English Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Name: _________________________ Class: S. 1 ( ) Class No: ( ) Read the passage carefully. Score: ____________________ Date: _____________________

Dear Cathy, How are you? Hows life in France? I hope youre fine. I go to St. Stephen College in Stanley. My school is large. It has a lot of facilities such as a swimming pool, a football field and two basketball courts. The gymnasium is behind the tuck shop. We do exercise there sometimes. There is a huge assembly hall too. We have morning assembly there. There are different school clubs at our school. The English Drama Club is the largest one. It has more than 30 members. All of them perform well on the stage. Many students join the Gardening Club too. They love growing plants. I am a member of the Music Club. We meet every Thursday after school in the music room. We play different music joyfully. I join the Badminton Club too because I like playing badminton. I often take part in inter-school competitions, but I am not always the winner. How about your school? Tell me something about it.

Write soon! Cheers, Susanne

Part A Vocabulary Find words in the passage which best suit the meaning. 1. equipment that are provided for a particular purpose _________________________ 2. biggest _________________________ 3. to entertain an audience by acting in a play, etc. _________________________ 4. happily _________________________ 5. a person, a team, an animal, etc. that wins something _________________________ Part B Fill in the blanks Fill in each blank with one word either from the letter or of your own. Susanne is a member of both the (6) _______________ Club and the (7) _______________ Club. She often
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(8) _______________ inter-school competitions. Part C True, False or Not Given For each of the following statements, decide if it is true (T), false (F) or not given (NG). Put a tick in the appropriate box. T F NG 9. Cathy goes to St. Stephen College. 10 Susanne has morning assembly on Monday. . 11. There are 13 school clubs at St. Stephen College. 12 Gardening Club members like growing plants. . 13 Susanne never plays badminton. . Part D Long Question Answer Questions 14 -17 in complete sentences. 14. Who writes this letter? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

15. Where is St. Stephen College? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 16. What sports facilities does St. Stephen College have? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 17. How many members does the English Drama Club have? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

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English Reading Comprehension Worksheet ANSWERS

Part A Vocabulary Find words in the passage which best suit the meaning. 1. facilities 2. largest 3. perform 4. joyfully 5. winner Part B Fill in the blanks Susanne is a member of both the (6) Music Club and the (7) Badminton Club. She often (8) join inter-school competitions. Part C True, False or Not Given For each of the following statements, decide if it is true (T), false (F) or not given (NG). Put a tick in the appropriate box. T F NG 9. Cathy goes to St. Stephen College. 10 Susanne has morning assembly on Monday. . 11. There are 13 school clubs at St. Stephen College. 12 Gardening Club members like growing plants. . 13 Susanne never plays badminton. . Part D Long Question Answer Questions 14 -17 in complete sentences. 14. Susanne writes this letter. 15. St. Stephen College is in Stanley. 16. St. Stephen College has a swimming pool, a football field, two basketball courts and a gymnasium. 17. The English Drama Club has more than 30 members.

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