The World

According to

Humphrey

Name:------------------------

Class 5/

Dear Parents:

Please make sure that your

son/daughter can read the words

mentioned in each page before

reading.

Example:

If your child is going to read p.1

to p.3, he/she has to read the

main vocabulary in each page

before reading the story.

G-Choose the correct

answers:

1- The narrator of the story is ___

a. A.J. b. Humphrey.

2- What does Humphrey first notice about the family?

a. They all talk loudly . b. They tell stories.

3- What is Humphrey’s Big Idea?

a. To unplug the TV. b. To escape from the house.

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den: a small room

blaring: making a loud sound

•Page 5

effort: hard work

•Page6

classmate: your friend in your

classroom

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sweeping: cleaning the floor

with a broom

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promptly: right away

E-Answer the following

questions:

1- What does the Thomases’

family like to do?

They like to watch TV. They watch

it day and night.

2. Explain why Humphrey decides to unplug the TV.

He decides to unplug it, because it

was always blaring and he

couldn’t sleep. He doesn’t like all

that noise.3. What do Mr. Thomas and Mrs.

Thomas decide to do at the end?

They decide to keep it unplugged

for a couple more days.

F-Use the word in a sentence:

Blaring: The TV is always

blaring. 11

The kids in Mrs.

Brisbane’s class love

taking care of their

hamster, Humphrey.

Every weekend one of

the students takes

Humphrey home.

This weekend, A. J.

Thomas takes

Humphrey home from

school.

C-Match each word with its

meaning:

•den: - hard work

•effort: - a small room

•classmate: - right away

•promptly: - your friend in your

class

 

D-Use the word in a good

sentence:

classmate: I worked hard with my

classmate.

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When we arrived at

A. J.’s house, the whole

family welcomed me.

A.J.’s mom told him to

put my cage in the den.

I noticed that everybody

at A. J.’s house talked

extra loud, because the

TV was always blaring.

A-Choose the correct words

from the box to complete the

following sentences:

1- The TV was _blaring___ so I couldn’t sleep.

2- My mom was _sweeping___ the floor in the living room.

3- I always work with my _classmate____ Ali in our class activities.

4- I could carry my heavy bag with great _effort___

B-Use this word in a

sentence:

promptly: You need to see a

doctor promptly. 29

effort – blaring –classmate - sweeping

Every house I visited

so far had a TV, and I

enjoyed watching some

of the shows there. But

the difference here, at

the Thomases’ house, is

that the television is on

all the time. I couldn’t

always hear the TV,

because

A. J.’s mother had a

radio in the kitchen,

which was always

blaring, too.

At the end, Mr.

Thomas and Mrs.

Thomas decided to keep

it unplugged for a

couple more days

because they noticed

that the kids were

playing happily outside,

and that they forgot

about the TV. This

decision made me so

happy! And I promptly

fell asleep.38

I opened the lock on

my cage and went out and

walked quickly. Then, with

great effort I pulled out

the plug of the TV. The

family didn’t know what to

do without a TV. They

stayed home together. Mr.

Thomas talked about what

he used to do when he

was a kid.

He told the kids stories

and started to teach them

card games.

It was quiet for the

first time! The next

morning, the kids played

cards and went out to play

football. A. J. and his

classmate Garth worked

together to clean my cage.

They also made a maze

for me to play in.

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I watched all the

activities of the family.

They watched TV all the

time. They even had

dinner in front of the TV. I

couldn’t rest at all.

Over the weekend,

the TV and the radio

were playing all the time.

So I had this Big Idea!

Mr. Thomas was

sweeping behind the TV

and discovered that it was

unplugged. Mr. Thomas

and Mrs. Thomas didn’t

know how the TV became

unplugged.

Mr. Thomas tried to plug in

the TV to make sure it was

working.

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