Pass Reading Practice

She .................. (read) the book at the moment.

He ...................... (read) the newspaper when the phone rang.

Sully Gomez was known as a nice guy. I just hoped I was also known as a good detective. I stretched my right leg and shook it a little. The leg felt better. "Sit down, LaTosha," I said. "I need to know a few other things before I can get started."

Sully and LaTosha need to ____________.

• hide

• talk

• hurry

• cook

Dad had been right about the wind. The minute we turned the corner onto Broadway an icy blast roared up the back of my jacket. I didn't care, though. I was too excited.

I did not mind the ________________.

• cold

• traffic

• horse

• rain

Just then he saw Jessie looking up into the tall trees. He looked up, too. The wind was not blowing at all, but one tree was moving. There was a crash, and down came a coconut.

They watched the coconut ______________.

• fall

• bake

• grow

• change

"Yes, this is my city. Wait till you see the beautiful Old City! Right now all you see is this." He pointed to the miles of tall apartment buildings on both sides of the freeway. He is _____________ of his city.

• proud

• afraid

• tired

• envious

Smith rode his bike back there the next day. He saw the woman again at the same time. It was ten o'clock sharp. She was running down the driveway from the back of her house.

The woman was _________________.

• calling

• hurrying

• sleeping

• singing

"It's a bad thing you've done," Diggory said in a whisper. "Its a bad, bad thing! Don't you know you're never to cross the captain? He's lord and master on his ship. Keep your head down. Stay out of his way till he's cooled off. If he finds you now, there's no telling what he might do."

The captain is _____________.

• sad

• angry

• tall

• slow

She .................. (read) the book at the moment.

• is reading

• reads

• has read

• was reading

He ...................... (read) the newspaper when the phone rang.

• was reading

• reads

• has read

• is reading