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Reading skills - The Hobbit

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A short reading comprehension activity to aid meaning of words

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1
What does the term 'well-to-do' suggest ?
friendly
busy
Highly thought of by others
Dressed smartly
2
Why did people consider the Bagginses respectable?
They had lots of friends
They had lots of adventures
Because they were rich and never did anything unexpected
They lived in a hole
3
How does the text begin? What does it describe?
A tree
A hill
The Hobbits
Where the hobbits lived
4
Which of the following are correctly sequenced?
cliffhanger, hobbit's character, description of hole
Hobbit's character, hole, cliffhanger
cliffhanger, character, hobbit description of hobbit hole
Description of Hobbit hole, hobbit's character, cliffhanger
5
It says the hobbit is found of visitors – What does this tell you about his character?
miserable
Enjoys the company of others
friendly
Unsociable
6
What do you think will happen to the hobbit?
He will go on an adventure
Nothing
Stay in and watch TV
He will have lunch
7
What does a hobbit hole mean?
Smelly
Clean
Dirty
Comfort
8
What makes you want to read on at the end of this piece of text?
The writer uses an ellipses
The writer tells you what the hobbit gained
The writer tells you about the adventure.
The writer does not tell you about the adventure
9
Is the hobbit wealthy? What words tell you whether he is or not?
Not only because most of them were rich
people considered them very respectable
They never had any adventures or did anything unexpected
very respectable
10
What is the hobbit’s name?
Blaggins
Baggins
Boggins
Biggins