different about
high. It was the final of the local soccer league’s annual the twins?
competition and, what a surprise, the Jones twins struck Similarities: haircuts, clothes, eating
again. We both scored a goal within the last minute of the speed, amount of goals scored Differences:
match and the final score was tied at one. I guess we’re not soccer team
so different after all.

4. What do the words “clearly the best” in

parentheses show about the author’s opinion
on the soccer teams the twins play for?
The author plays for the Bolton Buffalos so
he clearly things they are better than his
brother’s choice of team.

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