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Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
A Puzzle
By Juliet Martin
Read the story. Then answer the questions.
The house next door was tumbling down, when Jack and Jim Maguire came.
They patched the roof and replaced the doors. They even built a whole new
wall. Ben and Mac sat on the fence. They watched the work, and heard the chat.
"I'll measure up the windows, Jack." "Patching roofs is thirsty work." Weeks
went
by, and then one day Jack said to Jim, "This house is as good as new.
Tomorrow we'll be moving on." Ben and Mac sat on the fence, their faces long
and glum. "
What will we do now?" said Ben. "I know what," said Mac. "I'll be
Jim and you'll be Jack. We'll build a hut together." Jack and Jim started the hut
against the other
fence. Their sister, Pam, sat on the bike. She watched the
work.
Days went by, and then one morning Jim was left alone. "What will I do
now?" thought
Jim, and then he saw his sister, Pam. "I know what," he said. "I'll
be Jim and
you'll be Jack. We'll build the hut together." Jack and Jim decided it
was time a roof
went on. Their brother, Tim, sat in the grass. He watched the
work. Days Jen,
the friend who lived next door, climbed up on the fence, she
watched the work.
Days went by, then one morning, Jim was left alone and then
he saw his friend, Jen
. "I know what," "I'll be Jim and you'll be Jack." He said.
We'll build the hut
together." Jack and Jim decided that the hut must have a
door. At last the hut was
finished. All the Jacks and all the Jims squeezed into
the hut for a party. The
puzzle is: Who built it? Jack and Jim, of course.
Answer each question.
1. Why Jack and Jim came to the house next door?
2. Who will build the hut together and where?
3. Name the children who have become Jack and Jim?
4. How they build the house?
5. Where did all the Jacks and the Jims go to the party?
6. What was the puzzle?
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