Stories for Reading Comprehension 4 Unit 1


amount
apart
carcasses
carnivores
claws
collaboration
cooperate
cunning
drought
gorge
graze
half
halves
hand
heap
hole
kill
lack
leapt
licked
limp
lure
majestic
mighty
misfortune
mound
parts
party
paw
paws
pile
piles
pool
prey
prowess
ravenous
scarce
servile
side
sprang
starving


1. Transform the Voice of the sentences.

1) The fox pointed to the large heap of food.
2) Thirty carcasses of various sizes had to be carried back to the water hole.


2. Transform the sentence into Indirect Speech.

Then the fox had an idea. "Why don't we form a company? Why don't we pool our resources?"
"Come again?" said the vulture.
"Put simply, we work together. We cooperate."


3. Transform the passage into Direct Speech.

The lion, the fox, and the vulture grumbled about the amount of time they had to spend hunting and how often such hunts were fruitless.


4. Transform the sentence from 'there + to be' pattern.

There was a brief shaking of paws and wings.


5. Transform the sentence into State pattern.

As the sun began to set, the three ravenous animals gathered at the water hole.


6. Transform the sentence into Action pattern.

Apart from the human animal the fox is generally recognised and respected as the most cunning of creatures.


7. Transform the sentence from Complex Subject pattern.

The collaboration proved extremely successful and the kill was good.


8. Transform the sentence into Complex Subject pattern.

It was obvious that the vulture leapt to his task with enthusiasm.


9. Transform the sentence into Complex Object pattern.

The lion said, "Partner Vulture. Divide the kill into three equal parts. Then we can eat."