Reading: All About Horses
Horses and riding
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How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teacher
Read the text together with students for 2 minutes.
Check answers after students complete the 8 questions in 6 minutes.
🧑🎓 For Learner
Read the short story about horses carefully first.
Then answer the 8 questions below and check your explanations.
All About Horses
People measure a horse in hands. One hand is four inches, or about 10 cm. They measure from the ground to the top of the horse's back, at the base of its neck. A horse can sleep standing up. A baby horse is called a foal. A healthy foal stands about one hour after it is born.
💡 Word Help (Vocabulary)
Test Your Reading Understanding
People measure a horse in hands.
Tip: Look at the first sentence of the text.
A horse sleeps lying down all the time.
Tip: Look at the sentence about sleep.
What is a baby horse called?
Tip: Look at the sentence with the words baby horse.
How long is one hand?
Why: The passage gives this exact length for one hand.
Up to where do people measure a horse?
Why: The text specifies the exact end point of the measurement on the horse's back.
A horse can sleep ____ up.
Tip: Look at the sentence about sleep.
A healthy foal stands about ____ hour after it is born.
Why: The text tells us how long a newborn foal needs before it can stand up.
Where does the measurement of a horse start?
Tip: Look at the words after "from" in the measuring sentence.
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