Reading Comprehension Practice Reading 1: "Cookout"
Reading Comprehension Practice Reading 1: "Cookout"
Reading Comprehension Practice Reading 1: "Cookout"
READING 1
“Cookout”
I. IDENTIFICATION: Do you see the following in the picture? Answer YES or NO.
Chef’s cap YES
Fork YES
Spoon YES
Knife NO
Napkin YES
Towel YES
Skillet YES
Barbecue pit YES
Pan YES
Glass NO
Plate YES
Kerchief YES
Earring NO
Children NO
Guests NO
Apron YES
Bowl YES
Fire SI
Bricks YES
Floor NO
II. CHECKPOINT: Using the following dependent clauses, make questions and ask
them of your classmates. Begin your questions with DO YOU KNOW…?
1. Do you know where the Frasers live?
2. Do you know where cookout will take place?
3. Do you know who’s wearing an apron?
4. Do you know what time of day it is?
5. Do you know who bought the patio furniture?
6. Do you know what Jerry built?
7. Do you know who the chef is going to be?
8. Do you know who set the table?
9. Do you know what kind of salad there is?
10. Do you know how many of the guests have arrived?
11. Do you know what there is to drink?
12. Do you know how many buns there are?
13. Do you know who is coming to the cookout?
14. Do you know who thinks that the food is terrible?
15. Do you know who prepared the baked beans?
III. QUESTION PRACTICE: Form questions from clauses in CHECKPIONT and
ask them of your classmate. If the answer is not given in the reading, answers by
saying: I don’t know or It doesn’t say.
1. Where do the Frasers live?
I don’t know.
2. Where do cookout will take place?
I do know.
3. Who’s do wear an apron?
I do know.
4. What do time of day it is?
It doesn’t say.
5. Who do buy the patio furniture?
It does say.
6. What do Jerry built?
I do know.
7. Who do the chef is going to be?
It does say.
8. Who do set the table?
It does say.
9. What do kind of salad there is?
I don’t know.
10. How do many of the guests have arrived?
I don’t know.
11. What do there is to drink?
I do know.
12. How do many buns there are?
It does say.
13. Who do is coming to the cookout?
It does say.
14. Who do thinks that the food is terrible?
I don’t know.
15. Who do prepare the baked beans?
I do know.
IV. POINT OF DISCUSSION (OPTIONAL): Discuss or debate the following with
your classmates.
Conversation: family and friends
We often enjoy the company of family and friends either on a walk or at a barbecue
to celebrate an occasion or just to have a good time.
V. DICTATION: Copy the second paragraph of the reading as your teacher
dictates it. Correct your own errors.
This evening Jerry is going to be chef. He will cook the hamburgers for the guests.
Alice has set the table and is putting the other food in place. There will be salad,
baked beans, potato chips, fresh fruit, olives, pickles, celery, carrots, relishes,
catsup, mustard, and burns for hamburgers. For desserts there will be ice cream
and cake. To drink there will be coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
VI. PERSONAL APPLICATION: Answer the following questions.
1. Do you have cookouts in your country? Describe them.
Yes, in my country we have cookouts in especially with family or friends for
celebrating an event.
2. Do you like to cook?
I don’t like cook.
3. Are patios common in your country?
It depends where you live in order to have a patio.
4. Do you enjoy good food and conversation?
Yes, because you can know many things and food.
5. What are the most popular desserts in your country? Drinks?
In my country the most popular desserts is Jelly in my opinion.