READING WORKSHEET THE TALENT SHOW Mrs Smith’s fifth grade class was excited about the school talent show Three students from the class were performing Abby was going to play the piano, Morgan wanted to show everyone her new dance, and Tim was going to tell jokes The day of the talent show arrived The principal, Miss Turnbow, surprised everyone by doing magic tricks No one knew she was such a good magician Miss Turnbow pulled a coin out of someone’s ear She turned a chain of pretty scarves into colorful flowers, and then she pulled a real, live rabbit out of a hat When she was finished, the students clapped Some of them even yelled, “Good job, Miss Turnbow, good job!” The next person to perform was Abby She played “Here Comes Santa Claus” on the piano Everyone thought playing a Christmas song in the middle of May was strange, but they still clapped Morgan showed everyone her talent by doing a jazz dance She made a few mistakes, but the students still liked it It was Tim’s turn Tim tried telling funny jokes, but no one laughed He tried and tried, but his jokes weren’t funny Finally the time came for Tim to leave the stage When he did, he tripped on the microphone cord Everyone laughed so hard that Tim pretended to fall again The students laughed even more Tim decided that if he were ever in a talent show again, he wouldn’t tell jokes He would just pretend to trip a lot instead WRITE NUMBERS ACCORDING TO THE ORDER THE EVENTS HAPPENED IN THE STORY _ Tim tripped voluntarily _ The principal of the school surprised the students by doing a magic presentation _ Tim told a lot of jokes _ Abby played a Christmas Carol on the piano _ Morgan made some mistakes when dancing jazz _ The fifth graders were excited about the talent show _ Miss Turnbow pulled out a rabbit from a hat _ Tim tripped accidentally with the microphone cord CIRCLE THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MENTIONED ONE Mrs Smith’s class was excited about the talent show a Abby played the piano b Three students from the class were participating on the show c Tim told jokes Miss Turnbow surprised them with magic tricks a She pulled out a coin from a student’s ear b She pulled out a live rabbit from a hat c She turned a chain of scarves into flowers Abby performed “Here Comes Santa Claus” in the piano a Nobody laughed at the jokes b Some mistakes were made in the dance c Everybody clapped after the performance Morgan did a jazz dance a Everybody liked the dance despite the mistakes b Abby sang a Christmas song c Tim told many jokes ANSWER “YES” OR “NO” TO THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES Does Mrs Smith work in fourth grade? _ Was Tim going to perform a dance? _ Did Miss Turnbow magic tricks? Did the students like Miss Turnbow performance? Did Abby play the piano? Is Morgan an excellent dancer? _ Did Tim trip on purpose the first time? _ Did Tim trip with a cord? READ THE STORY AGAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS DO NOT USE MORE THAN THREE WORDS What was Tim going to do? What did Miss Turnbow turn a chain of scarves into? What month did the story happen in? What type of dance did Morgan perform? What happened when Tim tripped on the microphone cord? _