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Reading comprehension
Brushing Up On Bats
Study the picture.
Read.
thumb forearm ear wrist
second finger
third
finger wing
membrane
fourth
finger fifth
finger foot tail
tail membrane
A bat is a mammal just like you. There are many kinds of bats. They come in all
shapes and sizes. Bats have furry bodies. But they do not have fur on their wings.
Did you know that bats have hands and feet? Bats have tails, too. Some bats have
very strange-looking faces.
Bats sleep during the day. At night they come out to feed. Many bats eat insects.
Some bats eat fruit. A few bats eat small animals like frogs or fish.
1. _____ Bats have short back legs. 6. _____ Bats have fur.
2. _____ All bats look the same. 7. _____ A bat has eight fingers and
3. _____ Bats eat only insects. two thumbs.
4. _____ A bat has two wrists. 8. _____ All bats eat the same things.
5. _____ Only a few bats have tails. 9. _____ Bats sleep during the day.
10. _____ Bats do not have feet.
Compare yourself with a bat.
Write two ways you are like a bat:
1. _______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________