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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?
                                                                                                                                                                                Mancala
                  a. how to collect interesting stones

                  b. how to play an old board game

                  c. how to move colorful stones



                                                                                                                                                      What You Need                                  How You Play
             2.  How many players can play mancala?
                                                                                                                                                two    players                                Pick up all the stones from
                  a. two                        b. four                     c. six                                                                one game     board      with              one of your holes.


                                                                                                                                              six holes on each side                          Put one stone in each hole to
             3.  How many holes are on each side on the board?                                                                                    24   stones    for each player            the       right    .

                  a. two                        b. six                      c. twelve                                                                                                         The game is over when one

                                                                                                                                                                                            player’s side is      empty     .

             4.  The game ends when                                .

                  a. one mancala is empty
                                                                                                                                                          empty       stones       players      board       right
                  b. all the holes are empty

                  c. one player’s side is empty


                                                                                                                                    Step      Complete the summary with the words from the box.
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                  Check true or false.
                                                                                               T      F
                                                                                                                                          Playing mancala is fun. You need                two       players to play. First, put
             5.  The small holes on the board are called mancalas.
                                                                                                                                               four      stones in each of the small holes. Then choose one of the

             6.  Players move to the left on the game board.                                                                              holes. Pick up the stones from the hole and                move      them to the

                                                                                                                                          right. The game          ends       when one player’s side is empty. The player


                                                                                                                                          with the most stones in their mancala                wins      the game.
                  Write the correct answers.


             7.  When can you move your stones again in the same turn?
                                                                                                                                                          four        ends        two         wins        move
                  I can do it when the           last            stone        lands in my mancala.



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