Mushrooms - Part 2

What is the narrative mainly about?

• grandparents making the children eat mushrooms

• children making dinner for their grandparents

• children who go to a paddock to have a picnic and collect mushrooms

• children who collected mushrooms which made their grandparents ill

What happened after dinner?

• Susie put all her mushrooms into the bag.

• Gran and Pa were sick during the night.

• Pa sat down to watch television.

• Susie helped Gran make the mushroom pie.

Gran asked about the mushrooms because ...

• she had become ill.

• they were the best she had seen.

• she thought they were delicious.

• she wanted more of them.

What do you think Susie will do the next time she goes mushroom picking?

• She will cut off the tops and only take the bottom part.

• She will not go mushroom picking again.

• She will be more careful and check each mushroom.

• She will only pick the largest mushrooms.

Which statement from the passage tells a fact?

• Gran and Pa always go mushroom hunting.

• Susie enjoyed collecting mushrooms.

• Mushrooms are the best vegetable to eat.

• Mushrooms grow well in the country.

Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of connected words. Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• time was not a concern

• a mixture of groans and moans

• like a wounded dog

• the morning was fine and fresh

In the passage, the noises coming from the bathroom are compared to …

• Gran and Pa.

• A wounded dog

• A painful wound

• A dreadful sound

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning to another. Which word in the passage has the same meaning as "walked"?

• wandered

• strolled

• sprinted

• skipped

From the passage, you can conclude that the mushrooms Susie picked were …

• too small.

• rotten.

• not ripe.

• poisonous.

Which of the following could be another title for this passage?

• Granny's Groans

• Susie is a Fibber

• Noises in the Night

• Must Have Mushrooms