Read this and then write the answers.  Read it again as often as you need to.

John had two brothers who were both tall.  Their names were Will and Fred. John’s sister, who was short, was named Mary.  John liked Fred better than either of the others.  All of these children except Will had red hair.  He had brown hair.

1.  Was John’s sister tall or short?.....................
2.  How many brothers had John?..........................
3.  What was his sister’s name?..........................

SET b

Read this and then write the answers.  Read it again as often as you need to.

Long after the sun had set, Tom was still waiting for Jim and Dick to come.  “If they do not come before nine o’clock,” he said to himself, “I will go on to Boston alone.”  At half past eight they came bringing two other boys with them.  Tom was very glad to see them and gave each of them one of the apples he had kept.  They ate these and he ate one too.  Then all went on down the road.

1.  When did Jim and Dick come?...................................
2.  What did they do after eating the apples?.....................
3.  Who else came besides Jim and Dick?...........................
4.  How long did Tom say he would wait for them?..................
5.  What happened after the boys ate the apples?..................

SET c

Read this and then write the answers.  Read it again as often as you need to.

It may seem at first thought that every boy and girl who goes to school ought to do all the work that the teacher wishes done.  But sometimes other duties prevent even the best boy or girl from doing so.  If a boy’s or girl’s father died and he had to work afternoons and evenings to earn money to help his mother, such might be the case.  A good girl might let her lessons go undone in order to help her mother by taking care of the baby.

1.  What are some conditions that might make even the best boy leave
school work unfinished?............................................
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2.  What might a boy do in the evenings to help his family?.........
3.  How could a girl be of use to her mother?.......................
4.  Look at these words:  idle, tribe, inch, it, ice, ivy, tide, true,
tip, top, tit,
tat, toe.

Cross out every one of them that has an i and has not any t (T) in it.

SET d

Read this and then write the answers.  Read it again as often as you need to.

It may seem at first thought that every boy and girl who goes to school ought to do all the work that the teacher wishes done.  But sometimes other duties prevent even the best boy or girl from doing so.  If a boy’s or girl’s father died and he had to work afternoons and evenings to earn money to help his mother, such might be the case.  A good girl might let her lessons go undone in order to help her mother by taking care of the baby.