Reading Explorer Foundations - Unit 8

How many eggs does the mother penguin lay in May?

• Just one

• One or two

• Four or five

• One hundred and six

Which statement is true about penguins?

• The mother leaves to find food, while the father watches TV.

• The father gets a job and the mother penguin stays home.

• The mother penguin stays with the egg first.

• The mother penguin leaves to find food first.

The only thing penguins cannot do is...

• Swimming

• Walking

• Flying

• Eating

Vocabulary: Some people study the _______ of animals.

• behavior

• get along

• assess

• similar

Vocabulary: At university, teachers use tests to _______ our skills.

• laughter

• assess

• assist

• access

Vocabulary: Cats and dogs have a bad relationship. They really __________ together!

• go along

• get along

• don't get along

• are similar

Vocabulary: Anger, sadness, and happiness are examples of __________.

• emoji

• emoticons

• emotional

• emotions

Penguins weigh up to 40 kilograms. What does weigh mean.

• how heavy something is

• how long something is

Which of the following things happens first?

• The father penguin loses half of his body weight

• The mother penguin walks to the ocean to find food.

• The adult penguins walk away from the ocean

• Penguins can breath underwater.

Tigers generally live on their own. "On their own" means:

• alone, not with anyone else

• together