GARY WILLIAMS 2011 1 Grade 4 Unit 11 Reading Comprehension (136)

Celebration of the Century

It was going to be the party of the century! The prince had told everyone in the town that he would celebrate his birthday at his palace. Everyone was invited and everyone was excited.

On the day of the party all of the people in the town came to the palace to dance and drink juice. There was also cereal with cinnamon sprinkled on top. There was even a circus with clowns riding bicycles. The prince gave out slices of pizza and danced with all of his friends. He was a graceful prince who always danced in the centre of the room. Later, the prince invited everyone to come to his cinema and they watched a funny movie about some silly police.

Finally everyone went home tired and full. It really was the celebration of the century!

1) Label the pictures: prince palace cereal cinnamon circus cinema

2) Match the words with their synonyms:

celebration palace invite centre cinema movie

__________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

film castle ask to come middle movie theatre party

3) Number the sentences in the order they happened:

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Everyone went to the movie theatre. The prince asked everyone to come to his party. All of the people in the town came to the palace. The prince danced in the middle of the room. Everyone went home.

4) What was the movie about?

5) Was the prince a good dancer?

6) Who rode bikes at the circus?

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1) Label the pictures:

prince

palace

cereal

cinnamon

circus

cinema

prince

circus

cereal

cinema

cereal

palace

2) Match the words with their synonyms:

celebration palace invite centre cinema movie

party castle ask to come middle movie theatre film

film castle ask to come middle movie theatre party

3) Number the sentences in the order they happened:

4 1 2 3 5

Everyone went to the movie theatre. The prince asked everyone to come to his party. All of the people in the town came to the palace. The prince danced in the middle of the room. Everyone went home.

4) What was the movie about? It was about some silly police.

5) Was the prince a good dancer? Yes, he was a good dancer.

6) Who rode bikes at the circus? Clowns rode bikes at the circus.