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Comprehension Skills
A. Choose the right answer.
1. The villager wanted to _____________.
a. read b. write c. see well
2. The villager went to buy _____________.
a. spectacles b. newspaper c. books
3. The villager could not read because he was _____________.
a. stupid b. illiterate c. blind
4. The shopkeeper told the villager to first learn how to _____________.
a. hold a book b. wear spectacles c. read and write
5. The villager left the shop feeling _____________.
a. happy b. disappointed c. irritated
B. Write T for true and F for false statements.
1. The villager saw people wearing spectacles to read books. ( )
2. The villager was educated. ( )
3. The villager finally bought a pair of spectacles. ( )
4. The villager could read with the spectacles. ( )
5. The shopkeeper understood why the man could not read. ( )
C. Answer the questions given below.
1. What did the villager see people wearing?
2. What did the villager think he could do?
3. Why did the villager go to town?
4. What did the shopkeeper say to the villager?
5. What did the villager realize in the end?
Vocabulary Skills
A. Prefixes
A letter or a group of letters that you put at the beginning of a word is called a prefix. Adding
a prefix to a word can change its meaning. Look at these words with prefixes.
literate – illiterate important – unimportant regular – irregular
correct – incorrect patient – impatient consistent – inconsistent
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