Daniels & Diack 12: Reading Comprehension
(Modified for contemporary Australian examples and alternate words by Neville Hopper, 2008)
Questions 22 to 38
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Click on the correctly word to make the sentence meaningful: (Return to the beginning if needed.)
22. A computer can check the (spelling, maths, science, signals) automatically.
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically. 
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of (examination, examples, excitement, exercise).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an (address, appliance, affluence, envelope).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season (autumn, spring, winter, October).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were (destroyed, annoyed, demonstrated, burst).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be (lucrative, temporary, dangerous, degenerative).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a (gallery, house, cinema, opera-house).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little (feet, hair, nose, cap) on his head.
Daniels & Diack 12: Reading Comprehension (Return to the beginning if needed.)
(Modified for contemporary Australian examples and alternate words by Neville Hopper, 2008)
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a (boy, girl, dwarf, nuisance).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted (permission, presentation, permutation, refusal) for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his (sentence, toleration, serenade, freedom).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their choice who can prescribe (prevention, disease, radio, medicine) for them.
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their
choice who can prescribe medicine for them.
34. In this country, most electricity is still generated from burning (gas, coal, oil, sugar-cane).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their
choice who can prescribe medicine for them.
34. In this country, most electricity is still generated from burning coal.
35. The case for the prosecution so impressed the jury that they found the prisoner (guilty, dirty, guiltless, wicked).
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their choice who can prescribe medicine for them.
34. In this country, most electricity is still generated from burning coal.
35. The case for the prosecution so impressed the jury that they found the prisoner guilty.
36. A mushroom is an edible fungus.
37. We use soap to wash clothes because it helps to remove the (grease, dye, geese, shrubs).
Daniels & Diack 12: Reading Comprehension (Return to the beginning if needed.)
(Modified for contemporary Australian examples and alternate words by Neville Hopper, 2008)
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which
season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their choice who can prescribe medicine for them.
34. In this country, most electricity is still generated from burning coal.
35. The case for the prosecution so impressed the jury that they found the prisoner guilty.
36. A mushroom is an edible fungus.
37. We use soap to wash clothes because it helps to remove the grease.
38. If there is one nearby, you should always cross the road at a (pedestal, railway, harbour, pedestrian) crossing.
22. A computer can check the spelling automatically.
23. To keep healthy you should do plenty of exercise.
24. Letters are usually posted in an envelope.
25. Young green buds appear on the trees in which
season? spring.
26. The cyclone blew so hard that houses were destroyed.
27. Rock-climbing can be dangerous.
28. A place where movies are shown is called a cinema.
29. A bald man has little hair on his head.
30. A male child is called a boy.
31. The principal granted permission for the boy to be absent from school on the day of his brother’s arrival home from the Olympic Games.
32. A prisoner usually longs for his freedom.
33. When people are ill they often go to the doctor of their choice who can prescribe medicine for them.
34. In this country, most electricity is still generated from burning coal.
35. The case for the prosecution so impressed the jury that they found the prisoner guilty.
36. A mushroom is an edible fungus.
37. We use soap to wash clothes because it helps to remove the grease.
38. If there is one nearby, you should always cross the road at a pedestrian crossing.
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