The Big Rock

A big rock fell off a truck. It fell into the street. Cars had to go around it. It was in everyone’s way.
Mike saw the rock. He tried to move it. It was too big. He called to Rick. Together they tried to move it. They couldn’t.
Mike and Rick got three of their friends. They got the rock out of the street at last. They pushed it to the park. Now people sit on it.
1. The best title is --
(A) The Big Rock
(B) Mike Stops the Cars
(C) Lunch on a Rock
(D) Three Friends at the Park
2. The rock was --
(A) in a car
(B) in the street
(C) at the school
(D) on the grass
3. Mike and Rick needed three friends to --
(A) stop the cars
(B) sit on the rock
(C) go to the park
(D) move the rock
4. Mike tried to move the rock because he wanted to --
(A) ride
(B) play
(C) help
(D) sit
fell (fall) : to come down freely from a higher to a lower position, moved by the
force of gravity.
: to drop or be dropped or lowered.
: become lower.
: be taken by force; to be conquered or captured by a military force
1. The vase fell to the ground and shattered.
2. The curtain fell at the end of the performance.
3. Prices have fallen in the last year.
4. The city fell despite the best efforts of the army.
5. He fell at the battle of Waterloo.