Joeys reading comprehenison

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A joey is

• a baby kangaroo

• a mother kangaroo

• a jelly bean

• a pouch

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When a joey is born

• it is furry

• its eyes are open

• it is very small

• it has big ears

Answer explanation

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Being in a pouch keeps a joey

• small

• safe

• sleepy

• quiet

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Joeys are compared to jelly beans because of their

• size

• colour

• smell

• stickiness

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At about ten months old a joey

• does not live in the pouch anymore

• leaves its mother to live in a new place

• lives in the pouch when it needs to feel safe

• has become a fully grown kangaroo

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What is this text mainly about?

• where kangaroos and joeys live

• when joeys learn to hop

• how much joeys eat and drink

• what joeys' early lives are like