Azariyah Davis: Comprehension (Nov 2nd)

The Turtle That Tries to Fly

A young turtle lives by a big tree in the forest. Every day, the turtle climbs up the tree and crawls along the branches.

One day, the little turtle crawls out to the end of a low branch. The turtle stops, looks down, and jumps. With her legs flapping around, the turtle lands on the ground with a thump.

The turtle is a little confused, but she gets up and starts climbing the tree again. The turtle crawls along a higher branch. Once again, she pauses and looks down. Then she jumps off the branch, waves around her legs and crashes into the ground.

This time the turtle is very shaken up, but that doesn't stop her. She climbs all the way up to the highest branch on the tree. When the turtle reaches the end of the branch, she looks over and waves at two birds watching her.

The birds look at one another and one of them says, "I think it's time that we told her that she is not one of us!"

1. Where does the turtle live?

2. What does the turtle do every day?

3. Why do you think the turtle jumped out of the tree?

4. What happened when the turtle jumped out of the tree the second time?

5. What part of speech is 'watching'?

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Rewrite these sentences in the past tense.

1. My teacher writes the work on the board.

2. Ann holds the baby.

3. The child puts his finger in his mouth.

4. Mummy tells me to brush my hair.

5. My granny gives us money.

6. The clown blows up the balloon.

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Write the plurals of the words below.

1. leaf

2. wolf

3. thief

4. baby

5. lady

6.berry

7. bus

8. box

9. tooth

10. foot

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