Simple Past Tense Reading Passage – Test 3

Elementary English Reading Passage & Test 3 – Read the elementary English reading passage carefully and choose the best answer!

Myiaki was going to a famous college in the States. One day she was eating her lunch in the school cafeteria. She was listening to American students talking. One student said to the other student, “eet?” Myiaki was very confused. She did not know the word Jeet. She asked her teacher to explain. The teacher finally realized the student was saying, “Did you eat?” Her teacher explained that Americans speak very fast. They use reductions like Jeet which is the fast way to say “Did you eat”. Myiaki understood that it was important to learn reductions in daily conversations.

1. They use reductions. “They” refers to …………………………. .

 American teachers

 American learners

 American workers

 Americans

2. Which of the following is true?

 All colleges in the States are private.

 Myiaki finally learned about jeet.

 Americans normally speak slowly.

 Students are eating dinner.

3. “finally” means …………………………. .

 fast

 suddenly

 at first

 eventually

4. Myiaki attends a famous college in Japan.

 False

 True

 Not stated

5. Myiaki was confused because …………………………..  .

 she heard a word for the first time

 she did not understand the teacher

 she was eating American food

 she met American students

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