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The Cubby in the Rain — Reading Comprehension — Answers

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Year 3 · English · Reading Comprehension

The Cubby in the Rain — Reading Comprehension — Answers

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Part A — What happened?

Find the answers in the story.

1.What did Ava and Sam want to build?[1 mark]

Answer: A cubby house.

2.Which of these did they use to build it?[1 mark]
  1. Abricks and glue
  2. Ba sheet, rope and sticks
  3. Ca tent and pegs
  4. Dcardboard boxes

Answer: a sheet, rope and sticks

The story lists 'an old sheet, some rope and four long sticks'.

3.Who helped tie the rope?[1 mark]

Answer: Dad.

4.Where was the rope tied?[1 mark]

Answer: Between the gum tree and the fence.

5.What did Sam do inside the cubby?[1 mark]
  1. Aread a book
  2. Bate a sandwich
  3. Cmade shadow puppets
  4. Dfell asleep

Answer: made shadow puppets

Sam 'made shadow puppets with the torch'.

6.What did Ava see when she poked her head out?[1 mark]

Answer: A rainbow over the roof of their house.

Part B — Think about it

Use clues from the story to explain your answers.

7.Why did Sam shout 'Quick! Inside the cubby!'?[2 marks]

Answer: The rain had started pouring down and he wanted them to get out of the rain.

8.How did Ava feel inside the cubby? How do you know?[2 marks]

Answer: She felt happy. The story says she giggled.

9.Why did Sam say it was 'the best cubby ever'?[2 marks]

Answer: It kept them dry in the rain and they had fun inside. Then they saw a rainbow.

10.Why did the yard smell fresh and clean after the rain?[2 marks]

Answer: The rain had washed everything, and the sun came out.

Part C — Words in the story

11.Pouring down means the rain was...[1 mark]
  1. Avery light
  2. Bvery heavy
  3. Cstopping
  4. Dwarm

Answer: very heavy

'Pouring' means falling in a large amount.

12.The rain drummed on the roof. This means it made a...[1 mark]
  1. Aquiet whisper
  2. Btapping, beating sound
  3. Csmell
  4. Dbright light

Answer: tapping, beating sound

A drum makes a beating sound. The rain was tapping loudly on the sheet.

13.Find a word in the story that means the same as 'laughed quietly'.[1 mark]

Answer: giggled

Part D — Your turn

14.What would you do inside a cubby on a rainy day? Write three sentences.[3 marks]

Model answer: I would bring a torch and a book. I would read to my little brother under the sheet. We would listen to the rain and eat biscuits.

Success criteria:

  • Three complete sentences
  • Ideas are about a cubby on a rainy day
  • Capital letters and full stops
  • At least one describing word
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