Name: ______________________________________
Date: _______________________________
A Trip to the Emergency Room
Circle the letter next to the best answer.
1. What does heal mean in the following sentence?
The bone will heal soon.
_ A. get worse
_ B. get better
_ C. break
_ D. snap
2. If someone has a serious medical problem, the problem is ______________.
_ A. easy
_ B. not important
_ C. dangerous
_ D. normal
3. What does informs mean in this sentence?
The nurse informs the doctor about your problem.
_ A. shapes
_ B. asks
_ C. tells
_ D. looks for
4. A person with a broken bone goes to ________________.
_ A. a police station
_ B. a fire station
_ C. an emergency room
_ D. a pharmacy
5. An admissions worker _____________.
_ A. checks patients into the hospital
_ B. takes patients to get X rays
_ C. puts patients into ambulances
_ D. checks patients’ blood pressure
Grade 2 • Unit 4 • Week 3 - comprehension
Name: ______________________________________
Date: _______________________________
6. How do you know this is a nonfiction article?
_ A. It has made-up characters.
_ B. It gives facts about a real topic.
_ C. It takes place in an imaginary place.
_ D. It tells about make-believe events.
7. A nurse in an emergency room ______________.
_ A. takes a patient’s blood pressure
_ B. helps a patient check into the hospital
_ C. drives an ambulance
_ D. takes X rays
8. What is this article mainly about?
_ A. X-ray machines
_ B. people who drive ambulances
_ C. what happens in an emergency room
_ D. admission workers and nurses’ aides
Answer the questions below with complete sentences.
9. What does the selection tell you about nurses?
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10. Who does a patient see first, next, and last in an emergency room?
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Grade 2 • Unit 4 • Week 3 - comprehension