Reading Comprehension: The Disappearing Fish 7 Dec 2017
Comprehension:
Write the letter of the phrase or sentence that best answers each question.
During what time of the year does this story take place?
How does Nadine feel about her environment?
What happened that caused Nick and Nadine to be concerned?
Why was it important to watch the pond from inside the house?
So the heron wouldn’t smell them
So they would keep warm and dry
So they didn’t scare away the koi thief
By putting a screen over the koi pond, Nick is
Keeping the fish out of the sun
Keeping the herons from reaching the fish
Keeping trash out of the pond
Learn About Words:
You can often tell the meaning of a word by reading the words around it. Look at each number in parenthesis. Find the paragraph in the story with the same number. Then find the word that fits the given meaning. Write the word.
Favored; Chose to (1) Preferred
Watch carefully (1) Observe
Bought (2) Purchased
Nesting place for herons (2) Canal Lock
A type of carp, which is a fish (3) Koi
Disappeared (6) Vanished
Cried out (9) Wailed
Words:
A word may have more than one meaning. It’s meaning depends on the way it is used. The word band is an example.The band will play in the parade, the hat had a wide band around it. Look at each number in parentheses. Find the paragraph in the story with the same number. See how the word in the bold type is used in the paragraph. Decide whether it has meaning a or b. Write a or b.
Lock (2)
a piece of hair
a section of waterway
Mean (5)
suggest; intend
not nice
Patient (12)
a person under a doctor's care
calm; willing to wait
Word Study:
Nick cleaned the pond.
The word cleaned is a verb. It tells what Nick did. Words that what someone or something did are generally verbs. Look at the groups of words below. Then read the sentences. Write the verb that best completes each sentence.
share playing growling
slam thanked dusting
spoke trotted
My sister is __playing__ in the yard
That dog is __growling__ at me!
Please __share__ that piece of pie
My aunt __thanked__ me for the gift
Paula __spoke__ to me yesterday
The horse __trotted__ into the barn
Don’t __slam__ the door!
He is __dusting__ the furniture
Nadine seems angry
That book is mine
Nick became president
The verbs in the sentences above are called linking verbs. Linking verbs do not express actions; they express a sentence with a noun, pronoun, or adjective that describes or identifies that subject. Some common linking verbs are to be, to become, to look, to seem, to sound, and to taste. Read the sentences below. If a sentence contains a linking verb, write that verb If it does not, write NO.
That music sounds classical
This meat tastes like leather
I waved to my neighbour
The rabbit nibbled on the carrot
Janet seems happy
That dog is bold
We dined at eight o’clock
Mr. Fish became my teacher
Present tense; I walk I buy
Past tense; I walked I bought
To form the past tense of many verbs, simply add the ending -ed. Walk becomes walked. But some verbs are have irregular past tense-for example. There are two verbs in the past tense in bold type in each sentence below. Write the one that is irregular.
The snow melted when the plants grew taller
I was in the store when you walked in
The room became brighter when I opened the curtains
The dog dug a hole and buried the bone
I selected a new dress and wore it to the park.
We ate dinner and walked to the park
The wind blew so hard the building swayed