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Reading Practice: A New Puppy at Home

Reading Text

A small sound comes from a box near the door: tap, tap, tap. The family opens the box, and a puppy looks out. He is brown and white. His ears are very big.

The children want a name for him. They choose Biscuit, because his colour is like a biscuit. After lunch, Biscuit finds Dad's slippers. He bites them and runs to the garden. Dad laughs and puts the slippers on a shelf.

In the evening, they take Biscuit outside. He stops at every tree, so the walk is slow. At home, the children share the work. Anna gives him water, and Tom brings his bowl.

Then he walks to his basket in the kitchen. He turns around three times and sleeps. Only his nose makes a soft sound.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. What sound comes from the box near the door?

✗ IncorrectThere is no radio in the story. The sound comes from the box near the door.

✗ IncorrectNobody rings the doorbell. The sound comes from inside the box, not from the door.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "A small sound comes from a box near the door: tap, tap, tap."

✗ IncorrectThe puppy is in the box and does not bark there. The garden comes later in the story.

Question 2. What does the puppy look like?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "He is brown and white. His ears are very big."

✗ IncorrectThe puppy is not black, and his ears are big, not small.

✗ IncorrectThe puppy has two colours, brown and white, and the text says nothing about a tail.

✗ IncorrectWhite and grey is wrong, and the text does not speak about his legs.

Question 3. Why do the children choose the name "Biscuit"?

✗ IncorrectThe puppy sleeps in his basket in the kitchen, not near food.

✗ IncorrectAfter lunch the puppy finds the slippers. The text never says that he eats biscuits.

✗ IncorrectThe text gives one reason only: his colour. The length of the name is not a reason here.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "They choose Biscuit, because his colour is like a biscuit."

Question 4. What does Biscuit bite after lunch?

✗ IncorrectNo book is in this part of the story. The puppy bites Dad's slippers.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "After lunch, Biscuit finds Dad's slippers. He bites them."

✗ IncorrectHe runs to the garden with the slippers, but he does not bite a tree.

✗ IncorrectThe bowl comes in the evening, and Biscuit does not bite it.

Question 5. What does Dad do with the slippers?

✗ IncorrectThe puppy runs to the garden with them. Dad does not throw them away.

✗ IncorrectThe text does not say that Dad washes the slippers. He puts them on a shelf.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Dad laughs and puts the slippers on a shelf."

✗ IncorrectDad takes the slippers away from the puppy, so he does not give them to him.

Question 6. When do they take Biscuit outside?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "In the evening, they take Biscuit outside."

✗ IncorrectThe walk is in the evening, after a day at home with the family.

✗ IncorrectAfter lunch the puppy finds the slippers. The walk comes later, in the evening.

✗ IncorrectBreakfast is not in the story, and the walk is in the evening.

Question 7. Why is the walk slow?

✗ IncorrectBiscuit is not tired on the walk. He stops because he is busy with every tree.

✗ IncorrectThe text says nothing about the weather. The reason is the puppy and the trees.

✗ IncorrectThe children do not make the walk slow. The puppy stops all the time.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "He stops at every tree, so the walk is slow."

Question 8. Who gives Biscuit water at home?

✗ IncorrectTom brings the bowl. The water comes from Anna.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Anna gives him water, and Tom brings his bowl."

✗ IncorrectDad is with his slippers in this part of the story. He does not give water.

✗ IncorrectMum is not in this part of the text. Anna does this job.

Question 9. Where does Biscuit fall asleep?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Then he walks to his basket in the kitchen" and he sleeps there.

✗ IncorrectThe box is only at the start. At the end the puppy goes to his basket.

✗ IncorrectAnna gives him water, but the text never says that he sleeps on her bed.

✗ IncorrectHe stops at trees on the walk, but at home he sleeps in his basket.

Question 10. What does the family hear at the end?

✗ IncorrectThe puppy does not bark at the end. He is asleep in his basket.

✗ IncorrectNo doorbell rings in the story. The last sound is very quiet.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Only his nose makes a soft sound." The puppy is asleep.

✗ IncorrectThe story ends with the sleeping puppy, so the children are quiet too.
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