COMPREHENSION TASK

double-act

For your homework this weekend, click on the book cover to be taken to the e-book and read pages 1-5  and answer the following questions in a comment!

1. What are the names of the twins?

2. Can you list any differences between Ruby and Garnet?

3.  What are Ruby’s ‘special weakness’?

4. Who came first at sports day?

5. Who is the eldest twin?

6.  Why aren’t Dad’s eyes always open properly?

7. Who made all of the twins clothes?

8. Would you be friends with the twins? Why or why not?

9.  Why were the twins a ‘laughing stock’ at school?

10. What does laughing stock mean?

 

I can’t wait to see your answers!

Mr Lyons

18 thoughts on “COMPREHENSION TASK”

  1. 1. Ruby and Garnet
    2. Garnet is usually very quiet and Ruby is usually loud
    3. Chips
    4. Ruby
    5. Ruby
    6. He’s tired
    7. Their gran
    8. I would be friends with the twins because the seem very nice girls
    9. Because when their gran made clothes, the were very embarrassing clothes
    10. It means at school every time kids walked past you, they would laugh at you

  2. 1. Their names are Ruby and Garnet
    2. Ruby talks a lot and Garnet is quite quiet/ Ruby eats more/Garnet is neater.
    3. Ruby’s special weakness is chips.
    4. Ruby came first at sports day.
    5. Ruby is the oldest.
    6. Dad’s eyes are not open all the time because he had only just woken up.
    7. Their Gran makes all their clothes.
    8. Yes I would be friends with the twins ,because they are a lot like me ,I like to run and be sporty ,however I do like to sit in a quiet corner and read a book.
    9. They were a laughing stock because of their clothes.
    10. laughing stock means a person who is being laughed at because of the way they look, sound , smell or things they say.

  3. ruby and Ghana
    Ghana is much quitter
    chips are her weakness
    ruby came first
    ruby is the oldest
    because in the morning he can not split theme apart
    grandma made the cloths
    no because you will not no witch one is witch
    because of the cloths that grandma made
    were a group of people laugh at you if you do omething wrong

  4. 1. The twins are called Ruby and Garnet.
    2. Ruby talks a lot but Garnet is quiet,Ruby eats a bit more food than Garnet,Ruby can’t sit still but Garnet can sit still all day,Garnet is neat and Ruby isn’t.
    3. Chips are Ruby’s special weakness.
    4. Ruby came first at sports day.
    5. Ruby is the eldest twin by 20 minutes.

  5. 6. Dad’s eyes aren’t open properly in the morning because his job tires him out.
    7. Their gran made their clothes.
    8. I would be the twins friends because they sound funny and kind.
    9.they were laughing stocks at school because their gran made them wear old fashioned clothes and plaits in their hair.
    10. laughing stock means a person or people subjected to mockery or ridicule.

  6. 1.Their names are Ruby and Garnet.
    2.Ruby eats more and Garnet is neater.
    3.Ruby’s weakness is chips.
    4.Ruby came 1st.
    5.Ruby is the eldest twin
    6.I think that he was rushing and hadn’t woken up properly.
    7.Gran made the twin’s clothes.
    8.Yes because they sound fun and funny.
    9.Because gran made them have their hair in plaits and wear old fashioned knitted clothes
    10.It means the butt of the joke, to be laughed at.

  7. 1. Ruby and garnet
    2.ruby talks a lot and garnet doesn’t, ruby eats more
    3. Salt and vinager crisps
    4.ruby
    5. Ruby
    6. Dad’s eyes are not open properly because he is to busy staring at his cover
    7. There gran
    8. I wouldn’t because one is too bossy
    9. Because they just looked old fashioned at school
    10. Being laughed at

  8. 1.The twins are called Rubby and Garnet.
    2.Ruby talks a lot and Garnet is quiet .
    3.Ruby’s special weakness is chips.
    4.Ruby came first in sports day .
    5.Ruby is the oldest .
    6.He is tired .
    7.their gran made their clothes .
    8.I would like to be thier friend because they are different to each over.
    9.Because they have embrassing clothes .
    10.A figure or object of ridicule and laughter.

  9. 1. Garnet and Ruby
    2. Ruby is fidgety and Garnet likes sitting reading books. Garnet is neater than Ruby. Ruby is chatty and Garnet is quiet.
    3. Chips with salt and vinegar.
    4. Ruby.
    5. Ruby.
    6. He rushes in the morning. Dad should take his time to wake up.
    7. Granny.
    8. I wouldn’t be friends with Ruby because she chats too much. I would be friends with Garnet because she doesn’t chat too much so we could take turns.
    9. They wore weird clothes.
    10. People will laugh at you.

  10. 1 Ruby and Garnet
    2 Ruby eats lots
    3 Chips
    4 ruby
    5 ruby
    6 tired in the morning
    7 gran
    8 no because ruby would steal my sweets
    9 they wore silly clothes
    10 a person that other people are laughing at

  11. 1.Ruby and Garnet

    2.Ruby is usually loud , but Garnet is quite quiet

    3.chips,are Ruby’s weakness

    4.Ruby came 1st at sports day

    5.Ruby is the eldest twin but only by 20 minutes

    6.Dad’s eyes aren’t usually open in the morning since his job tires him out

    7.Their gran made there clothes for them

    8.I would love to be the twins friends because they sound very funny and kind

    9. because there gran made them wear old fashion clothes and plaits in there hair

    10. when you are made fun of

  12. 1. The names of the twins are Ruby and Garnet.

    2. The differences between the twins are that Ruby eats more than Garnet, and Garnet likes to read more than Ruby, also Ruby is more confident and chatty, and Garnet is the quite of the two.

    3. Ruby’s special weakness is eating chips.

    4. Ruby came first in the last sports days.

    5. Ruby is the oldest, by 20 minutes.

    6. Their Dad’s eyes aren’t always open properly first thing in the morning because he has only just woken up, and that is why he can’t tell them apart

    7. Their Granny made their clothes

    8. I would like to be friends with Garnet because she is more like me in that she tidy and neat.

    9. The twins are a laughing stock at school because their granny had made them old fashioned clothes for them to wear to school.

    10. The phrase ‘Laughing Stock’ means, a figure/person or object of ridicule and laughter, thats what it read in the dictionary.

  13. 1. Their names are Ruby and Garnet.
    2.Ruby is a chatter box and Garnet is quieter, Ruby eats more than Garnet, Ruby can not sit still and Garnet can sit for hours reading a book.
    3.Chips are Ruby’s special weakness.
    4.Ruby came first at sports day.
    5.Ruby is the oldest (by 20 minutes)
    6.Dad is tired in the morning, that is why his eyes are not always wide open.
    7.Gran makes all the twins clothes.
    8.Yes, I would be friends with the twins because they sound like very nice girls and I wold have lots of fun trying to tell them apart.
    9.They are a laughing stock because they wore old fashioned clothes.
    10.A laughing stock means someone/some people are making fun of them.

    I have also done the trapped game Mr. Lyons .

  14. 1. The twins names are Ruby & Garnet.

    2. Some of the differences between Ruby & Garnet are that Ruby talks a lot while Garnet is much quieter, Ruby eats more than Garnet & Ruby gets all messy while Garnet stays clean and tidy.

    3. Ruby’s special weakness is chips.

    4. Ruby came first at sports day.

    5. Ruby is the eldest twin.

    6. Dad’s eyes aren’t open properly because he has just woken up & he is not fully awake yet.

    7. Gran made all the twins clothes.

    8. I wouldn’t really want to be friends with them because Ruby seems greedy & selfish while Garnet is very quiet & not my type of friend.

    9. The twins are a laughing stock because they wear out of date clothes & people think they look really silly.

    10. Laughing stock means a person subjected to general mockery or ridicule.

  15. 1 Ruby and Garnet
    2 Ruby is bossy and Garnet is quiet. Ruby is older and Garnet is younger. Ruby is fidgety and Garnet likes reading. Ruby is not as neat and tidy as Garnet.
    3 Chips.
    4 Ruby
    5 Ruby
    6 He’s tired
    7 Granny
    8 I will be friends with Ruby because she’s chatty like me. I won’t be Garnet’s friend. She’s neat and tidy which I’m not. I think she’s boring.
    9 Granny made them horrible clothes.
    10 if you look different and wear weird clothes people may laugh at you.

  16. 1. Their names are Ruby and Garnet.
    2. The differences are that Ruby is usually loud and Garnet is usually quiet.
    3. Ruby’s special weakness is chips.
    4. Ruby came first at sports day.
    5. Ruby is the oldest.
    6. Dad’s eyes aren’t open properly because he was tired.
    7. Gran made all their clothes.
    8. I would only be friends with Garnet because i like quiet people more than loud people.
    9. They were called a laughing stock because of their old fashion clothes.
    10. A laughing stock means that everyone laughs at you and makes fun of you.

  17. 1.The names of the twins are Ruby and Garnet.
    2. Ruby tends to go on and on and Garnet is much quieter.
    3. Ruby’s special weakness are chips
    4. Ruby came first at sports day
    5. Ruby is the oldest by 20 minutes.
    6. Dads eyes aren’t always properly open in a morning because his work tires him out and he is half asleep when he wakes up.
    7. Gran made all of their clothes.
    8. I would be friends with Ruby because she is a fidget and good at sports (and she likes salt and vinegar crisps)
    9. The twins are a laughing stock at school because of the clothes that Gran made them.
    10. A laughing stock is someone or something that everyone thinks is silly.

    Eve Horton

  18. 1.Ruby and Garnet.
    2.Garnet is quiet but Ruby talks a lot and she fiddles around when Garnet will hunch over a book for hours. Garnet is neat and ruby isn’t.
    3.Ruby’s weakness are chips.
    4.Ruby just beat Garnet.
    5.Ruby is older by 20 minutes.
    6.Dad’s eyes aren’t open properly because he is tired.
    7.Gran made them clothes.
    8. I wouldn’t be friends with Ruby because she wants to be an actress and I don’t like acting but I like Garnet because she is like me. We both like reading and we are quiet we also don’t want to act.
    9.They were a laughing stock at school because Gran made them old fashioned clothes.
    10.A laughing stock means someone or something is silly so people laugh or make fun of someone or something.

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