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Level 1 · Short words · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Hen on a Pig

  1. Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. She sits on the pig.
  4. The pig lets her sit.
  5. Nat gets an egg in the pen!

  1. 1. Who hops in the pig pen?

    • hen
    • duck
    • cat

  2. 2. What does the hen sit on?

    • horse
    • pig
    • cow

  3. 3. What does Nat get?

    • milk
    • egg
    • apple
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Hen on a Pig

  1. Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. She sits on the pig.
  4. The pig lets her sit.
  5. Nat gets an egg in the pen!

  1. 1. What sort of pig does Nat have?

    • a big pig
    • a little pig
    • a wet pig

  2. 2. Where does the hen hop?

    • the pond
    • the pig pen
    • the barn
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Hen on a Pig

  1. 1Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. 2The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. 3She sits on the pig.
  4. 4The pig lets her sit.
  5. 5Nat gets an egg in the pen!

  1. 1. How do you know the pig did not mind the hen?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Hen on a Pig

  1. Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. She sits on the pig.
  4. The pig lets her sit.
  5. Nat gets an egg in the pen!

  1. 1. Who sat on the pig?

  2. 2. What did Nat get in the pen?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

Hen on a Pig

  1. Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. She sits on the pig.
  4. The pig lets her sit.
  5. Nat gets an egg in the pen!
  • Hen sits on the pig
  • Nat gets an egg
  • Hen hops in the pen

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Hen on a Pig

  1. Nat has a hen and a big pig.
  2. The hen hops in the pig pen.
  3. She sits on the pig.
  4. The pig lets her sit.
  5. Nat gets an egg in the pen!

Draw the hen sitting on the big pig.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Hen on a Pig · Level 1 (Short words) · focus words: hen, pig, pen, sits, lets · tricky words: the, she, her

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! The hen hops in the pig pen.
  2. Yes — the hen sits on the pig.
  3. Yes! Nat gets an egg in the pen.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Nat has a big pig.
  2. Yes! The hen hops in the pig pen.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 4. The pig lets the hen sit on it, so it did not mind.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. The hen sat on the pig.
  2. Nat gets an egg.

5. Put it in order

1. Hen hops in the pen · 2. Hen sits on the pig · 3. Nat gets an egg

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.