Grade 6 Reading Comprehension

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Story no. 4
Scooter Love
Many people prefer scooters to bikes. Scooters provide great accessibility. They are very comfortable.
They are easy and inexpensive to maintain, and electric scooters are good for the environment. No wonder so
many people these days are opting for electric scooters as their main form of transportation.

Scooters are very easy to get around on and get around with. They are lighter than most bikes. They can fit into
small lanes, and they are easy to maneuver. Scooters can even be folded up and carried onto buses or trains if
those are part of your commute.

Some people find bikes to be uncomfortable. It is important that the seat and handlebars be the correct height.
Having to adjust these things is annoying and difficult for some people. None of these things are issues with
scooters. There is no back pain from hunching over because on a scooter, you stand upright. You can change
your posture as needed. Scooters are generally much more comfortable than bikes for a commute.

While a car can be cost prohibitive, scooters are surprisingly actually less expensive than bikes. They also cost
less to maintain. You don't need to check the tires or the gears, and you don't have to replace these things either.

Finally, electric scooters use energy more efficiently than bikes. A kick scooter doesn't require any electricity at
all; it's human-powered. A scooter made of high-quality materials that is well taken care of will last for many,
many years. Scooters are being seen more and more as they become the vehicle of choice for many reasons. Try
a scooter today and see how quickly you switch from the cost, inconvenience and discomfort of a bicycle to the
joy of riding a scooter!

QUESTIONS:

1. What are four reasons people prefer scooters to bikes?

2. Why is a scooter useful if your commute includes a bus or a train?
3. Why can it be difficult to be comfortable on a bike?
4. Why are scooters easier to maintain than bikes?
5. What kind of scooter runs on human power?
6. Why are scooters consider as environmental friendly vehicle?

ANSWERS
1. -Scooters provide great accessibility.
-They are very comfortable.
-They are easy and inexpensive to maintain
- and electric scooters are good for the environment.
2. they can be folded up and taken on the bus or train
3. the seat and handlebars have to be the correct height. You have
to ride hunched over.
4. You don't have to check or replace the tires or gears
5. a kick scooter

6. They're energy-efficient, produce zero emissions, reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, and can be
powered by renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
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Story no. 5
Read the short story. Then answer each question.

After the Flood

Reading about weather in books is one thing, but living through a natural disaster was another. Even though the flood was
not too bad, I was not prepared for what it was really like!

It all started two days ago. It was a rainy day, like every other rainy day I’ve ever remembered. The only unusual thing
was how anxious the adults seemed to be getting. I started to pay more attention whenever I saw the news on at our house,
at a restaurant, or anywhere else. The meteorologists kept saying that the rain hadn’t stopped in a long time, and it didn’t
look like it was going to stop anytime soon. I didn’t really know what that meant for us, since Mom was always saying
that rain was good for all the plants. The next morning, however, I began to understand.

I woke up and went down for breakfast. Usually Mom or Dad was already eating by the time that I woke up, but neither
of them was at the kitchen table, and the lights all over the house were off. This is weird, I thought. I went to get out the
milk, but there was a note on the refrigerator telling me not to open the door. As I was wondering what I could eat for
breakfast, I noticed that the rain was still going, and that I could hear noises coming from the basement. I went to
investigate. Peeking through the basement door, I immediately stopped. There was water down there! It didn’t look like
a lot, but there were toys and things floating by! I could hear Mom and Dad’s voices.

“Hello? What’s going on down here?” I called down the stairs.

“Good morning, Vicky. All of this rain is causing some problems. The power all over town is out. Our basement is
flooded, and so are some of the roads. A lot of houses have water in them, too,” Dad called back.

A little water didn’t seem too bad, and the power had gone out before, so I wasn’t too worried. Mom and Dad seemed to
be taking care of it. They were talking about a pump, so I think they were getting the water out of the basement. I went to
go play in my room.

Not too long after, Mom and Dad came back upstairs, changed their clothes, and washed their hands using hand
sanitizer. I asked them what was going on.

“Well, we pumped the water out by hand, but there’s some damage downstairs. We’re going to have to find some fans
once the power comes back to try to dry out the basement as much as we can, but we might have to tear out the drywall
and replace it. There are things that got all wet that we’re going to have to replace, too. It’s quite the mess,” Mom said.
“We’re also going to have to see if we can get a generator, it looks like the power will probably be out for the rest of the
day.”

We decided to drive around to see how other people in our town were doing. There were a lot of roads that were closed
because of water covering the road, so we couldn’t get to the store. One bridge over the river was closed because water
was rushing over it! The houses by the river looked like they were in the river. We stopped to help people who were
filling bags with sand. The bags helped to keep the water away. They said their neighbors across the street were in
another town living with relatives until their house could be repaired. I couldn’t believe how much the flood was
affecting us! When we finished filling up sandbags, we drove back home.

“I can’t believe those people lost all of their clothes and household items. We should go through our stuff and see what we
can donate. We’re lucky we only had a couple of inches of water in our basement, it could have been a lot worse,” said
Dad. Mom and I agreed. Even though we didn’t have power and fixing the basement could get expensive, we were lucky.

Questions:
1. Retell the story in your own words.

2. What is a natural disaster for you?

3. Who are the characters in the story?

4. How other people in our town were doing during the flood?

5. How did Vicky’s understanding of a flood change?

6. Why did Vicky’s parents put a note on the refrigerator telling her not to open it?

7. What other items besides clothes might Vicky and her family be able to donate to victims of the flood?

8. What would you do for an entire day without power?

9. What would you do if you encountered this kind of flood?

10. Since our Barangay is prone in flooding, what can you suggest solving this kind of problem?
 Answers:

1. Retell the story in your own words.

Answers will vary.

2. What is a natural disaster for you?

Answers will vary.

3. Who are the characters in the story?

Vicky, Mom and Dad

4. How other people were doing during the flood when Vicky’s family are drove around the town?
-Filling bags with sand to keep the water away
-Evacuating

5. How did Vicky’s understanding of a flood change?

Her understanding of the flood changed when she saw the note of the fridge door and heard noises from the
basement. She learned that their basement was flooded.

6. Why did Vicky’s parents put a note on the refrigerator telling her not to open it?

They put a note on the refrigerator not to open it as the power was out. When the power is out the refrigerator does
not work. You’ll want to keep it closed not to let the cold air out, so the food inside stays fresh for a longer time.

7. What other items besides clothes might Vicky and her family be able to donate to victims of the flood?

Answers will vary, but appropriate responses could be food and blankets.

8. What would you do for an entire day without power?

Answers will vary.

9. What would you do if you encountered this kind of flood?

Answers will vary.

10. Since our Barangay is prone in flooding, what can you suggest solving this kind of problem?

Answers will vary.