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Reading Comprehension Language Features

Reading Comprehension Language Features

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📖 Part 1: Read the Text

The Mystery of the Missing Lunch

Sarah's stomach rumbled like thunder as she opened her lunchbox. To her horror, it was completely empty! "This is a disaster!" she exclaimed dramatically. The bright yellow lunchbox that had been packed with delicious sandwiches, crispy apples, and chocolate biscuits now contained nothing but air.

She searched frantically around her desk, her heart pounding like a drum. Had someone stolen her lunch? The classroom buzzed with whispered conversations as other students noticed her distress. Mrs Johnson, their kind teacher with twinkling eyes, approached Sarah's desk.

"What's wrong, dear?" Mrs Johnson asked gently, her voice as soft as silk. Sarah explained her predicament whilst fighting back tears. Suddenly, a small giggle escaped from the back of the classroom. There sat Tom, Sarah's mischievous brother, grinning like a Cheshire cat with crumbs around his mouth.

"Tom!" Sarah gasped. "You ate my lunch!" The mystery was solved, but Sarah's hunger remained. Fortunately, Mrs Johnson had an extra sandwich in the staff room, and the day was saved.

🔍 Part 2: Identifying Language Features

1. Find and write down THREE similes from the text:
2. What type of language feature is "This is a disaster!" Circle the correct answer:

Metaphor

Hyperbole (exaggeration)

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

3. Find an example of alliteration in the text and write it below:
4. What does the phrase "grinning like a Cheshire cat" tell us about Tom? Explain in your own words:

📝 Part 3: Comprehension Questions

5. Why was Sarah's lunchbox empty?

She forgot to pack it

Her brother Tom ate her lunch

She dropped it on the way to school

Someone stole it from her bag

6. How did Sarah feel when she discovered her empty lunchbox? Use evidence from the text to support your answer:
7. What clues in the text helped solve the mystery? Tick all that apply:

Tom was giggling

Tom had crumbs around his mouth

Tom was grinning

Tom was Sarah's brother

🎨 Part 4: Language Features Practice

8. Match each language feature with its correct definition:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Alliteration
4. Hyperbole
A. Extreme exaggeration
B. Comparing using 'like' or 'as'
C. Repeated starting sounds
D. Direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'
9. Create your own simile to describe how hungry Sarah was:

Sarah was as hungry as ________________________________

10. Write a sentence using alliteration about Sarah's lunch:

💭 Part 5: Character Analysis

11. What words does the author use to describe Mrs Johnson? List at least three:
12. How would you describe Tom's character based on the text? Circle all that apply:

Mischievous

Helpful

Playful

Thoughtful

Sneaky

13. Why do you think the author chose to make Tom Sarah's brother rather than just a classmate?

✍️ Part 6: Creative Writing

14. Write the next part of the story. What happens after Mrs Johnson offers Sarah the sandwich? Use at least TWO language features (simile, metaphor, alliteration, or hyperbole) in your writing:
15. Circle the language features you used in your story above:

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Hyperbole

🧠 Part 7: Inference and Analysis

16. The text says Sarah's stomach "rumbled like thunder." What does this suggest about:

a) How hungry she was: _________________________________

b) How loud the sound was: _______________________________

17. Why do you think the author included sensory details like "crispy apples" and "voice as soft as silk"?
18. What is the main purpose of this text? Circle the best answer:

To teach us about healthy eating

To entertain us with a funny story

To inform us about school rules

To persuade us to share our lunch

19. Draw a picture showing the most exciting part of the story:
20. If you were Sarah, how would you have reacted to discovering Tom ate your lunch? Explain your answer:

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