Comprehension
It was the first week of summer and John came home to a quiet house. Suddenly, he heard a sound in the garage. He sprang to his feet and ran to the garage. There he found a kennel and a large dog. He was amazed, his parents had told him he wasn't responsible enough to get a dog. The dog barked at him and seemed scared, and didn't want to leave the kennel.
Soon after discovering the dog, the garage door opened and his parents pulled into the garage. They saw the look on John's face and got out to explain that this was going to be John's responsibility. John decided to name him Gunnar.
Fast forward 2 months: John sat wondering if the obedience class and all of his hard work was going to pay off. He sat thinking if only he had more time. He ran to grab Gunnar and get a few last tricks in before the competition.
Suddenly, the bell sounded and John ran through the obstacle course with Gunnar. Gunnar did well with the obstacle course but struggled with the trick presentation. Gunnar seemed to do some tricks well and others seemed like he had never done them before. He crisscrossed the field and didn't listen to John at all. John was frustrated but still continued.
After the competition, Gunnar received a purple ribbon for competing and vowed that he would train harder for the next one in March.
What does the story mean when it says that Gunnar crisscrossed the field?
A. jumped up and down
B. back and forth
C. long period of time
D. Short period of time
What is a synonym of the word neglected? (must be 1 word)
A. My sisters asked me to do the dishes for them.
B. My sisters ask me to do the dishes for they.
C. My sisters asked me to visit us,.
D. My sisters asked I to do the dishes for them.
Billy and Anne were designing a project for their finance class at school. They were to design an enterprise that would make money. They decided to work with animals for their project.
It was the first week of summer and John came home to a quiet house. Suddenly, he heard a sound in the garage. He sprang to his feet and ran to the garage. There he found a kennel and a large dog. He was amazed, his parents had told him he wasn't responsible enough to get a dog.
Soon after discovering the dog, the garage door opened and his parents pulled into the garage. They saw the look on John's face and got out to explain that this was going to be John's responsibility. John decided to name him Gunnar.
Fast forward 2 months: John sat wondering if the obedience class and all of his hard work was going to pay off. He sat thinking if only he had more time. He ran to grab Gunnar and get a few last tricks in before the competition.
John is feeling desperate in the story because:
A. Gunnar didn't receive training.
B. John was late for the competition.
C. The crowd was huge and he was nervous.
D. John was only given a short amount of time to train Gunnar.
D. John was only given a short amount of time to train Gunnar.
A. forgot it
B. remembered
C. understood it
D. understood it incorrectly
I wanted to play the game with ________, but I had to play by ____________.
It was Gordon's first day on the baseball team. Today his team was facing Billy Fallon, the best pitcher in the league. Fallon's fastball was legendary. Gordon's team had never won a game against him.
Fallon struck out the first three players on Gordon's team. But in the second inning, their first batter got on base with a single. The next player hit another single. They had two players on base! Fallon struck out the next two batters. Now Gordon was up. This was his chance to really help the team, but there were already two outs. If Fallon struck him out, the inning would be over.
At the beginning of the story, why is Gordon jealous of Fallon?
A. Fallon is the biggest player on the field
B. Fallon is his older brother.
C. Fallon is the most popular kid in school.
D. Fallon was the best pitcher in the league.
Bonus: What details from the story told you this?
That he had a "legendary fastball," and that they had never won a game against him.
Next month, the class will be leaving for a field trip and ____________ will be gone the entire day.
Fill this out with a vocabulary word from the week.
The adult bear proclaimed her presence with a low growl and emerged from behind a tree. She was agile and healthy, but Dan hoped she would scare easily. When the cub heard the growl, he perked up and started toward the fence in an awkward run. When the two bears met at the fence, the adult stood and put her front paws against it. The cub tottered and fell forward when he tried to do the same. Then the cub stuck his nose through the fence in a friendly greeting.
What conclusion can you draw about the cub? use details to describe why.
The sailor ran to the rescue boats and was suddenly frozen with abhorrence. The ropes had been cut and the boats were gone.
What does the word abhorrence mean? Explain and give a synonym.
Dan studied the tracks on the ground. For the third night in a row, the adult bear had returned. Was she here because of the cub locked in the pen? Or was she just looking for an easy way to get some food?
Dan knew there was a lot the cub could learn from an adult bear. He did not want to disturb or interfere with the bears getting to know each other. But as the injured cub's guardian, Dan had a responsibility to make sure that the cub was safe. Perhaps the cub had been hurt by this very bear. But if the adult was friendly, she could teach the cub things he had to learn in the wilderness. Dan decided to wait and find out for himself.
How would you describe Dan's personality? Use details from the passage to support your ideas.
Bonus: What is the base word of cautiously and what is a synonym for the word?
It was the first week of summer and John came home to a quiet house. Suddenly, he heard a sound in the garage. He sprang to his feet and ran to the garage. There he found a kennel and a large dog. He was amazed, his parents had told him he wasn't responsible enough to get a dog. The dog barked at him and seemed scared, and didn't want to leave the kennel.
Soon after discovering the dog, the garage door opened and his parents pulled into the garage. They saw the look on John's face and got out to explain that this was going to be John's responsibility. John decided to name him Gunnar.
Fast forward 2 months: John sat wondering if the obedience class and all of his hard work was going to pay off. He sat thinking if only he had more time. He ran to grab Gunnar and get a few last tricks in before the competition.
Suddenly, the bell sounded and John ran through the obstacle course with Gunnar. Gunnar did well with the obstacle course but struggled with the trick presentation. Gunnar seemed to do some tricks well and others seemed like he had never done them before.
After the competition, Gunnar received a purple ribbon for competing and vowed that he would train harder for the next one in March.
What conclusion can you draw about what Gunnar's life was like before coming to John.
A. Gunnar was a puppy and learned well.
B. Gunnar was from a small family with kids.
C. Gunnar was from the pound and never learned tricks.
D. Gunnar was the best behaved dog at the pet store.
C. Gunnar was from the pound and never learned tricks.
Bonus: what details told you this?
Big dog (puppies aren't that big, Gunnar was already a grown dog)
Scared and wouldn't leave the kennel (dogs from the shelter are used to the kennel not people)