Supplementary Reading: “The Queen’s Quick Rat” – Basic 1 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

There was a queen who had a quick rat. The rat was small but very fast. It could run to the top of the tall tree. The queen loved her little rat.

One day, the rat saw a big red sun in the sky. “I want to sit on the sun,” said the rat. But the sun was too far away.

The queen gave the rat a small toy. “This toy is better than the sun,” she said. The rat was happy with his new toy.

Exercise 8: Answer these questions:

1. Who had a rat? _____
2. Was the rat big or small? _____
3. Where could the rat run? _____
4. What did the rat want to sit on? _____
5. What did the queen give the rat? _____

Exercise 9: True or False:

1. The queen had a slow rat. _____
2. The rat was small. _____
3. The sun was red. _____
4. The rat got a toy. _____

Exercise 10: Find these words in the story:

1. A word that means fast: _____
2. A word for a female ruler: _____
3. A word that means large: _____
4. Something to play with: _____