The Mysterious Spring Garden: One bright spring morning, Stella and Michael walked behind their school to explore the garden. The air felt fresh and fragrant, and the grass sparkled with tiny drops of dew.
“Something looks different,” Stella said as she scanned the garden carefully. Michael noticed it too. A row of tall sunflowers stood like golden soldiers guarding the gate. Beside them, purple flowers swayed gently in the breeze.
Suddenly, Stella spotted a small wooden box near the garden path. “Look at this mysterious box!” she exclaimed. Michael opened it slowly. Inside were colorful seed packets and a note from Ms. Johnson.
The note read: "Plant these seeds with patience and care. Soon the garden will burst with color like a rainbow after a storm." The friends felt excited. They grabbed small shovels and began to dig.
Stella planted bright red seeds, while Michael planted tiny yellow ones. Days passed. The rain whispered softly on the soil, and the warm sun smiled down on the garden. Soon, green sprouts poked through the dirt.
Stella grinned. “The garden is waking up!” Michael nodded. “It’s like the plants were sleeping, and now they are stretching in the sunshine.” By the end of spring, the garden was full of bright flowers, buzzing bees, and happy students.
The mysterious seeds had turned the garden into a colorful masterpiece. “Patience really is powerful,” Stella said proudly.
What does the word fragrant most nearly mean?
loud
smelly in a good way
wet
cold
What does mysterious mean in the story?
Strange or unknown
Easy to understand
Very small
Very bright
The word patience means:
Forgetting something
Running quickly
Being angry
Waiting calmly for something
What is a masterpiece?
Something made very badly
Something broken
A tool for digging
A work that is very beautiful or excellent
The story says the sunflowers stood like “golden soldiers guarding the gate.” What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
What does the phrase “golden soldiers guarding the gate” help the reader imagine?
that the sunflowers wore helmets
that the sunflowers were tall and straight
that the sunflowers were brave
that the sunflowers were wearing uniforms
The sentence “the warm sun smiled down on the garden” is an example of:
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Why did the author say “the garden is waking up”?
the garden was dry
the sun was up
the plants opened their eyes and stretched
the flowers were starting to grow
What comparison is made in the note when it says “burst with color like a rainbow after a storm”?
the garden and a rainbow
the storm and the children
the children and the rainbow
the sun and the moon
