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Comprehension K
Have you ever watched a gymnast perform? They have grace and strength,
yet they seem to make the activity look easy. The gymnast however, requires
enormous strength, agility and indeed flexibility to perform their routines.
At a gymnastic competition, the male athletes will perform the following
activities: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.
The female athletes will perform: vault, floor, balance beam and uneven bars.
Although the floor exercises require no apparatus, it does demand the most
grace and creativity. The floor area measures 39 feet long by 39 feet wide [12
metres by 12 metres]. Each gymnast MUST stay within the parameters of the
area. If they stray outside the judges will deduct a mark from their overall
score.
The gymnast’s performance is referred to as a routine and must last between
50 and 70 seconds. Whilst the gymnast can be creative with the routine,
there are certain moves that must be included. These include: somersaults,
jumps, and handsprings. Each move must lead to the next naturally. This
helps to make the routine flow, instead of simply appearing as a series of
hops and leaps. One area that the gymnast has control over is the choice of
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music. They will try to tailor the music so that it fits the routine. For instance if
the routine is slow and ponderous, the music will need to reflect that. In
reality if you look closely, you will never see the same routine twice. There
will always be subtle differences.
1. List three skills that a gymnast must possess.
2. Why do you think that the male and female activities are different?
Tick the correct box.
The male gymnasts prefer to do different activities ☐
The organizers think it makes it more exciting ☐
Male and female gymnasts have different strengths and weaknesses.
The activities are picked to reflect this ☐
3. What is the size of the area in which the activities are performed?
4. Can a gymnast do whatever they want in a floor routine? Yes or No. If
not list the activities that they must include.
5. Read the following statements. Tick whether they are fact or opinion.
Gymnasts are exciting to watch
FACT ☐ OPINION ☐
Professional gymnasts have to be strong FACT ☐ OPINION ☐
A somersault is easier to do than a handstand FACT ☐ OPINION ☐
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6. Circle the word that you think is closet in meaning to the word subtle.
Huge
Small
Violent
7. Punctuate the following sentence.
sergei polovsky said the Moscow Olympics were the best for floor
exercises __________________________________________________
The Lark and the Wren
“Goodnight, Sir Wren!” said the little lark.
“The daylight fades; it will soon be dark.
I’ve sung my hymn to the parting day.
So now I fly to my quiet glen
In yonder meadow- Goodnight, Wren!”
“Goodnight, poor Lark,” said the haughty wren,
With a flick of his wing toward his happy friend.
“ I also go to my rest profound
But not to sleep on the cold damp ground.
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The fittest place for a bird like me
Is the topmost bough of a tall pine tree.”
1. What is the definition of hymn? Circle the correct answer.
Whisper
song
cry
2. What is the definition of yonder?
Distant
mountainous
seaside
3. “Haughty” means superior. Circle its antonym. [opposite]
Humble
clever
friendly
4. Where is the Lark going to sleep for the night?
5. Why does the wren say, “the fittest place for a bird like me is the
topmost bough of a tall pine tree?”
6. Write the opposite of the following words, using 3 of the prefixes:
un
dis
il
in
______visible
______embarrased
_______ appearing
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There, They’re or Their
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Name:
Date:
Select the correct word to complete each sentece.
is a lot of work left to do.
(1)
a. There
b. They’re
are a lot of cars in the parking lot on weekends.
(2)
a. There
(3)
b. They’re
My cousins are watching
a. there
(4)
.
c. their
is no way I’m going to pay to see that awful movie.
b. They’re
Adam and Adam are studying for
a. there
c. Their
math test.
b. they’re
The kids have finished
a. there
c. their
homework.
b. they’re
c. their
If you need to go back to school, I can take you
a. there
b. they’re
.
c. their
is no excuse for getting your clothes dirty.
(9)
a. There
(10)
c. their
b. they’re
a. There
(8)
favorite TV show.
Christopher is having a party and I promised him I would be
(5)
(7)
c. Their
b. they’re
a. there
(6)
c. Their
b. They’re
I wonder if
a. there
c. Their
going to do well on the final exam.
b. they’re
c. their
out buying groceries for dinner.
(11)
a. There
b. They’re
c. Their
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Answers 1. Strength, agility and flexibility.
2. Male and female gymnasts have different strengths and weaknesses.
The activities are picked to reflect this.
3. 39 feet by 39 feet or 12 metres by 12 metres
4. No they must include: somersaults, jumps, and handsprings
5. Opinion
Fact
Opinion
6. Small
7. Sergei Polovsky said, “The Moscow Olympics were the best for
floor exercises.”
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Song
Distant
Humble
Meadow
He says this because he thinks that he is superior to the lark and
wouldn’t sleep on the ground. [Equivalent answer acceptable]
6. Invisible, unembarrassed, disappearing.
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Select the correct word to complete each sentece.
is a lot of work left to do.
(1)
a. There
b. They’re
are a lot of cars in the parking lot on weekends.
(2)
a. There
(3)
b. They’re
My cousins are watching
a. there
(4)
.
c. their
is no way I’m going to pay to see that awful movie.
b. They’re
Adam and Adam are studying for
a. there
c. Their
math test.
b. they’re
The kids have finished
a. there
c. their
homework.
b. they’re
c. their
If you need to go back to school, I can take you
a. there
b. they’re
.
c. their
is no excuse for getting your clothes dirty.
(9)
a. There
(10)
c. their
b. they’re
a. There
(8)
favorite TV show.
Christopher is having a party and I promised him I would be
(5)
(7)
c. Their
b. they’re
a. there
(6)
c. Their
b. They’re
I wonder if
a. there
c. Their
going to do well on the final exam.
b. they’re
c. their
out buying groceries for dinner.
(11)
a. There
b. They’re
c. Their
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