May 10, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 30 — Under-the-Water Mail (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- Under-the-Water Mail
A mailman puts on his suit. What kind of suit? A scuba-diving suit! Then he puts on his oxygen tank. He puts on his mask and flippers. What type of mailman is a scuba diver? One that works in a post office under the water!
Vanuatu is an island nation. It is in the South Pacific. It opened a post office in 2003. The office is under the water. It is 164 feet out from shore. It is ten feet under the water. People can buy special postcards. The cards are waterproof. People can swim out to the post office. They can mail their cards under the water.
The mailmen like their jobs. They take care of all the cards. They use a special press to cancel the cards. They make sure the cards are delivered. They like helping people send cards from their island nation.
- Under-the-Water Mail
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- Where is Vanuatu?
- South Pacific
- North Pacific
- North Atlantic
- South Atlantic
- Why might Vanuatu have built the post office under the water?
- It makes people want to visit
- It makes the mailmen wear a suit
- It makes more room on the island
- It makes it easier to send mail
- When you deliver something, you . . . .
- open and close something
- buy and eat something
- wash and fold something
- bring and hand over something
- Where is Vanuatu?
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