The Afternoon Concert
Grade 4
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The Afternoon Concert — 70 words. Read it aloud to a partner.
Every spring, the fourth grade performs an afternoon concert for the whole school. This year, Priya played the guitar and Marcus played a giant drum he had built from a barrel. Before the show, the class practised saying each song title with the right stress, so the announcer would not sound like a robot. When the concert ended, the audience cheered so loudly that the principal asked for an encore.
1. What did Marcus build his drum from?
a barrel
a bucket
a box
a can
2. Why did the class practise the song titles?
to say them with the right stress
to spell them
to memorise them
to translate them
3. Which syllable is stressed in guitar?
1st
2nd
both
neither
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