Raining frogs

10/10/2020 4:31:00 PM
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Do you want to know what causes frogs or other animals to fall from the sky?

FACT: Frogs don’t need to drink water as they absorb it through their skin.

A sudden downpour of frogs is one of the most strange weather events. Image:
MATTIAS KLUM/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/GETTY IMAGES

Listen and then choose the correct answers.

  • What is Odzaci?
  • What gets sucked up from the pond?

What is Odzaci?

  • a village
  • a town
  • a city

What get sucked up from the pond?

  • Fish and frogs
  • Only frogs
  • Nothing

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Raining Frogs

Something strange happened. It was in Odzaci. Odzaci is a small town in Serbia. The year was 2005. What happened? It rained frogs! The frogs were tiny. They were not hurt when they . They began to everywhere! The frogs were not the same kind as the ones in Odzaci. They were a different kind.

The frogs had been in a waterspout. A waterspout is by spinning winds. It is like a tornado over water. Entire ponds have been sucked up in waterspouts. Fish and frogs in the pond get sucked up, too.

After the frogs were picked up, they were carried in the air. They were over Odzaci. When the winds were not as strong, the frogs fell from the sky. They rained down and hopped away!

Read and answer the following questions.

The Waterspout. W.H. Drake, about 1893. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Source: loc.gov

Something strange happened. It was in Odzaci. Odzaci is a small town in Serbia. The year was 2005. What happened? It rained frogs! The frogs were tiny. They were not hurt when they landed. They began to hop everywhere! The frogs were not the same kind as the ones in Odzaci. They were a different kind.

The frogs had been picked up in a waterspout. A waterspout is caused by spinning winds. It is like a tornado over water. Entire ponds have been sucked up in waterspouts. Fish and frogs in the pond get sucked up, too.

After the frogs were picked up, they were carried in the air. They were blown over Odzaci. When the winds were not as strong, the frogs fell from the sky. They rained down and hopped away!

Source: Daily Warmup Reading Grade 2

Most likely, when it rained frogs, people were _____.

  • sleepy
  • sledding
  • swimming
  • surprised
Where and when did it rain frogs?
  • Odzaci, Serbia, in 2004
  • Odzaci, Serbia, in 2005
  • Odzaci, Scotland, in 2004
  • Odessa, Scotland, in 2005
The frogs were _____.
  • tiny
  • hurt
  • strong
  • the same kind as the ones in Odzaci

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. They were not hurt when they .
  2. They began to everywhere!
  3. The frogs had been in a waterspout.
  4. After the frogs were picked up, they were carried in the air. They were over Odzaci.
  5. A waterspout is by spinning winds.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. My leg hurt so I had to to the bed.
  2. A bird on my shoulder when I was in the garden.
  3. She went over to the baby and her .
  4. The birds were singing and a warm wind was .
  5. Do they know what the fire?