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Who, What, Where? Max and the Kite — Answers

Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 1 reading comprehension comprehension exercise.

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Who, What, Where? Max and the Kite — Answers

Part A: Question words

1.Match each question word to what it asks about.
  • Who?
  • What?
  • Where?
  • a thing
  • a place
  • a person or animal

Answer: Who? → a person or animal; What? → a thing; Where? → a place

Part B: Find the answer

Look back at the story. Circle the answer.

2.Who has a new kite?
  1. AMax
  2. BDad
  3. Ca bird

Answer: Max

Max has a new kite.

3.Who goes to the hill with Max?
  1. Ahis friend
  2. Bhis dad
  3. Chis cat

Answer: his dad

Max and his dad go to the top of the hill.

4.What flies next to the kite?
  1. Aa bee
  2. Ba plane
  3. Ca bird

Answer: a bird

A bird flies next to the kite.

5.What does Max hold tight?
  1. Athe string
  2. Bthe bird
  3. Chis hat

Answer: the string

Max holds the string tight.

6.Where do Max and his dad go?
  1. Ato the beach
  2. Bto the park
  3. Cto the hill

Answer: to the hill

They go to the top of the hill.

7.Where does the kite go?
  1. Ainto a tree
  2. Bup, up, up
  3. Cdown

Answer: up, up, up

The kite goes up, up, up!

Part C: Think about it

8.How does Max feel?
  1. Ahappy
  2. Bsad
  3. Cscared

Answer: happy

He has a big smile, so he is happy.

9.The wind is strong. This means the wind is…
  1. Asoft and slow
  2. Bblowing hard
  3. Ccold and wet

Answer: blowing hard

A strong wind blows hard. That is why the kite goes up so high.

Part D: Your turn

10.Write a who, what or where question about the story. Then write the answer.

Model answer: e.g. Where does the kite go? It goes up, up, up. / Who has a new kite? Max.

Success criteria:

  • The question starts with who, what or where
  • The question ends with a question mark
  • The answer matches the story
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