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Year 5 Reading Comprehension
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Year 5 Reading Comprehension
The Festival Soundcheck
Read the story, then answer the questions.
At the Riverside Music Festival, Imogen was helping the sound crew prepare the smaller stage. Before the gates opened, she carried a box of cables from the equipment tent. When she returned, the silver microphone that Ellis had planned to use for the opening song was missing from its case.
Callum checked the tent. Its zip was still fastened, and nobody had heard a noise. On the ground beside the case, Imogen spotted three tiny flecks of bright blue glitter. She also noticed a faint smell of oranges.
Ellis arrived carrying a tray of orange slices for the performers. He had been decorating the sign for the stage with blue glitter earlier that morning. Imogen looked at the glitter on his fingers, then at the trail leading towards the instrument cases.
They followed it to a stack of spare drum cases. Behind the largest case lay the microphone, wrapped in a soft cloth. Ellis explained that he had moved it there to keep it safe while he painted the sign, but had forgotten to tell anyone. Imogen laughed with relief. The soundcheck could begin after all.
Check your understanding
1.How was Imogen helping at the festival?
- She was selling tickets at the entrance.
- She was helping the sound crew prepare a stage.
- She was performing the opening song.
- She was serving food in the café.
2.Which object had gone missing from its case?
- A silver microphone
- A drumstick
- A box of cables
- A painted sign
3.Choose the two clues Imogen noticed near the microphone case.
- Blue glitter and a smell of oranges
- A muddy shoeprint and a torn cloth
- A broken zip and a wet footprint
- A red feather and a smell of paint
4.Where did Imogen and Callum find the microphone?
- Under the stage
- Inside the equipment tent
- Behind a large drum case
- Beside the festival gate
5.Why did Imogen suspect Ellis might know what had happened to the microphone? Use two details from the story.
6.Why had Ellis moved the microphone, and what had he forgotten to do?
7.What does the word “relief” suggest about how Imogen felt when the microphone was found?
8.Write a different two-sentence ending in which the soundcheck begins.
9.Find one adjective in the story that describes the microphone.
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