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Level 3 · Blends · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Bump on the Path

  1. Omar has a red bike.
  2. He went fast on the path.
  3. Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. He got up and grinned.
  6. Now Omar will not go so fast.

  1. 1. What does Omar have?

    • red bike
    • red car
    • kite

  2. 2. What did the bike hit?

    • rock
    • puddle
    • ball

  3. 3. Where did Omar fall?

    • mud
    • grass
    • pond
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Bump on the Path

  1. Omar has a red bike.
  2. He went fast on the path.
  3. Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. He got up and grinned.
  6. Now Omar will not go so fast.

  1. 1. How did Omar go on the path?

    • slow
    • fast
    • back

  2. 2. What did Omar land on?

    • soft grass
    • wet mud
    • a bed
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

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

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Bump on the Path

  1. 1Omar has a red bike.
  2. 2He went fast on the path.
  3. 3Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. 4Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. 5He got up and grinned.
  6. 6Now Omar will not go so fast.

  1. 1. Why did Omar fall?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

  2. 2. How do you know Omar was OK?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Bump on the Path

  1. Omar has a red bike.
  2. He went fast on the path.
  3. Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. He got up and grinned.
  6. Now Omar will not go so fast.

  1. 1. What was the grass like?

  2. 2. What will Omar do now?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

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

Bump on the Path

  1. Omar has a red bike.
  2. He went fast on the path.
  3. Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. He got up and grinned.
  6. Now Omar will not go so fast.
  • Omar fell on the grass
  • Omar went fast
  • The bike hit a rock

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 3 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Bump on the Path

  1. Omar has a red bike.
  2. He went fast on the path.
  3. Bump! The bike hit a rock.
  4. Omar fell on the soft grass.
  5. He got up and grinned.
  6. Now Omar will not go so fast.

Draw Omar grinning on the soft grass.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Bump on the Path · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: fast, bump, soft, grass, grinned · tricky words: the, he, so, now, go

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Omar has a red bike.
  2. Yes — the bike hit a rock.
  3. Yes! Omar fell on the soft grass.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Omar went fast on the path.
  2. Yes! Omar fell on the soft grass.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 3. The bike hit a rock, so Omar fell off.
  2. Sentence 5. He got up and grinned, so he was OK.

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

  1. It was soft.
  2. He will not go so fast.

5. Put it in order

1. Omar went fast · 2. The bike hit a rock · 3. Omar fell on the grass

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