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Ambulance Helpers

Listen to the text. Ask and answer questions about new words.

Listen to the text

Your teacher reads the text two times. Listen for new words.

Ambulance Helpers

An ambulance is a truck that helps sick or hurt people. It has a siren. A siren makes a loud sound: wee-oo, wee-oo! Cars move over to let the ambulance pass.

Paramedics ride in the ambulance. A paramedic is a helper who knows how to care for sick and hurt people.

The paramedics use a stretcher. A stretcher is a bed on wheels. They roll a sick person on the stretcher into the ambulance. They drive to the hospital.

What do the words mean?

Your teacher reads each question and the answers. Circle or write your answer.

1.
Ava asks, "What is an ambulance?"
Question 1 options
2.
What does a siren do?
Question 2 options
3.
Which sentence tells what a paramedic is? Circle it.

4.
Kim asks, "What is a stretcher?" Write the missing word from the text.

A stretcher is a on wheels.

Use the new words

Your teacher reads each question. Sort or circle.

5.
Which word does each clue tell about? Sort the clues.
6.
The text says: Cars move over to let the ambulance pass. What does pass mean here?
Question 6 options
7.
Jay does not know the word hospital. Which question can he ask?
Question 7 options
8.
Pick a new word from the text. Ask a question about it. Then tell the answer.