The Talking Vegetables

What are the villagers doing at the beginning of the passage?

• making a farm

• looking for seeds

• cooking their food

• N

In the passage, Spider sees a pumpkin that is PERFECT. What does PERFECT mean?

• far away

• too small

• just right

• N

Why can’t Spider pick the vegetables?

• They are all gone.

• They tell him to go away.

• They need to keep growing.

• N

What is the MAIN message in the passage?

• Help others.

• Be thankful.

• N

• Make friends.

Why did the author write the passage?

• to tell facts about animals

• to tell a story about a spider

• N

• to tell how to plant vegetables

If you are pounding on something....

• you are hitting it hard many times.

• N

• your heart is beating

If something is smooth....

• N

• it is flat and not bumpy.

• you are hitting it hard many times.

When something is delicious...

• N

• it tastes very bad.

• it tastes very good.

• it became its full size or got even longer or wider

If something stretched....

• N

• it became its full size or got even longer or wider.

Which sentence best fits the meaning of delicious?

• The red apple tastes yummy.

• This old cracker tastes dry.