Primary 2

Exercise Text Type Page No.

1. Diary 4

2. Timetable 8

3. Story 14

4. Personal Statement 18

5. Directions 24

6. Conversation 30

7. Comic 36

8. Fable 40

Exercise Text Type Page No.

9. Poster 44

10. Product Information 52

11. Instructions 60

12. Poem 66

13. Coupon 72

14. Menu 78

15. Captions 82

16. Personal Letter 86

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Smart Learning Reading Comprehension P.2 4

1. DiaryDate:

Mark:

Warm-up

Reading skill

Understand what you are reading: find out the

purpose of reading

Before we read a text, it is important that we have some ideas about it. We

may need to think about these questions:

1. Who wrote the text?

2. Why did he/she write it?

3. Whatwillwefindoutfromthetext?

When we know why the writer wrote the text, we will know our purpose of

reading. We will also know what information we are looking for. Then, we will

not miss the key information and ideas.

Now, let’s take a look at the text and find out the answers to the above

questions.

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Reading passage

It was the Marching Band Festival this afternoon. Tom wrote a diary

entry about it.

20th December 201X

[1] Today was an unforgettable day. It was the competition day of the

Marching Band Festival. A lot of bands took part in the competition this year.

There were also bands from Beijing, Nanjing and Malaysia. They were all

amazing.

[2] There were three divisions in the competition. They were parade

competitions for primary schools, secondary schools and other groups.

Our band joined the parade competition for primary schools. We played

four songs. In the end, we got second place in the division. Everyone was

overjoyed.

[3] After the competition, there was a mass band performance. All the

bands played some famous songs together. The members of the visiting

bands were very friendly. They prepared souvenirs and cards for us. They

wrotetheiremailaddressesonthecards,sowecouldfindeachotherafterthe

festival.I’lldefinitelykeepintouchwiththem.

[4] It’s the last day of the festival tomorrow. All bands will perform in an

open concert. I’ll see my new friends again there. I want to give them some

gifts. I hope they’ll like my gifts.

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Smart Learning Reading Comprehension P.2 6

Answer the following questions in complete sentences and blacken the correct circles. (9 marks)

1. Which of the following cities did NOT have a band joining the Marching

Band Festival?

A. Malaysia

B. Nanjing

C. Berlin

D. Beijing

2. Read line 6. What does "They" refer to?

A. members of the visiting bands

B. bands in the competition

C. activities of the competition

D. divisions of the competition

3. Which competition did Tom’s school join?

4. What result did Tom’s school get?

A. the champion

B.firstrunner-up

C. last place

D. fourth place

Smart Learning Reading Comprehension P.21

P.2 Suggested answers1. Diary

4. B (1) Answer explanation: “Champion”means“firstplace”;

“firstrunner-up”means“secondplace”.

In paragraph 2, Tom mentions that they“gotsecondplace”(line9),soBistheanswer.

Evenifstudentsdon’tknowthemeaningof“firstrunner-up”,theycanstillgettheanswerbyelimination.

5. D (1) Answer explanation: Thisquestiontestsstudents’

vocabulary. “Upset”means“unhappyand

worried”;“indifferent”means“notinterestedin”;calmmeans“relaxed,notnervous”;“delighted”means“happy”.

In paragraph 2, Tom says that “everyonewasoverjoyed”(lines9-10),whichmeanstheywereveryhappy.

6. The members prepared souvenirs and cards. (1) They also wrote down their email addresses. (1) (Accept similar answers.) Answer explanation: In paragraph 3, after saying that

"themembersofthevisitingbandswereveryfriendly",hefurtherexplainswhattheydidthatmadehimthinkso–“Theypreparedsouvenirsandcardsforus.Theywrotetheiremailaddressesonthecards,sowecouldfindeachotherafterthefestival”(lines13-15).

7. I would prepare egg tarts (1) for them because egg tarts are tasty (1).

(For students’ reference only. Other answers are acceptable as long as they are reasonable and grammatical.)

Warm-up

1. Tom

2. to write down what had happened in the Marching Band Festival

3. marching Band Festival, how Tom felt about that

Reading passage

1. C (1) Answer explanation: Fromparagraph1,weknowthat

apartfromlocalbands,therewerealso“bandsfromBeijing,NanjingandMalaysia”(line4)–byelimination, Berlin is the remaining oneandhencetheanswer.

2. D (1) Answer explanation: Forreferencingquestions,the

answer(i.e.whatthepronounrefersto)isoftenfoundinthesentencesnearby.

Inthiscase,theanswerisfoundintheprevioussentence,“Therewerethreedivisionsinthecompetition”(line6)–i.e.“They”referstothethreedivisionsofthecompetition.

Infact,evenifstudentscan’tfigureouttheanswer,theycantryreplacing“They”withtheoptionstoseewhichonemakessense.

3. His school joined the parade competition for primary schools. (1)

Answer explanation: Theanswercanbefounddirectly

inparagraph2,inwhichTomsays,“Our[Tom’sschool’s]bandjoinedtheparadecompetitionforprimaryschools”.(line8)