Simple Reading Comprehension

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

1. How are penguins different than other birds?

• They have wings and can fly

• They can't fly and no wings

• They have wings but can't fly

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

2.What do penguins eat?

• fish, shrimp and seal

• fish, shrimp, and krill

• fish, lion , krill

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

3.What is a group of penguins called?

• a colony

• a colon

• penguin group

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

4.What do they do when they are on land?

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

5.Why do they drink salt water?

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

5.What is the meaning of predator?

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

5.How to describe penguins?

(click all the correct answers)

• predator

• can't fly

• black and pink feathers

• living at cold places

• love to glide and soar underwater

Penguins are birds with black and white feathers. They have wings, but they can not fly. Instead, they spend most of their time gliding and soaring underwater! When they are on land, they waddle back and forth. A group of penguins that lives together is called a colony. Penguins live near salt water, so that is what they drink. They have a special gland in their bodies that pushes the salt out of their beaks! Penguins find their food in the water too: fish, shrimp, and krill. Penguins need to watch out for several predators. Some animals that eat penguins are leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas (killer whales). Most people think about penguins living in very cold places like Antarctica, but they also live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands.

6.What is special about penguin's body?