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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 444 · 12 questions
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Reading tip (The facts are in the lines): Read the facts one by one. Find the sentence that talks about the thing in the question. True or false: true only if the passage says it.

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  1. 1.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    What gets stuck in the web?
    (a) insects (b) leaves only (c) fish (d) birds
  2. 2.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    What do bees make?
    (a) milk (b) silk (c) honey (d) eggs
  3. 3.A frog can live on land and in water. It catches insects with its long tongue. A baby frog is a tadpole.

    What does it catch insects with?
    (a) its eyes (b) its tail (c) its legs (d) its long tongue
  4. 4.A rabbit has long ears. It likes to eat carrots. A rabbit can hop very fast.

    How does a rabbit move?
    (a) it swims (b) it hops (c) it flies (d) it crawls
  5. 5.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    In “It spins a web”, what is “It”?
    (a) the web (b) the spider (c) the leg (d) the insect
  6. 6.A tortoise moves very slowly. It has a hard shell on its back. It hides inside the shell when it is scared.

    When does it hide inside the shell?
    (a) when it is happy (b) when it is hungry (c) when it is hot (d) when it is scared
  7. 7.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.

    What does the elephant have?
    (a) two humps (b) a long trunk (c) a short tail (d) a long neck
  8. 8.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.

    Which animal is this about?
    (a) an elephant (b) a horse (c) a giraffe (d) a camel
  9. 9.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    True or false: A fish has four legs.
    (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Rain falls from the clouds. It fills ponds and rivers. Plants and animals need rain.

    True or false: Rain falls from the clouds.
    (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.

    How do ants work?
    (a) only at night (b) never (c) very hard (d) very little
  12. 12.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.

    Which word is the opposite of “small”?
    (a) yellow (b) big (c) short (d) little

Answer key

  1. insects
  2. honey
  3. its long tongue
  4. it hops
  5. the spider
  6. when it is scared
  7. a long trunk
  8. an elephant
  9. False
  10. True
  11. very hard
  12. big

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