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Smile, Mike!
Gram & Me
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James calls his _______ Gram. 1) mom 2) sister 3) aunt 4) grandmother
Answer 4) grandmother
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The teacher ____ happy! 1) wants 2) sad 3) is 4) not
Answer 3) is
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Mike lives with his family. Who does Mike NOT live with? 1) mom 2) friend 3) brother 4) grandmother
Answer: friend
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The family tries to get baby Mike to stop _________. 1) talking 2) eating 3) falling 4) crying
Answer 4) crying
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She lets me _______ them a drink. 1) drink 2) flowers 3) give 4) tell
Answer 3) give
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When you move your hand from side to side, what do you do? 1) clean 2) wave 3) give 4) jump
Answer 2) wave
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What two words make up the contraction: can't ?
Answer: can not (can + not = can't)
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"Liz picks me up. I give her a big kiss." How do I feel about Liz? 1) surprised 2) angry 3) happy 4) sad
Answer 3) happy
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Spike is the name of the ______ in the story. 1) brother 2) aunt 3) dog 4) baby
Answer 3) baby
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James and Gram ___________. 1) do not have a lot of fun 2) have a lot of fun 3) do not talk 4) do not know each other well
Answer 2) have a lot of fun
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Yuck! I don't like this apple because it is not _________! 1) dock 2) wave 3) ripe 4) whine
Answer 3) ripe
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Which letter is missing from the contraction: isn't ?
Answer: o (is + not = isn't)
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Liz tells me all _____ her school. 1) into 2) say 3) were 4) about
Answer 4) about
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What song does the family sing to Mike to try and make him smile? Sing it.
Answer: a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z
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What do Gram and James NOT do together? 1) play chess 2) ride a bike 3) sit on a dock 4) sing a song
Answer 4) sing a song
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Who is your father's brother? 1) cousin 2) grandfather 3) aunt 4) uncle
Answer 4) uncle
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Which sentence is correct? 1) She are a girl. 2) She am a girl. 3) She is a girl. 4) She being a girl.
Answer: 3) She is a girl.
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Five students like the color red. Three students like the color blue. What color do MOST of the students like?
Answer: Red
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Why does Mike stop crying?
He sees Spike, the dog.
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"Gram, did you cook when you _______ little"? HINT: past tense!
Answer: were
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Which word has a different 'i' sound? 1) sit 2) kind 3) mine 4) find
Answer 1) sit
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What is the verb in this sentence? "He has a nice family."
Answer: has
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Unscramble the sentence: likes / James / eat / to / apples. / ripe
Answer: James likes to eat ripe apples.
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Say 3 things that the family does in the book to try and make Mike smile - but they don't work.
Answer will vary: clapping, giving him a duck, blowing bubbles, singing a song, giving him a cat,
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Say 4 things that James and Gram like to do together.
Answers will vary: Fishing, sitting on the dock, riding a bike, petting cat, playing chess, giving the flowers a drink, picking plums, making plum jam, reading stories, listening to stories.