Name

Real or fantasy

Fun at the Farm

Story events that can really happen are real. Story events that are make-believe are fantasy.

Read each sentence below. If it could be real, color the picture. If it is make-believe, put an X on the picture. Dairy cows give milk. The farmer planted pizza and hamburgers.

The pig said,Lets go to the dance tonight!

The mouse ate the dinner table.

The hay was stacked in the barn.

The chickens laid golden eggs.

The green tractor ran out of gas.

The newborn calf walked with wobbly legs.

The goat and the sheep got married by the big tree.

Two crickets sang Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Horses sat on the couch and watched TV.

Rain made the roads muddy.

Four little ducks swam in the pond.

The farmers wife baked a pumpkin pie.

On another sheet of paper, write one make-believe sentence about the farmers house and one real sentence about it.
Scholastic Teaching Resources

Scholastic Success With Reading Comprehension Grade 2

11

Page 11 Make-believe: pig, goat and sheep, horses, pizza and hamburgers, mouse and table, golden eggs, crickets (The others are real.)