READING COMPREHENSION

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DATE:___________________________

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Look at the picture above, how does it make you feel?

2. Where does the story take place?

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3. What do you think will happen next?

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B. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
A SPECIAL PICNIC
Maria and John wanted to go on a picnic. They asked their mother to help. They
got some grapes and potato chips. They went out to the big tree.
Maria and John sat down to eat. Then, they heard a noise. It was not a cat. It
was not a dog. The noise was in the tree. They looked up. They saw a nest in the
tree. They could hear a loud noise. It was a mother bird. She made noises at
Maria and John. She was afraid that Maria and John might hurt her babies.
Maria and John got up. They went back inside to have their picnic. They did not
want the mother bird to be afraid of them. Mary and John smiled. It was funny
to have a picnic in the house.
READING COMPREHENSION
CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. What happened at the picnic?
a. Maria and John saw a cat behind the tree.
b. Maria and John heard the bell ring.
c. Maria and John heard a mother bird in the tree

2. What did Maria and John do when they saw the mother bird?
a. They called their mother for help.
b. They had the picnic inside their house.
c. They scared the mother bird with loud noises.

3. What is a picnic?
a. An outing where you carry food and share a meal in the open air
b. A family fun day where you eat in the living room
c. A meal that is eaten at a restaurant.
 4. Why did Maria and John go inside?
a. It was raining.
b. They felt scared.
c. They did not want the mother bird to be afraid of them

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS BELOW IN SENTENCES

5. How do you think the mother bird felt when she saw the children go

away?

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6. If you were Mary and John, what would you have done when you saw
the nest?
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