Reading comprehension

1 ● Identifying a sequence of events

Reading 1:
Read the paragraph. Which of the following statements describes what happened at the
beginning of the story?

READING 2.

Read the story of “The egg” and write the order of the story. (1 – 6)
One day when he was out playing in the forest, Josh found an egg. It was a very large egg, and Josh
had to struggle to lift it. But he was determined to take it home to his mother. His family did not
always have enough to eat, and they would be able to get many meals out of this egg. With the egg
in his arms, Josh started walking towards home, but the egg would not be still. It wriggled in his
arms. It shook. It began to crack. Then it rolled out of his arms and bounced down onto the grown,
where it broke in many pieces. There, sitting in the middle of the crushed shells, was a baby dragon!
Josh stared at the baby. The baby stared back. Josh had never seen a dragon before. Then he scooped
up the baby and ran all the way home with it to ask his mother if he could keep it.

(______) He tried to lift the egg.

(______) The egg would not be still in his arms.

(______) Josh took a baby dragon home.

(______) Josh found an egg.

(______) He picked up the egg and started walking towards home.

(______) The egg rolled down to the ground and broke.
Reading 3. Answer the activities.

2 * Identifying cause and effect

3. Identifying author's purpose
● Identifying evidence
Identifying conclusions

Conclusion is:
• The most important part of the text.
• They summarize the key points and appear at the
end.
The History of Chocolate
One of the most popular foods of all time is chocolate. People today have chocolate in many
different forms. We eat chocolate and drink it too. The chocolate we eat today is made from
a lot of different ingredients, but the most important ingredient is the cacao bean.
The story of the cacao bean and its long journey to stores all over the world started hundreds
of years ago in Mexico. Cacao trees need hot and humid weather, and they originally grew
in the Yucatan Peninsula.
The Maya were the first people to eat cacao beans. They picked cacao beans from wild trees
and cleared land to cultivate their own trees. They made a drink from cacao beans and
exchanged the beans for other goods. They also used cacao beans for religious ceremonies.
Mayan merchants traveled north and introduced cacao beans to the Aztec people. Soon the
cacao bean was part of the Aztecs' lives. They used it as a drink, as part of religious
ceremonies and even as money. With 10 beans, you could buy a rabbit.
The Aztecs could not grow cacao trees because of the dry climate. When the Aztecs
conquered the Maya, they asked for cacao beans as a tribute.

Read and write true (T) or false (F).

•The chocolate we eat today has only ONE ingredient: cacao beans. ___________

•Cacao trees need dry weather to grow. ________

•Mayans used cacao beans for drinking, exchanging goods, and religious ceremonies.
_______

•Aztecs merchants introduced cacao beans to the Mayan people. _______

•Aztecs were able to buy a rabbit with 10 beans.____________

 VOCABULARY
Write the meaning.
Dairy products Irrigation

Livestock Bridge

orchard Container

Leftovers wasteland

Harmless

quarantine

Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.

Orchard Irrigation Containers Harmless Wasteland Quarantine

Leftovers Bridge Livestock Spoil Dairy products

•There is an apple ___________________ behind the house.

•Fill the _______________with water.

• ________________ is important for agriculture.

• That spider looks scary, but it is actually ________________________.

• This ________________________ looks ugly! It doesn't have any plants nor animals.

•Give the __________________to the dog. We are not going to eat them.

• The Covid-19 pandemic kept us all in ___________________________________.

•You should eat those oranges before they ______________________________.

• The _____________________ over that river is huge.

• Milk, yogurt, and cheese are popular ______________________.

• My parents' ____________________ includes some cows, pigs, and sheep.