Reading Comprehension of News Reports

Animal Rights

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Bronx Zoo, in New York City. A monorail train approaches the elephant exhibit. A child screeches in delight as an Asian elephant named Happy comes into view. Happy flaps her ears. She wraps her trunk around the fence of her enclosure.

Who is involved in the story? ‎

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Bronx Zoo, in New York City. A monorail train approaches the elephant exhibit. A child screeches in delight as an Asian elephant named Happy comes into view. Happy flaps her ears. She wraps her trunk around the fence of her enclosure.

Where did the events take place?

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Bronx Zoo, in New York City. A monorail train approaches the elephant exhibit. A child screeches in delight as an Asian elephant named Happy comes into view. Happy flaps her ears. She wraps her trunk around the fence of her enclosure.

When did it happen?

Happy is lonely at the zoo, says the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP). It’s an animal-rights group. A fence separates Happy from Patty, another elephant. The NhRP is taking the Bronx Zoo to court. It wants Happy moved to a sanctuary. She’ll have contact with other elephants there.

Steven Wise is the NhRP president. “We understand what [Happy’s] life means to her,” he says, “which is almost nothing at all.”

What exactly happened?

Happy is lonely at the zoo, says the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP). It’s an animal-rights group. A fence separates Happy from Patty, another elephant. The NhRP is taking the Bronx Zoo to court. It wants Happy moved to a sanctuary. She’ll have contact with other elephants there.

Steven Wise is the NhRP president. “We understand what [Happy’s] life means to her,” he says, “which is almost nothing at all.”

How did it happen?

Happy is lonely at the zoo, says the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP). It’s an animal-rights group. A fence separates Happy from Patty, another elephant. The NhRP is taking the Bronx Zoo to court. It wants Happy moved to a sanctuary. She’ll have contact with other elephants there.

Steven Wise is the NhRP president. “We understand what [Happy’s] life means to her,” he says, “which is almost nothing at all.”

Why did it happen?

Which statement is true about the caption of

the photo?

• It explains how do people watch the elephant at the zoo.

• It explains how Happy is separated from Patty, another elephant.

• It explains that Happy is lonely at the zoo

Fill in the features from this news article.

Headline: _______________

Byline: _________________

Dateline: __________________

List the verbs in simple past tense.

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Bronx Zoo, in New York City. A monorail train approaches the elephant exhibit. A child screeches in delight as an Asian elephant named Happy comes into view. Happy flaps her ears. She wraps her trunk around the fence of her enclosure.

A zoo may be the only chance any of us will get to see an Asian elephant. There are about 50,000 of them left in the wild. Every year, there are fewer.

But Happy is lonely at the zoo, says the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP). It’s an animal-rights group. A fence separates Happy from Patty, another elephant. The NhRP is taking the Bronx Zoo to court. It wants Happy moved to a sanctuary. She’ll have contact with other elephants there.

List the time connectives in the paragraphs below.

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Bronx Zoo, in New York City. A monorail train approaches the elephant exhibit. A child screeches in delight as an Asian elephant named Happy comes into view. Happy flaps her ears. She wraps her trunk around the fence of her enclosure.

A zoo may be the only chance any of us will get to see an Asian elephant. There are about 50,000 of them left in the wild. Every year, there are fewer.