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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.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. She hunted in her bed.
  3. She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. Zara had left him there at lunch.

  1. 1. What did Zara lose?

    • rabbit
    • elephant
    • teddy

  2. 2. Where was Trunk?

    • bath
    • fridge
    • bed

  3. 3. Who spotted Trunk?

    • baby
    • cat
    • Dad
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. She hunted in her bed.
  3. She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. Zara had left him there at lunch.

  1. 1. What was Trunk next to?

    • the jam
    • the cheese
    • the eggs

  2. 2. Where did Zara hunt first?

    • the car
    • her bed
    • the garden
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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.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. 1Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. 2She hunted in her bed.
  3. 3She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. 4Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. 5Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. 6Zara had left him there at lunch.

  1. 1. Why was Trunk in the fridge?

    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.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. She hunted in her bed.
  3. She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. Zara had left him there at lunch.

  1. 1. What did Dad get?

  2. 2. Where did Zara hunt for Trunk?

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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.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. She hunted in her bed.
  3. She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. Zara had left him there at lunch.
  • Zara lost Trunk
  • Dad spotted Trunk
  • She hunted in the bath

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.

Trunk in the Fridge

  1. Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. She hunted in her bed.
  3. She hunted in the bath, but no Trunk.
  4. Then Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.
  5. Trunk was in the fridge, next to the eggs!
  6. Zara had left him there at lunch.

Draw Trunk the elephant in the fridge next to the eggs.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Trunk in the Fridge · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: trunk, lost, soft, hunted, spotted, milk, left · tricky words: her, she, the, no, to, was, there, elephant

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Zara lost Trunk, her soft elephant.
  2. Yes — Trunk was in the fridge.
  3. Yes! Dad got the milk and spotted Trunk.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Trunk was next to the eggs.
  2. Yes! Zara hunted in her bed first.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 6. Zara left Trunk there at lunch, so he was in the fridge.

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

  1. He got the milk.
  2. In her bed and in the bath.

5. Put it in order

1. Zara lost Trunk · 2. She hunted in the bath · 3. Dad spotted Trunk

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