Question

bii 10b
ii continue reading the story and then answer the questions.

in a smooth motion, grandpa crouched like a tiger, swept up a leg, and kicked the board, breaking it nearly in half.
\wow, grandpa, how did you do that?\ i asked.
he smiled. \lots of practice-i started at your age.\ that night when grandpa practiced his standing meditation, i joined him.

1. what did grandpa do to the board?

grandpa ____ like a tiger, __ up a leg, and kicked the board, ____ it.

1. what was grandpa practicing when the boy joined him?

grandpa was practicing his ____ ____ when the boy joined him.

what will grandpa teach the boy next?
read the book to find out.

crouching tiger. text copyright © 2011 by ying chang compestine. illustrations copyright © 2011 by yan nascimbene. reproduced by permission of the publisher, candlewick press, somerville, ma.

Explanation:

Locate evidence for Question 1

Using the Reading Comprehension and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points, we scan the text for Grandpa's actions regarding the board. The passage states: "Grandpa crouched like a tiger, swept up a leg, and kicked the board, breaking it nearly in half."

Complete the gaps for Question 1

Using the Textual Gap Filling knowledge point, we match the sentence structure: "Grandpa [crouched] like a tiger, [swept] up a leg, and kicked the board, [breaking] it." (Note: The printed text already has "it" at the end, so the final blank is "breaking" or "breaking nearly in half"). Looking closely at the printed template: "Grandpa ______ like a tiger, ____ up a leg, and kicked the board, ______ it."

• First blank: "crouched"
• Second blank: "swept"
• Third blank: "breaking nearly in half" (or "breaking" to fit grammatically with "it"). Let's check: "...and kicked the board, breaking nearly in half it" is grammatically incorrect. The text says "breaking it nearly in half". The template says "kicked the board, ________ it." Thus, the blank must be "breaking nearly in half" with "it" placed inside, but since "it" is already printed after the blank, the exact words to fill are "breaking nearly in half" (reordering to "breaking... in half" around "it"). Let's write the filled sentence: "Grandpa crouched like a tiger, swept up a leg, and kicked the board, breaking nearly in half it" is awkward. The most natural fit is "breaking" in the blank, or "breaking... in half". Let's look at the spacing. The blank is long: "breaking nearly in half". If we write "breaking nearly in half", the printed "it" at the end is redundant or misplaced in the worksheet's design. Standard curriculum worksheets of this type (Kumon BII) expect:
• Blank 1: crouched
• Blank 2: swept
• Blank 3: breaking nearly in half (ignoring or overriding the misplaced "it", or treating the blank as "breaking... in half"). Let's provide the exact words: "crouched", "swept", and "breaking nearly in half".

Locate evidence for Question 2

Using the Reading Comprehension and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points, we look for what Grandpa was practicing. The text states: "That night when Grandpa practiced his standing meditation, I joined him."

Complete the gaps for Question 2

Using the Textual Gap Filling knowledge point, we match the sentence structure: "Grandpa was practicing his [standing meditation] when the boy joined him."

• Blank: "standing meditation"

Answer:

Question 1

What did Grandpa do to the board?
Grandpa <blank>crouched</blank> like a tiger, <blank>swept</blank> up a leg, and kicked the board, <blank>breaking nearly in half</blank> it.

Question 2

What was Grandpa practicing when the boy joined him?
Grandpa was practicing his <blank>standing meditation</blank> when the boy joined him.