Reading Comprehension: A Short Story: 'Time With Grandpa'

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●●●ReadTheory.Org © 2010 EnglishForEveryone.Org © 2008 Name________________ Date________________ “Time with Grandpa” Reading Comprehension – Short Stories Directions: Read the story. Then answer the questions below. Ben jumped from bed as soon as the first bit of sun peeped through his window. He grabbed his backpack from his closet and opened it on the floor. Ben put in some of his favorite things to take with him on his trip to visit Grandpa. He put in a book on building forts, a book on making go-carts, and a new book he had gotten from the library about a kid detective who creates his own spy gear. He also put in a model car kit and his stuffed bear. He was ready to go! Going to visit his grandfather for a week by himself…show more content…
A. at Grandpa’s house in the early afternoon B. at Ben’s house in the early afternoon C. at Grandpa’s house in the morning D. at Ben’s house in the morning 8) According to the story, what is one of the things Ben’s grandpa taught him to do? A. B. C. D. use a drill build a fort fix a leaky faucet build a model car 9) What is the most likely reason Ben does not eat breakfast? A. He is not hungry. B. He does not like his mother’s cooking. C. He wants to leave for his grandpa's house. D. He has already eaten. 10) Which of the following things does Ben seem to like? I. baseball II. reading III. fishing A. B. C. D. I only I and II II and III I, II, and…show more content…
Grandpa was patient and did not mind taking many hours to show Ben how to use his tools.” We can understand from these statements that Grandpa did not complain about taking a lot of time to teach Ben how to fix things. Therefore (D) is correct. Although someone might need to be patient if something is happening very slowly, being patient is not the same as being slow. Therefore (A) is incorrect. Sometimes a person who is sick in the hospital is called a patient, but that is a different meaning than the one used in this story. No one in this story is sick or in the hospital. Therefore (B) is incorrect. Being patient means not minding that things take a long time, and being good about sharing means not minding letting other people use our things. Being patient and being good at sharing are not the same. Therefore (C) is incorrect. 6) A In paragraph 2, the story says that Ben brings “a book on building forts” and “a book on making go-carts.” These two books explain how to make things. The story says Ben brings another book “about a kid detective who creates his own spy gear.” This book is about another kid who makes things. The story then says that Ben brings “a model car kit.” A model car kit is something that you make into a model car. All of these items involve making things. Therefore (A) is correct. Ben may like to ride go-carts, but the book is about making

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