2 SPOT'S KITTENS

Spot is my cat.

She is black and white.

Come, Spot, come!

I like Spot.

Spot likes me.

Spot has four kittens.

One kitten is white.

One kitten is black.

I see a gray kitten, too.

One kitten is like spot.

It is black and white.

One day it rained.

Spot was wet.

The kittens were wet, too.

Spot said, “Mew, mew!

We are wet! We are wet! ”

Spot went into the house.

The kittens went, too.

They went to sleep.

(Josephine Jarvis)

Word list

mew: the sound that cats make

You Practice

A) Yes or No? Read these sentences carefully. Write Yes or No for each one.

1) _____ Spot is the name of a little girl.

2) _____ Spot has five kittens.

3) _____ The kittens went to sleep in the house.

4) _____ The kittens did not get wet.

5) _____ One kitten is black and white.

B) What do you think? Answer the following questions.

1) How many kittens does Spot have?

2) What colours is Spot?

3) Why do you think Spot and the kittens slept in the house?

4) What are the different colours of the kittens?

5) Cats sometimes sleep in a house. What are some other animals that sometimes sleep in a house?

C) Fill in the blanks. Read the sentences and choose the correct words from the story.

1) Spot is not a k _ _ _ _ _.

2) Spot is black and w _ _ _ _.

3) Spot and the kittens got w _ _.

4) Outside it r _ _ _ _ _.

5) One of the kittens is g _ _ _.