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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
