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Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizer & Summary

Choose the best answers. Step Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
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1. What is this passage mainly about?

a. India’s delicious food during Holi

b. India’s springtime festival of color Holi

c. colorful powders and balloons in India When in March

Where in India

2. When is Holi held? Why to celebrate spring

a. in January b. in March c. in May What eat sweet foods

sing and dance
throw colorful powders
3. During Holi, Indian people like to .
and balloons
a. travel around b. rest at home c. sing and dance

4. What do Holi balloons have inside?
foods sing India powders spring
a. colored water b. colorful food c. colored pencils

Step Complete the summary with the words from the box.
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Check true or false.
T F
Indian people have a festival in March. It is called Holi, and it
5. During Holi, people make colorful powders.
celebrates spring. During Holi, people eat sweet foods, sing, and dance

6. Only children get messy during Holi. together. They also make colorful powders and balloons filled

with colored water . Then they throw them at each other! Holi’s

bright colors are fun.
Write the correct answer.

7. What do Indian people do with powders and balloons during Holi?
colorful water festival bright celebrates
They throw them at each other.

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