May 10, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 26 — Riddles from the Philippines (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- Riddles from the Philippines
The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia. It is made up of islands and can be found in the Pacific Ocean.
People tell riddles all over the world. Can you answer these riddles from the Philippines? Each one of these words will be an answer: frog, candle, star.
1. I can’t see it in the light, but I can see it in the dark.
2. If you want me to last longer, I must die.
3. When it was young, it had a tail.
When it grew up, it had knees. Now you can check if you have the right answers. The first answer is a star. The second answer is a candle. The third answer is a frog.
- Riddles from the Philippines
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- You can tell that, most likely, in the Philippines, . . . .
- people like riddles
- there are not any frogs
- children have tails
- people don’t like riddles
- What ocean are the islands of the Philippines in?
- Atlantic
- Arctic
- Indian
- Pacific
- Read this riddle: I ate one and threw away two. Most likely, the answer to this riddle from the Philippines is . . . .
- a strawberry
- a cookie
- a rock
- an oyster
- You can tell that, most likely, in the Philippines, . . . .
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