May 8, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 8 — A Foot in Each Country (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- A Foot in Each Country
England is part of the United Kingdom, or the U.K. The United States, or the U.S., is not close to the U.K.
There is a statue. The statue is in two countries. It is on land that belongs to the U.K. It is also on land that belongs to the U.S. How can the same statue be on the land of two countries at the same time?
The statue is in Washington, D.C. It is in the U.S., but it is on British soil, too. This is because it is on the grounds of the embassy for the U.K. An embassy is considered to be part of its own country.
The statue is of an Englishman. His name is Churchill. Churchill has one foot on U.K. Embassy grounds. He has the other foot in the U.S. The statue shows how Churchill helped the U.K. and the U.S. be friends.
- A Foot in Each Country
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- If someone steps onto the grounds of the Mexico Embassy in Washington, D.C., one would be on . . . .
- Mexican soil
- U.S. soil
- British soil
- English soil
- If someone steps onto the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Canada, one would be on . . . .
- Australian soil
- U.K. soil
- Canadian soil
- U.S. soil
- Another word for land is . . . .
- friends
- soil
- foot
- statue
- If someone steps onto the grounds of the Mexico Embassy in Washington, D.C., one would be on . . . .
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