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The following exercise can be printed out and completed in a traditional fashion. Click here for a self-marked version of this exercise.

THE MAIN IDEA
Circle the letter of the sentence which best describes the main idea of the article about ice hockey. Be prepared to support your answer.
  1. Canada's love-affair with ice hockey
  2. The NHL is the premier hockey league in the world
  3. Hockey players are more important than prime ministers
  4. The origins of ice hockey
INTERPRETATION

  1. How is it possible for hockey players to be more familiar to Canadians than former Prime Ministers?

  2. Should players always be ejected from a hockey game if they fight?

  3. For hockey fans: Do you think North American hockey teams should begin playing on a larger ice surface, as they do in Europe and during the Olympic Games?
INFERENCES
Based on the article, circle the letter which best completes each sentence.
  1. Ice hockey...
    1. has become part of the Canadian fabric.
    2. is the roughest sport in the world.
    3. is played all over the world.
    4. is carved on Egyptian pottery.

  2. Great hockey players...
    1. know exactly how the game originated.
    2. all play in the NHL.
    3. make more of an impression on Canadians than do many of its politicians.
    4. practice long and hard to make it to the NHL.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ
If you can, answer these questions from memory. If you cannot, look back at the article.
  1. What combination of skills make a good hockey player?
  2. From where did the game of hockey originate?
  3. Which Canadian teams have won the Stanley Cup?
  4. What is unusual about some hockey players and prime ministers?
REMEMBERING DETAILS
Write TRUE or FALSE under each statement. If the statement is false, write the statement correctly.
  1. Teams use long-handled brooms to sweep a ball into each other's goal.
  2. Ball and stick games are a recent invention.
  3. Montreal and Toronto are the only Canadian cities to ever win the Stanley Cup.
  4. Winning the Stanley Cup has been the true test of greatness for many of Canada's hockey legends.


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