5th grade reading comprehension

Example

The house was silent. Dust covered the furniture, and cobwebs hung from every corner. What can you infer about the house?

1. An inference combines clues in the text with what you know.
2. So the answer is: Nobody has lived there for a long time.

Answer: Nobody has lived there for a long time.

Example

Jake thought the test was easy. Amira, sitting next to him, was sure she had failed. Neither of them knew the teacher had lost the papers. What kind of narrator is this?

1. Point of view is who tells the story and how much they know.
2. So the answer is: third-person omniscient (knows everyone's thoughts)

Answer: third-person omniscient (knows everyone's thoughts)

Example

Story A: Priya trained every morning before school and won the cross-country race. Story B: Tom rehearsed the piano every evening and played perfectly at the concert. How are Priya and Tom ALIKE?

1. Comparing means finding what is the same; contrasting means finding what is different.
2. So the answer is: Both worked hard and succeeded.

Answer: Both worked hard and succeeded.

Example

Mira's robot kept bumping into walls. She rewrote the code three times, tested it every evening and asked her brother for ideas. On Friday, it rolled smoothly round the whole room. Which sentence best shows that Mira does not give up?

1. The best evidence directly proves the point. Other sentences may be true but do not support the claim as well.
2. So the answer is: She rewrote the code three times, tested it every evening and asked her brother for ideas.

Answer: She rewrote the code three times, tested it every evening and asked her brother for ideas.