Reading comprehension worksheet about anacondas for students.

Let’s work through the worksheet step by step.

The task is to read the short passage about anacondas and then answer four questions based on it. The instructions say: “Underline the answer in the text to support your answer!” — meaning we should find evidence in the passage for each answer.

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Passage Summary (for reference):

- Anacondas are the biggest snakes in the world.
- They can weigh 550 pounds and grow to 24 feet long.
- They live in rainforests of South America, near swamps and rivers.
- They are carnivores (eat meat), including birds, lizards, wild pigs, and even humans.
- They don’t chew — they stretch their jaws to swallow prey whole.
- After eating, they rest for weeks.
- Female anacondas give birth to live babies after 6 months.
- Babies swim and hunt right after birth.

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Now let’s answer each question using the text:

1. What does the word carnivores mean in this passage?

Look at the sentence:
> “Anacondas are carnivores, or meat eaters...”

So, “carnivores” means “meat eaters.” The text actually defines it right there!

✔ Answer: meat eaters

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2. What is the anaconda’s special talent?

Look for something unique or amazing about them.

The text says:
> “The anaconda has a special talent. It can stretch its jaw so that it can eat very large animals.”

That’s clearly labeled as their “special talent.”

✔ Answer: It can stretch its jaw to eat very large animals.

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3. What does the anaconda like to eat?

The text lists:
> “...including birds, lizards, and wild pigs. It can even eat humans.”

Also earlier: “Anacondas are carnivores, or meat eaters, that eat animals like birds, lizards, and wild pigs.”

So, they eat meat — specifically birds, lizards, wild pigs, and sometimes humans.

✔ Answer: Birds, lizards, wild pigs, and sometimes humans.

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4. Why do you think anacondas only live in South America?

This one asks for reasoning — not directly stated, but we can infer from the text.

The text says:
> “The anacondas live in the rainforests of South America and likes very wet places like swamps and rivers.”

So, they need warm, wet environments — rainforests, swamps, rivers. South America has lots of those. Other places might be too dry or cold.

✔ Answer: Because they need wet places like rainforests, swamps, and rivers — which are found in South America.

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Final Answers:

1. meat eaters
2. It can stretch its jaw to eat very large animals.
3. Birds, lizards, wild pigs, and sometimes humans.
4. Because they need wet places like rainforests, swamps, and rivers — which are found in South America.

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Final Answer:
1. meat eaters
2. It can stretch its jaw to eat very large animals.
3. Birds, lizards, wild pigs, and sometimes humans.
4. Because they need wet places like rainforests, swamps, and rivers — which are found in South America.