Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 1
Mice live on farms. Farmers do not like
them. They eat the food for the animals
and the fruit on the trees. They sometimes
go into the farmers house and eat the food
in cupboards and on the table. Mice are
not good farm animals.
1. What animals do farmers not like?
2. Why don’t farmers like mice?
3. What food do mice like to eat?
4. Where do mice go?
5. Where do mice live?
6. Why are mice not good farm animals?
Write, draw and colour
Some mice eating food on the table.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 1
The mice have come out to play when
everyone is asleep. They are eating the
cheese and drinking some wine.
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Who is eating the cheese?
Where is everyone?
How many mice are there?
What will they do next?
When will mice come out to play?
What colour are the mice?
Write, draw and colour
Two grey mice eating cheese.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 2
This rooster is crowing. It is morning and time
to wake everyone up. The rooster lives on a
farm. He looks after the hens and the
chickens.
1. Who is crowing?
2. What time of the day is it?
3. Where does the rooster live?
4. Who does he look after?
5. What colour is the rooster?
6. What might the rooster do next?
Write, draw and colour
A red rooster in the farmyard.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 3
Look at this pink pig. He has a curly tail. Pigs
live on pig farms. Pigs like to roll in mud.
They live in a pigsty. A baby pig is called a
piglet. They make loud squealing noises.
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What is in the picture?
What sort of tail does it have?
What do pigs like to do?
Where do pigs live?
What sort of noise do pigs make?
What is a baby pig called?
Write, draw and colour
A pink pig in some mud.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 4
A bull is a male cow. He lives on a farm. He
is the father of baby calves. He is very big
and strong. Farms only have one bull but
they have lots of cows. A bull does not give
us any milk.
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What is the name of a male cow?
Where does the bull live?
What do bulls do on a farm?
How many bulls live on a farm?
What does a bull not give us?
What do bulls have on their head?
Write, draw and colour
A bull in a paddock by himself.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 5
This is a baby chicken. It is just hatching out
from an egg. The chicken has down on it
but will grow feathers very soon. The
chicken will grow into a hen. When it is a
hen it will lay eggs. Chickens usually live on
farms.
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What is the name of a baby hen?
Where does a chicken come from?
What will grow on a chicken?
Where do chicken live?
What will a chicken do when it is a
hen?
6. What do chickens have instead of
feathers when they are born?
Write, draw and colour
A baby chicken coming out of an egg.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 6
Look at this female sheep. She is called an
ewe. She is looking for her lamb. They are in
a paddock on a farm. A baby lamb likes to
skip and play all day. The mother sheep has
some heavy wool on her back. Soon it will
have to cut off or she will get too hot.
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Who is the mother sheep looking for?
What is the mother sheep called?
Where on a farm do sheep live?
What is a baby sheep called?
What do baby lambs like to do?
Why do sheep need to have wool cut
off their backs?
Write draw and colour
A mother sheep with wool on its back.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 7
Sometimes goats live on farms. They are
good for eating the weeds and long grass.
Goats have milk that is good to drink. The
milk also makes good cheese. Goats can
be very useful on farms. A baby goat is
called a kid.
1. Where will we find goats?
2. What can we make with goats milk?
3. What do goats like to eat?
4. What do goats have that are good to
drink?
5. What are baby goats called?
6. Why are goats useful on farms?
Write draw and colour
A goat eating grass and leaves.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 8
This hen is sitting on some eggs. Very soon
they will hatch into chickens. The hen will
teach the chickens to scratch for grubs,
worms and bugs. The farmer will feed the
hens and chickens with wheat. The hens will
give us eggs to eat.
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What is the hen sitting on?
How many chickens will she have?
What does the farmer feed the hens?
What do the hens give us to eat?
How do hens look for food?
Why are chickens useful on farms?
Write draw and colour
A hen sitting on some eggs.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 9
The pig has 8 babies that she is feeding.
She feeds them milk until they are big and
able to eat by themselves. Pigs are good
animals to have on a farm. They live in a
pigsty, which has to be kept very clean. A
baby pig is called a piglet.
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What colour is the pig?
How many piglets does she have?
Why does a pigsty need to be clean?
How long does a pig feed her babies?
What does the mother pig feed her
babies?
6. Why are pigs useful on farms?
Write draw and colour
A mother pig feeding her babies.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 10
Some farms have turkeys on them. Turkeys
are good to eat at Christmas. Farmers keep
the turkeys until they grow big and fat. A
baby turkey is called a poult. Turkeys make
a gobbling noise. Turkeys are only kept for
food.
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Where do turkeys live?
Why do farmers keep turkeys?
When do we eat turkey?
What is a baby turkey called?
What noise do turkeys make?
Why are kept on farms?
Write draw and colour
A big fat turkey.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 11
Lots of farms have horses on them. Horses
are useful to round up the sheep and cows.
They are fun to ride on. Horses can live in
the paddocks. Sometimes they sleep in a
stable. They eat hay. A baby horse is called
a foal. The mother is called a mare and the
father is called a stallion.
1. Why are horses useful on farms?
7. Why are they fun?
8. Where do horses live?
9. Where do horses sleep?
10. What is a baby horse called?
11. What do we call the father horse?
Write draw and colour
A black horse in a stable.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 12
This is a barn and a silo. Wheat is stored in a
silo. Farmers plant the wheat. The wheat
grows in the sun and the rain. When it is
long and yellow the farmer cuts it with a
harvester. It is stored in a barn. Then the
heads of wheat are taken off and put in a
silo before it goes to the mill.
1. Where is wheat kept?
2. What makes the wheat grow?
3. When does the farmer cut the wheat?
4. Where is the wheat stored?
5. What happens to the heads of wheat?
6. Where does the wheat go next?
Write draw and colour
A paddock of tall yellow wheat.
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level 6a
Comprehension
Card 13
This farm has ducks on it. This little duckling
has lost its mother. She has taken her other
ducklings down to the water for a swim. The
farmer will take this duckling to her. Ducks
are good on farms. They give us eggs and
their feathers are good to use in quilts and
pillows.
1. What does this farm have on it?
7. What is a baby duck called?
8. Where are the other ducklings?
9. Why are ducks good on farms?
10. What do ducks give us to eat?
11. What other things are ducks good for?
Write draw and colour
Four yellow ducklings swimming in a pond.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 14
This farm is growing vegetables. The small
plants are growing strong in a greenhouse.
When they are big the farmer will plant
them in the paddock. The plants need to
be watered every day. When they are big
they can be dug out of the ground. They
are then taken to the market to be sold.
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What is this farm growing?
Where do they go at first?
What happens when they are strong?
Where are the vegetables planted?
What happens when they grow big?
Where do the vegetables go to be
sold?
Write draw and colour
Some vegetables growing in a paddock.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 15
Most farms have a tractor on them. The
tractor is used to do lots of work. This farmer
is ploughing the paddock ready for
planting. He might plant wheat or corn. He
may even plant vegetables. The tractor will
be kept dry and safe in a barn.
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What do most farms have on them?
What does a tractor do?
What is this farmer doing?
Who is driving the tractor?
What do you think he will plant?
Where might the farmer keep the
tractor?
Write draw and colour
A big green tractor.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 16
Many farms have cats on them. The cats
are really good for catching mice. The
mice like to live in the hay sheds where
food for the animals is kept. Mice are a pest
on farms as they eat all the food. The cats
watch in the hay shed to make sure no
mice are there.
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Why are cats useful on farms?
Why are mice pests?
Where do mice like to live?
Where do the cats watch and wait?
What is kept in hay sheds?
Who is the food in the hay shed for?
Write draw and colour
A cat sitting in a hay shed watching a
mouse.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 17
Dogs are really useful on farms. Farmers
train dogs so they become working dogs.
They often work with just a whistle. They can
round up the cattle and sheep. They can
also guard the farm. Many farm dogs are
so well trained they are worth a lot of
money to the farmer.
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What do farmers do with their dogs?
What can the dogs do?
Why are working dogs worth money?
What is another name for a farm dog?
What other things can working dogs
do?
6. How does the farmer tell the dogs
what to do?
Write draw and colour
A farm dog rounding up some sheep.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 18
Many sheep farmers are now keeping
alpacas to guard their sheep from foxes.
They look after the sheep as if they were
their family and protect them. If a fox
comes near, they run around the sheep
keeping them together and then chase
away the fox.
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What are farmers now keeping?
Why are farmers keeping alpacas?
What do alpacas do?
What animal does not like alpacas?
How do alpacas look after the sheep?
How do alpacas keep the foxes
away?
Write draw and colour
An alpaca guarding some sheep.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 19
This calf lives on a farm with its mother. A
calf is a baby cow. It likes to drink its
mother’s milk. It eats grass in a paddock. It
goes ‘moo’ when it is looking for its mother.
When it gets big it will give us milk to drink.
1. Who lives on a farm?
2. What does the calf like to drink?
3. What do calves like to eat?
4. What sounds do calves make?
5. When does a calf go ‘moo’?
6. Who gives us milk to drink?
Write, draw and colour
A calf eating green grass in a paddock.
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Level 6a
Comprehension
Card 20
This is a farm. Lots of animals live on this
farm. The farmer has some cows and some
sheep. He has one horse and some
chickens. He grows lots of vegetables as
well. This farm is a good place to live.
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What is the place in the picture?
Who lives on the farm?
What animals does the farmer have?
What things grow on this farm?
How many horses does the farmer
have?
6. How do the people on this farm feel?
Write draw and colour
A farm where you would like to live.
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