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Print “Zip, Car, Zip!”

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.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. Pat has a red car.
  2. Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. Kit and Pat had fun.

  1. 1. What does Pat have?

    • blue car
    • red ball
    • red car

  2. 2. What did Kit set up?

    • blocks
    • drum
    • puzzle

  3. 3. What did the blocks look like at the end?

    • fallen
    • tall
    • wobbly
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. Pat has a red car.
  2. Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. Kit and Pat had fun.

  1. 1. How many blocks did Kit set up?

    • two
    • ten
    • six

  2. 2. Whose car zips at the blocks?

    • Kit's car
    • Pat's car
    • Dad's car
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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.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. 1Pat has a red car.
  2. 2Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. 3Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. 4Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. 5Kit and Pat had fun.

  1. 1. Why did the blocks fall?

    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.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. Pat has a red car.
  2. Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. Kit and Pat had fun.

  1. 1. Who set up the blocks?

  2. 2. Were Kit and Pat sad when the blocks fell? How do you know?

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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.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. Pat has a red car.
  2. Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. Kit and Pat had fun.
  • Pat's car zips at them
  • Bam! The blocks fell
  • Kit sets up ten blocks

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.

Zip, Car, Zip!

  1. Pat has a red car.
  2. Kit sets up ten blocks.
  3. Pat's car zips at the blocks.
  4. Bam! The blocks fell.
  5. Kit and Pat had fun.

Draw Pat's red car zipping at the blocks.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Zip, Car, Zip! · Level 1 (Short words) · focus words: Pat, Kit, ten, sets, zips, fun · tricky words: the, blocks

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Pat has a red car.
  2. Yes — Kit set up ten blocks.
  3. Yes! Bam — the blocks fell.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Kit set up ten blocks.
  2. Yes! Pat's car zips at the blocks.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 3. Pat's car zipped at the blocks, so they fell.

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

  1. Kit set up the blocks.
  2. No, they had fun.

5. Put it in order

1. Kit sets up ten blocks · 2. Pat's car zips at them · 3. Bam! The blocks fell

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