Ugly Vegetables Reading Comprehension | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Reading Comprehension

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What is the first thing the girl and her mother do at the beginning of the story?

make soup

start their garden

water the vegetables

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What time of the year did they start their garden?

Autumn

Winter

Spring

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What tools did they use to turn the grass upside down in the garden?

hammers

gloves

shovels

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What kind of plants did they grow in their garden?

flowers

fruits

Chinese vegetables

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What kind of plants did the neighbors grow?

vegetables

cactus

flowers

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How were the vegetables like after growing?

soft and tender

prickly

hard and tough

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What did the neighbors want to trade for the ugly vegetables soup?

flowers

their shoes

their clothes

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How were the neighbors’ gardens DIFFERENT the next year?

they planted flowers only

they planted vegetables

they planted flowers and Chinese vegetables

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The girl thinks that her neighbors’ gardens are................

beautiful to see and smell

funny

interesting looking

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The magical smell made the girl and neighbors FEEL…

hungry

funny

tired

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What LESSON do we learn from the story?

Not to judge something by how it looks.

Not to help your mother with the gardening.

Not to be kind to your neighbors.

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"The dog followed the squirrel’s scent through the woods." Scent means.............

smell

sound

taste

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"The tough meat is hard to chew." Tough means.....................

not thick and heavy

not soft and tender

not salty and tasty

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"The tough meat is hard to chew." Tough means.....................

not soft and tender

not thick and heavy

not salty and tasty

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"The garden is beautiful when the roses bloom." Bloom means.....................

fall

die

open

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"Jack smiles and nods when his mother asks if he wants some milk." Nod means

drop your head down

look carefully

move his head up and down

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