Unit 1 Skill focus: Looking for common features
(conversations) 4
Unit 2 What does Sam want?
(comics) 6
Unit 3 Let’s draw pictures!
(conversations) 8
Unit 4 Care Day
(leaflets) 10
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Module 1 Caring and sharing
Unit 5 Skill focus: Making an inference
(riddles) 12
Unit 6 Make a guess!
(riddles) 14
Unit 7 Our lunch
(conversations) 16
Unit 8 My sister’s birthday
(e-mails) Read more! 18
Module 2 Yummy food
sample
Assessment (rules) 28
More on answering comprehension questions 30
Unit 9 Skill focus: Answering questions with the word ‘NOT’
(descriptions)
20
Unit 10 Faye’s family
(poems) 22
Unit 11 A waiter’s day
(stories) 24
Unit 12 Our parents
(conversations) 26
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Read m ore!
2A
Module 3 People's jobs
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12
Read the riddle and the question.
Skill Close-up
5 Skill focus: Making an inference
A. B.
C. D.
How do we use this skill?
Step 1: Read the first sentence.
It is yellow.
Choices B, C and D are yellow.
Tick ( 3 ) them.
Step 2: Read the second sentence.
It is long.
Choice B is long. Tick ( 3 ) it.
Step 3: Read the third sentence.
Monkeys like it.
Monkeys like Choice B. Tick ( 3 ) it.
Step 4: Count the ticks.
Choices C and D get one tick each. Choice B gets three ticks!
Now we can get the answer!
e.g. It is yellow.
It is long.
Monkeys like it.
What is it?
3 3 3
3 3
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It’s your turn! Try solving the riddle using this skill.
Warm-up
1. They are round.
They are green.
They are red inside.
What are they?
Step 1: Read the first sentence.
Choices A, and are round.
Step 2: Read the second sentence.
Choices and are green.
Step 3: Read the third sentence.
Choice is red inside.
Step 4: Count the ticks.
I can get the answer now!
A. B. C. D.
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14
Make a guess!
6
Reading Comprehension
The children are reading some riddles about food. Solve the riddles.
1. It is yellow.
It is not sweet.
It starts with the letter ‘P’.
What is it?
2. They are long.
They are orange.
Rabbits like them very much.
What are they?
A. B. C. D.
A. B. C. D.
Peaches are yellow / pink .
Are cherries long? Yes / No
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3. It is green.
It is sweet.
It is a fruit.
What is it?
4. It is round.
It is white and yellow inside.
It comes from a chicken.
What is it?
Are pears green?
Yes / No
A. B. C. D.
A. B. C. D.
Watermelons are white / red inside.
