Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies - Level 7

2. cough and congestion
   syrup


3. Answers may vary.


4. Different


5. Cough syrup is
   “maximum strength”,
   cough lozenges are
   “regular strength”


6. Syrup/every 6 hours,
   lozenges/every 2 hours


7. They are alike in that
   they suggest consulting a
   doctor; symptoms are
   different.


8. Answers will vary.
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   1. whale
   
   
   2. shark
   
   
   3. both
   
   
   4. shark
   
   
   5. shark
   
   
   6. neither
   
   
   7. whale
   
   
   8. shark
   
   
   9. whale
   
   
   
   


9. neither


10. whale


11. shark


12. shark
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    Answers will vary.
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    Answers will vary.
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13. They both like the
    position they are in.
    2-6 Answers will vary.
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14. she was absent from
    school today.


15. he checks the
    ingredients in what he
    eats.


16. He apologized to his
    friend.


17. He takes the stairs
    instead of the elevator.


18. She stayed after school
    for some extra help.


19. She borrowed some
    from a friend.
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20. He’d seen something
    scurry across the room.


21. 
    
    
    
    2. He only saw from
       the corner of his eye—
       not clearly.
    
    
    3. He saw it again—
       twice.
    
    
    4. It could be a rat.
    
    
    5. Answers will vary.
    
    
    6. The school could be
       infested with rats or
       mice.
    
    
    7. She knew what it was.
    
    
    8. A hamster that had
       escaped.
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Answers will vary.

Page 99

1.1919 Planes were used

and were not invented

until 1903.

2. 1787 The Constitution
   was signed a few years
   after U.S. independence.


3. 1858 The Civil War
   ended slavery, so it had
   to be prior to 1865.


4. 1962 Had to take
   place after the first
   airplane but before the
   first walk on the moon.
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   Answers will vary.
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   Answers will vary.
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   Answers will vary
   depending on students’
   opinions.
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5. talent show


6. family field day


7. first graders


8. fifth and sixth


9. bake sale 52; sell toys
   81; field day 84; talent
   show 73; spaghetti
   dinner 74
   6-9 Answers will vary.
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   (Sentences checked)
   The woman is creating a
   sculpture.
   She is using a power-

assisted chisel.

The woman is wearing...

She is concentrating...

Safety goggles protect

her...

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1. sixth; The writer lives
   on the top floor of a six-
   story building.


2. girl; The story refer to
   the best friend as “her”..


3. Chicago, Illinois; The
   story mentions snow and
   it does not snow in San
   Diego, California.


4. He or she likes it.


5. Answers will vary.


6. City; He or she thinks
   it would be lonely in the
   suburbs.
   Answers will vary.
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7. sun, planets, satellites,
   asteroids, comets


8. 1


9. Haley’s Comet


10. An asteroid that’s
    entered the earth’s
    atmosphere.


11. Between Jupiter and
    Mars.
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12. False


13. True


14. False


15. True


16. False


17. False


18. True


19. False


20. True


21. False
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22. True


23. False


24. True


25. True


26. False


27. False


28. True


29. True
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30. True


31. False


32. False


33. True


34. False


35. False
    7. True
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    1. told by character
    
    
    2. told by narrator
    
    
    3. told by narrator
    
    
    4. told by narrator
    
    
    5. told by character
    
    
    6. told by narrator
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    7. second
    
    
    8. third
    
    
    9. second
    
    
    10. first
    
    
    11. second
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    12. B, C
    
    
    13. relax away from work;
        spend time with the
        family
    
    
    14. They’re dangerous;
        Answers will vary.
        4-6 Answers will vary.
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    15. a playmate; a dog
        door
    
    
    16. She doesn’t give him
        enough attention and
        treats him like a dog.
    
    
    17. He’s expressing
        himself.
    
    
    18. He would stay close by
        and behave.
    
    
    19. no
    
    
    20. better
    
    
    21. resentful
        Answers will vary.
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        1. elephant
        
        
        2. duck
        
        
        3. bear
        
        
        4. frog
        
        
        5. cat
        
        
        6. deer
        
        
        7. chicken
        
        
        8. alligator
        
        
        9. monkey
        
        
        
        
    
    
    22. horse
    
    
    23. person
    
    
    24. ostrich
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    25. Mars
    
    
    26. meteor
    
    
    27. the sun
    
    
    28. Jupiter
    
    
    29. Pluto
    
    
    30. Venus
    
    
    31. Earth’s moon
    
    
    32. Saturn
    
    
    
    

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