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Level 4 · Magic e · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Duke and the Socks

  1. Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Duke likes to take socks.
  3. One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. Omar went out to find them.
  5. Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.
  1. 1. What pet does Omar have?

    • kitten
    • rabbit
    • puppy
  2. 2. What does Duke like to take?

    • hat
    • socks
    • shoes
  3. 3. Where were the socks?

    • kennel
    • bin
    • bed
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Duke and the Socks

  1. Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Duke likes to take socks.
  3. One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. Omar went out to find them.
  5. Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.
  1. 1. How many socks were in the kennel?

    • five
    • ten
    • two
  2. 2. What did Omar give Duke?

    • a bone
    • a ball
    • a stick
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

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

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Duke and the Socks

  1. 1Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. 2Duke likes to take socks.
  3. 3One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. 4Omar went out to find them.
  5. 5Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. 6Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. 7Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.
  1. 1. Why did Omar have no socks?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Duke and the Socks

  1. Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Duke likes to take socks.
  3. One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. Omar went out to find them.
  5. Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.
  1. 1. Why did Omar give Duke a bone?

  2. 2. What is the puppy's name?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

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

Duke and the Socks

  1. Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Duke likes to take socks.
  3. One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. Omar went out to find them.
  5. Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.
  • Socks in the kennel
  • Omar gave Duke a bone
  • Omar had no socks

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 4 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Duke and the Socks

  1. Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Duke likes to take socks.
  3. One day, Omar had no socks at all.
  4. Omar went out to find them.
  5. Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel!
  6. Duke sat on them with a cute grin.
  7. Omar gave Duke a bone and got his socks back.

Draw Duke sitting on a pile of socks.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Duke and the Socks · Level 4 (Magic e) · focus words: Duke, take, five, pile, cute, bone · tricky words: to, one, day, no, all, out, find, the, his

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Omar has a puppy named Duke.
  2. Yes — Duke likes to take socks.
  3. Yes! The socks were in a pile in the kennel.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! Five socks sat in a pile in the kennel.
  2. Yes — Omar gave Duke a bone.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 2 or 5. Duke likes to take socks, and he had put them all in his kennel.

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

  1. To get his socks back.
  2. Duke.

5. Put it in order

1. Omar had no socks · 2. Socks in the kennel · 3. Omar gave Duke a bone

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