Reading Comprehension Test Text "The Talkative Frog"

a pond - ставок

stick – палиця

to lose (past lost)- губити

to carry – нести

The Talkative Frog

  A frog lives in a pond. Two ducks live there too. They are good friends. The frog likes to talk very much. She likes to talk with the ducks. They always listen to her. But this summer they are not happy. The summer is very hot and the pond becomes dry. The two ducks can’t live in the pond. There is no water for them.

«Let’s fly to another pond,” says one duck. They go to the frog and say good-bye to her.

“Oh, I don’t want to live here without you,” cries the frog. “Take me with you, please.”

“But you can’t fly. How can we take you with us?”

The frog is very sad.

Then she says, “Oh, I know how you can help me. I am going to take the middle of the stick in my mouth and you are going to take the ends of the stick in your mouths. But don’t open your mouths. Keep the stick in your mouths.”

“Oh, that’s a good idea,” says the old duck. “But you like to talk. If you open your mouth, you are lost.” “I am not going to talk,” says the frog. The ducks bring a big stick. They take the ends of it and the frog takes the middle of it. They carry the frog over the forest and the fields. The frog wants to say, “We are very high,” but she thinks, “I can't talk.” And she does not say a word.

Then they come over a village, and people see them in the sky.“Look at the ducks! They are carrying a frog. How clever the ducks are! What a good idea,” people cry.

“That’s my idea,” cries the frog. “I am clever.” She opens her mouth and falls to the ground.

It’s a very good thing when you can hold your tongue.

Read each of the following questions and select the best answer

1. Where does the frog live?

Why can’t the ducks live in the pond?

Why does the frog fall to the ground?