reading activities

1. READING
ACTIVITY
GRADE 6

2. HOW OUR FOREFATHER KEPT THEMESELVES
CLEAN
Our forefathers were clean and neat. They kept
themselves clean by bathing often and wearing clean
clothes.
To keep their black hair clean, they used as soap the
suds of gugo bark boiled in water. Their hair smelled
sweet with perfumed oil. To keep their teeth even, they
filled them with iron or stones while they young. Their
teeth looked ugly because of a black dye they used to

3. 1. What s this story about?
a. How our forefathers kept
themselves clean
b. How our forefathers taught
us to be clean
c. How we should clean
ourselves

4. 2. What words describe our
forefathers?
a. Hardworking
b. Clean and neat
c. Kind and helpful

5. 3. How did they keep
themselves clean?
a. Bathed themselves often
b. Dressed well
c. Used perfumed oil

6. 4. What was the color
of their hair?
a. Gray
b. Black
c. Brown

7. 5. What did they use as soap
to keep their hair clean?
a. Coconut oil
b. Boiled water
c. Suds of gugo bark

8. 6. Did they use soap in
those days?
a. Yes
b. No
c. The story does not tell

9. 7. What made their hair smell
sweet?
a. Boiled water
b. Oil
c. Orange juice

10. 8. What did they do with
gugo bark?
a. Threw them away
b. Wet them with water
c. Boiled them in water

11. 9. How were their teeth kept
even?
a. By filing with sandpaper
b. By filing with stones or
iron
c. By cutting with a knife

12. 10. What made their teeth
look ugly?
a. They were not even
b. A black dye
c. The way they were filed

13. THE FIRST CAIMITO
HARVEST

14. Khyle father planted a caimito tree some years ago.
Last October it began to bear its first flowers. The fruits
were very slow in growing. Khyle could hardly wait to,
see them ripen.
One day Khyle saw a big, dark violet fruit.
“Father, Father! Shouted. Their is a ripe caimito no.”
Khyle looked up at other branches.
“Oh! There are some more. They are hidden behind
the leaves. Come, Father. Let’s get them all.”
There were about twenty fruits that Khyle father
picked from the tree. They were the first harvest. They
were all sweet and delicious.

15. 1. Who planted a caimito
tree?
a. Khyle uncle
b. Khyle father
c. Khyle grandfather

16. 2. When did he plant it?
a. Some years ago
b. Ten years
c. A few years ago

17. 3. When did it bear its first
flowers?
a. Last month
b. Last year
c. Last October

18. 4. How fast did the fruits
grow?
a. Very slow
b. Very fast
c. Not so fast

19. 5. What did Khyle see one
day?
a. A bird eating a ripe fruit
b. A big, dark violet fruit
c. A big, green fruit

20. 6. Whom did he call?
a. His father
b. His mother
c. His brother

21. 7. What did he see at the
other branches?
a. Some more birds
b. Some more ripe fruits
c. Some more green
fruits

22. 8. Where were they hidden?
a. Behind the leaves
b. Behind the trunk
c. Behind the branches

23. 9. How many fruits did
Khyle father pick?
a. About hundred
b. About twenty
c. About fifty

24. 10. How did they taste?
a. Sweet delicious
b. Not delicious
c. Sour

25. RULES TO FOLLOW
The Grade Six pupils decided to make their room clean, orderly and
beautiful. Here are some of the rules everyone needs to follow:
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before entering the room.
Put the wastepaper, fruit peelings and candy wrappers in the
wastebasket.
Keep the walls, desks and tables free from pencil and chalk marks and
scratches.
Put the cleaning materials in a box.
Arrange the furniture properly.
Put away your pencils, books, notebooks after using them.
Hang umbrellas and raincoats in one corner of the room.
Keep books clean and well- covered.

26. 1. What did the pupils decide to do?
a. make their room clean, orderly and
beautiful
b. make their homes clean, orderly and
beautiful
c. make their school surroundings clean,
orderly and beautiful

27. 2. What did they agree upon?
a. to form a society
b. to follow the rules
c. to work on the school ground

28. 3. What will they do with their
shoes?
a. wipe on the doormat
b. leave on the doormat
c. put under the doormat

29. 4. From what will they keep the
furniture free?
a. books
b. cover
c. scratches

30. 5. Where should the cleaning
materials be kept?
a. box
b. drawer
c. bookcase

31. 6. How should the furniture be
arranged?
a. properly
b. carelessly
c. artistically

32. 7. Where should one keep his
pencils, books and notebooks after
using them?
a. in this bag
b. on the desk
c. on the teacher’s table

33. 8. Where should wastepaper
be thrown?
a. in the desk
b. in the drawer
c. in the wastebasket

34. 9. Where should one hang
raincoats and umbrellas?
a. on the desk
b. in the cabinet
c. on one corner of the room

35. 10. What should be kept clean
and well-covered?
a. desks
b. books
c. tables

37. DAPHNE
Daphne was a beautiful nymph. The sun god, Apollo, fell
in love with her but she rejected him. Once, Apollo saw here
and pursued her. Daphne sought shelter behind a big tree.
She was out of breath from running. Now, as she leaned on
the tree, she looked back with threw herself upon her knees
and prayed to be saved from her pursuer. She rose with
outstretched arms. Then her fingers fluttered gently, as if
blown by a gentle breeze. Little by little she was changed
from a beautiful nymph to a laurel tree. Slowly she broke
into a smile. Now, she was safe. Apollo could not carry her
away anymore.

38. 1. Daphne sought shelter behind
____.
a. a big tree
b. a laurel tree
c. a large tree

39. 2. As she leaned on the tree, she
looked back with ____.
a. round eyes
b. smiling eyes
c. frightened eyes

40. 3. She was out of breath from __.
a. talking
b. running
c. laughing

41. 4. She prayed to be saved from
her ____.
a. father
b. pursuer
c. husband

42. 5. Slowly she stretched out her __.
a. feet
b. arms
c. hands

43. 6. She threw herself upon her ___.
a. bed
b. knees
c. pillow

44. 7. She was changed from a
beautiful nymph into ____.
a. an oak tree
b. a narra tree
c. a laurel tree

45. 8. Her fingers fluttered ____.
a. slowly
b. gently
c. rapidly

46. 9. She felt safe, after she became
a ____.
a. tree
b. nymph
c. goddess

47. 10. She could not be carried away
anymore by ____.
a. Theus
b. Midas
c. Apollo

48. Rome
Excavation
Underground Oven
Pompeii

49. HOW THE ROMAS COOKED THEIR FOOD
Long ago the Romans used to cook their food just as the way
hunters today sometimes do. They dug out an oven in the ground,
lined it with stones and made a fire in it. When the improvised oven
was well heated, they raked out the ashes, put in the food and
covered it. We learned about this from excavations in the city of
Pompeii. Pompeii was destroyed and buried during the eruption of a
volcano hundreds of years ago. When the city found excavated,
ovens with wood and ashes were found among the ruins. It is
believed that just as the cooks were about to bake, the fiery volcano
rained out ashes and boiling lava and burned down the city.

50. 1. In ancient times, how did the
Romans cook their food?
a. just as the cooks do today
b. just as the people do today
c. just as some hunters do today

51. 2. What did they use to line the
ground where they built the ovens?
a. lime
b. clay
c. stones

52. 3. What did they do with the oven before
putting in their food?
a. They cooled it.
b. They heated it.
c. They poured water in it.

53. 4. Where did they dig their ovens?
a. in the ground
b. in the cement
c. in the tree trunks

54. 5. What did they rake out of the oven
before putting in their food?
a. sand
b. ashes
c. wood

55. 6. Who cooked their food in
underground ovens?
a. the Jews
b. the Italians
c. the Romans

56. 7. Who had ovens with food ashes in
them?
a. the British
b. the Romans
c. the people of Pompeii

57. 8. What destroyed Pompeii?
a. a great fire
b. a terrible flood
c. a volcanic eruption

58. 9. What were the cooks about to do
when the volcano erupted?
a. eat
b. bake
c. wash dishes

59. 10. What was done with the buried city?
a. rebuilt
b. forgotten
c. excavated

60. stun listened
straight
built
mixer roaring
clattering chime asleep

61. FIRST NIGHT IN THE CITY
It was Lynn’s first night in the city. She woke up with a
stun and then she remembered where she was. She had
never spent the night in a city before. She lay still and
listened. Cars and jeepneys seemed to race like ants heading
straight towards here. A new house was being built next to
her aunt’s house and the cement mixer was roaring angrily.
Downstairs, in the kitchen, she heard the clattering of pans.
Then, she heard the chime of the big clock. She turned over
and fell asleep again.

62. 1. What did Lynn remember
when she woke up?
a. She was in the city.
b. She was in their house.
c. She was in her country.

63. 2. Has Lynn ever spent a night
before in the city?
a. No
b. Yes
c. Maybe

64. 3. Where did Lynn imagine the
cars and jeeps going?
a. heading to the city
b. heading towards her
c. heading towards the house

65. 4. Where did the roaring sound
come from?
a. a bulldozer
b. a cement mixer
c. a street sweeper

66. 5. How did she know the time?
a. from the radio
b. from the big clock
c. from the position of the sun

67. 6. Why did Lynn wake up with a stun?
a. She was afraid.
b. She had a dream.
c. She felt she was in a strange place.

68. 7. What did she do when she woke
up?
a. She ran out to play.
b. She washed her faced.
c. She lay still and listened

69. 8. What did Lynn hear passing in
front of the house?
a. buses and trains
b. cars and jeepneys
c. streetcars and carts

70. 9. Where did she hear the
clattering of the pans?
a. from the streets
b. from the kitchen
c. from the living room

71. 10. Did Lynn fall asleep
again?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe