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Wombats — Reading Comprehension — Answers

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Year 2 · English · Reading Comprehension

Wombats — Reading Comprehension — Answers

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Part A — Find the facts

Look back at the text to find each answer.

1.What is a marsupial?[1 mark]

Answer: An animal whose mother carries her baby in a pouch.

2.Where do wombats live?[1 mark]
  1. Ain trees
  2. Bin burrows
  3. Cin nests
  4. Din rivers

Answer: in burrows

The text says 'Wombats live in burrows.'

3.What does a wombat use to dig?[1 mark]

Answer: Its strong claws.

4.Which way does a wombat's pouch face?[1 mark]
  1. Aforwards
  2. Bsideways
  3. Cbackwards
  4. Dup

Answer: backwards

The text says 'A wombat's pouch faces backwards.'

5.Name two things wombats eat.[1 mark]

Answer: Any two of: grass, roots, bark.

6.When do wombats mostly come out to eat?[1 mark]

Answer: At night.

Part B — Think about it

Use clues from the text to explain your answers.

7.Why is it helpful that the pouch faces backwards?[2 marks]

Answer: So dirt does not fly into the pouch and onto the baby when the mother digs.

8.Why do wombats need to chew tough plants?[2 marks]

Answer: Their teeth never stop growing. Chewing tough plants wears them down so they do not get too long.

9.Why do you think the burrow is a good place to sleep in the day?[2 marks]

Answer: It is cool in summer and warm in winter, and it is hidden under the ground, so the wombat is safe.

Part C — Words in the text

10.A burrow is...[1 mark]
  1. Aa kind of food
  2. Ba tunnel dug under the ground
  3. Ca baby wombat
  4. Da type of tree

Answer: a tunnel dug under the ground

The text says a burrow is 'a long tunnel that the wombat digs under the ground'.

11.The word tough means...[1 mark]
  1. Asoft
  2. Bsweet
  3. Chard to chew
  4. Dwet

Answer: hard to chew

Tough plants are hard to chew.

Part D — Your turn

12.Write three facts you learnt about wombats. Start each one on a new line.[3 marks]

Model answer: Wombats live in burrows under the ground. A wombat's pouch faces backwards. Wombat droppings are shaped like cubes.

Success criteria:

  • Three facts from the text
  • Each fact is a complete sentence
  • Capital letters and full stops used
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