Author(s): Therese Burgess

Comprehension

This new publication contains 35 comprehension exercises for Year 4 students requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included. Contents: Comprehension 1: The Yeti (Recount) Comprehension 2: The Lighthouse Mystery (Recount) Comprehension 3: How do Animals Survive (Explanation) Comprehension 4: How to Make Wedges (Procedure) Comprehension 5: Armour (Information Report) Comprehension 6: Greyfriars Bobby (Recount) Comprehension 7: The Mammoth (Description) Comprehension 8: Insects: Good or Bad (Discussion) Comprehension 9: Did You Know? (List) Comprehension 10: Grandpa's Car (Poem) Comprehension 11: Marilla the Gorilla (Description) Comprehension 12: Tam Lin Part 1 (Narrative) Comprehension 13: Tam Lin Part 2 (Narrative) Comprehension 14: The Chocolate Factory (Recount) Comprehension 15: What is a Reptile? (Explanation) Comprehension 16: Growing Beans (Procedure) Comprehension 17: Venus (Description) Comprehension 18: Granny Smith (Recount) Comprehension 19: Sparkling Jewels (Information Report) Comprehension 20: Let Us Design Our School Uniform (Exposition) Comprehension 21: Short Stories (1) and (2) (Narrative) Comprehension 22: Email to Grandpop (Recount) Comprehension 23: Tuataras (Information Report) Comprehension 24: Roger of Ripon (Recount) Comprehension 25: The Gorgeous Georgians (Information Report) Comprehension 26: Monsoons (Information Report) Comprehension 27: Take the Train (Timetable) Comprehension 28: Dictionary Skills (Dictionary) Comprehension 29: Cyclones (Description) Comprehension 30: The Leprechaun Part 1 (Narrative) Comprehension 31: The Leprechaun Part 2 (Narrative) Comprehension 32: What's Inside a Tooth? (Explanation) Comprehension 33: Are Electronic Games Good or Bad? (Discussion) Comprehension 34: Walter's Restaurant (Menu) Comprehension 35: Elephant School (Information Report) Answers