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Reading Practice: The Lost Red Scarf

Reading Text

Mia finds a red scarf on the bench near the park gate. The scarf is soft and warm. A small white tag says "Grandma". Mia looks around, but the park is quiet. She puts the scarf in her bag and walks home.

At home, Mia tells her mother about the scarf. They go back to the park together. An old woman stands near the gate. Her hands are cold, and she looks worried. "I lost my scarf," she says. "It is red, with a white tag."

Mia takes the scarf out of her bag. The old woman smiles. "Thank you, dear! My granddaughter made it for me." Mia feels happy. She walks home with her mother and a warm heart.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. Where does Mia find the scarf?

✓ CorrectThe first sentence says: "Mia finds a red scarf on the bench near the park gate."

✗ IncorrectMia is not in a shop. She is at the park gate when she finds the scarf on the bench.

✗ IncorrectThe scarf is on the bench, not under a tree. The tree is not in this part of the story.

✗ IncorrectAt home she only tells her mother about the scarf. She found it earlier in the park.

Question 2. What does the scarf look like?

✗ IncorrectThe text says the scarf is red, so blue is the wrong colour.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "The scarf is soft and warm. A small white tag says 'Grandma'." It is also red.

✗ IncorrectGreen and a pocket do not appear in the text. The scarf is red and has a white tag.

✗ IncorrectThe scarf is red, and the text calls it soft and warm, not yellow and thin.

Question 3. What word is on the tag?

✗ IncorrectMia is the name of the girl who finds the scarf. The tag has a different word on it.

✗ IncorrectThe park is where the scarf is found. The word on the tag is "Grandma".

✓ CorrectThe text says: "A small white tag says 'Grandma'."

✗ IncorrectSchool is not on the tag. Only the word "Grandma" is written there.

Question 4. What does Mia do with the scarf first?

✗ IncorrectShe tells her mother at home later, but first she puts the scarf in her bag.

✗ IncorrectShe does not leave it. She takes the scarf with her and puts it in her bag.

✗ IncorrectThere is no shop in the story. Mia puts the scarf in her bag and walks home.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "She puts the scarf in her bag and walks home."

Question 5. Who does Mia tell about the scarf at home?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "At home, Mia tells her mother about the scarf."

✗ IncorrectThe teacher is not in the story. At home Mia speaks to her mother.

✗ IncorrectMia meets the old woman later in the park, not at home. At home she talks to her mother.

✗ IncorrectNo friend appears in the text. Mia tells her mother about the scarf.

Question 6. Where do Mia and her mother go?

✗ IncorrectThey do not go shopping. They go back to the park to look for the owner.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "They go back to the park together."

✗ IncorrectThe text never names the old woman's house. They meet her at the park gate.

✗ IncorrectSchool is not in the story. Mia and her mother go back to the park.

Question 7. Who stands near the gate?

✗ IncorrectThe person at the gate is an old woman with cold hands, not a young boy.

✗ IncorrectThere is no bus and no driver in the text. The old woman waits near the gate.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "An old woman stands near the gate. Her hands are cold."

✗ IncorrectNo shop keeper appears in the story. The old woman is the person at the gate.

Question 8. What does the old woman say about the scarf?

✗ IncorrectThe scarf is red, not blue. She also says the tag is white, not long.

✗ IncorrectShe does not talk about the age or size of the scarf. She describes its colour and tag.

✗ IncorrectShe says she lost the scarf. She does not say that it is in her garden.

✓ CorrectHer words are: "I lost my scarf. It is red, with a white tag."

Question 9. Who made the scarf?

✓ CorrectThe old woman says: "My granddaughter made it for me."

✗ IncorrectMia's mother goes to the park with her, but she does not make the scarf.

✗ IncorrectThe old woman received the scarf as a gift. Her granddaughter made it for her.

✗ IncorrectThere is no shop in the story. The scarf is a gift made by the granddaughter.

Question 10. How does Mia feel at the end?

✗ IncorrectThe text does not say that Mia is tired. It says she feels happy after helping.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Mia feels happy. She walks home with her mother and a warm heart."

✗ IncorrectMia smiles and feels happy because the old woman has her scarf again. She is not angry.

✗ IncorrectNothing frightens Mia. She walks home with a warm heart, so she is not afraid.
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