Comprehension – Book 4

Five Senses Skill Builders No. 59

Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.

Each book includes:

• Years 3-6: 35 comprehension exercises
• Years 7-10: 25 comprehension exercises
• a quick guide on how to answer multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, and extended responses
• answers

Contents

• How to do Multiple Choice and Choose the Correct Response
• How to do Short Answer Questions
• How to do Extended Responses
• Comprehension 1: The Yeti (Recount)
• Comprehension 2: The Lighthouse Mystery (Recount)
• Comprehension 3: How do Animals Survive (Explanation)
• Comprehension 4: How to Make Wedges (Procedure)
• Comprehension 5: Armour (Information Report)
• Comprehension 6: Greyfriars Bobby (Recount)
• Comprehension 7: The Mammoth (Description)
• Comprehension 8: Insects: Good or Bad (Discussion)
• Comprehension 9: Did You Know? (List)
• Comprehension 10: Grandpa’s Car (Poem)
• Comprehension 11: Marilla the Gorilla (Description)
• Comprehension 12: Tam Lin Part 1 (Narrative)
• Comprehension 13: Tam Lin Part 2 (Narrative)
• Comprehension 14: The Chocolate Factory (Recount)
• Comprehension 15: What is a Reptile? (Explanation)
• Comprehension 16: Growing Beans (Procedure)
• Comprehension 17: Venus (Description)
• Comprehension 18: Granny Smith (Recount)
• Comprehension 19: Sparkling Jewels (Information Report)
• Comprehension 20: Let Us Design Our School Uniform (Exposition)
• Comprehension 21: Short Stories (1) and (2) (Narrative)
• Comprehension 22: Email to Grandpop (Recount)
• Comprehension 23: Tuataras (Information Report)
• Comprehension 24: Roger of Ripon (Recount)
• Comprehension 25: The Gorgeous Georgians (Information Report)
• Comprehension 26: Monsoons (Information Report)
• Comprehension 27: Take the Train (Timetable)
• Comprehension 28: Dictionary Skills (Dictionary)
• Comprehension 29: Cyclones (Description)
• Comprehension 30: The Leprechaun Part 1 (Narrative)
• Comprehension 31: The Leprechaun Part 2 (Narrative)
• Comprehension 32: What’s Inside a Tooth? (Explanation)
• Comprehension 33: Are Electronic Games Good or Bad? (Discussion)
• Comprehension 34: Walter’s Restaurant (Menu)
• Comprehension 35: Elephant School (Information Report)
• Answers