MINI Reading

Comprehensions

Toms dad took Tom fishing with him. Tom felt very excited.
They arrived at the fishing lake and set up their fishing rods.
Suddenly, Tom saw a big fish. Then, he felt the fish tugging on
his rod. He pulled it in and landed it. His dad said, Wow, well
done, Tom! You are a natural! Tom looked at the fish. It was
wriggling about and gasping. He picked it up and took the hook
out of its throat. Then, he threw it back in the lake and it swam
away. Dad, I felt sorry for the fish, Tom said. I dont like
fishing after all. Its cruel! Then he asked his dad if they could
go home.
1) Who did Tom go fishing with?
2) Where did they go?
3) Who caught a fish?
4) What did the fish do?
5) Why did Tom throw it back in?
Jonathon was a fat boy, no denying that. Also, his
long hair and chubby face made him look girlish. So,
at school, some students bullied him. They were very
cruel. Jonathon was often hurt and upset and cried
about his situation. He was very shy and didnt really
mix with the other students. He loved singing and he
used to sing as a hobby. But because he sang opera
and not pop music, his school mates didnt really
want to listen. Then he made a friend, a really nice
girl called Charlotte. One day, their singing teacher
sent their names in to a talent competition Britains
Got Talent. Jonathon was very nervous and shook
like a leaf. When the judges and the audience saw
Jonathon, many of them laughed. Look at that fat
boy! they thought. Nobody expected very much
from him. Then, he sang. They were very surprised
and they stood up and applauded. The judges advised
him to dump Charlotte, but he refused. Friendship is
more important to me than success he said.
Answer TRUE or FALSE
1) Jonathon was fat when he was at school.
2) Many students picked on Jonathon and were cruel.
3) Jonathon never let the bullying bother him.
4) He loved playing the guitar and dancing.
5) Jonathon sang jazz and pop music.
6) All the students loved listening to Jonathon.
7) Jonathon made a great friend, called Charlotte.
8) Their singing teacher forwarded their names and
they competed in a singing competition.
9) When the judges saw Jonathon, they thought he
would be a great singer.
10) Everyone stood up and applauded when he sang.
11) He refused to dump Charlotte.

Match up the sentence parts.

1.Julie cried as
2.Lina took her
3.Jed met
4.Carlo saw
5.Tom left
6.Jim went
7.Mia felt
8.Jack threw the
9.Fred caught
10.Sal came
11.Lou got up
12.Lexie ate
13.Mona fought
14.Thea woke
15.Ted knew
16.Joe kept
17.Stu gave
18.Robert swam

a) happy
b) his dinner
c) she was sad
d) book out.
e) shouting out.
f) ball
g) early
h) his mum a gift
i) a hamburger
j) across the river
k) the answer
l) a good film
m) the ball
n) to the cinema
o) his friend.
p) to the end!
q) up late.
r) top in the test

Look at the picture below. Put the verbs back in:

drove saw took learned asked came parked
got held fed spoke had
Miss Crisp 1)______ her class to the farm. Mr White
the head teacher 2)______ them in the school bus. He
3)______ the bus beside the barn and they all
4)______ off. The farmer 5)______ to talk to them.
He 6)______ to them about the animals and then the
children 7)______ questions. The children 8)______
many animals sheep, cows, chickens and the farm
cats and dogs. One boy 9) ______ the chickens. One
girl 10) ______ a lamb. They all 11)______ a great
day out and they 12) ______ a lot about farm
animals.

NOTES
For Jonathons audition on Britains Got Talent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IS2OKqq1w
Or google Jonathon and Charlotte audition song.
To dump someone means to drop them/ditch them/ stop being their friend.
KEY to match up
1c
2d
3o
4l
5b
6n
7a
8f
9m
10r
11g
12i
13p
14q
15k
16e
17h
18j
The picture On the Farm is by Kait Eaton and she has kindly given me permission to use it.
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