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1 NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 1 REALITY/FANTASY EXAMPLE 1: The fish drove the car to the store. T his is fantasy . A f is h c an t dr ive in r eal lif e. EXAMPLE 2: We went to the baseball game. T his is r ealis tic. You could go to a baseball game in real lif e. READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING. WRITE R IF IT IS REALISTIC AND COULD REALLY HAPPEN. WRITE F IF IT IS FAN TASY AND COULD NOT REALLY HAPPEN. 1. Jody kicked the football over the top of my head. _____ 2. Meg bought four green balloons. _____ 3. Marty ate five tall mountains.

2 _____ A realistic story tells about things that could really happen. A fantasy tells about things that could not happen in real life. NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 2 REALITY/FANTASY READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. WRITE REALISTIC OR FAN TASY ON THE LINE. 1. The cat drove his motorcycle to the park. _____ 2. Our teacher gave us homework last night. _____ 3. The frog baked cookies for us to eat. _____ 4. I fle w to the top of the mountain with the hawk. _____ 5. I rode my bike to my Aunt Shelley s house. _____ NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 3 REALITY/FANTASY WRITE 2 reality SENTENCES.

3 1. _____ _____ 2. _____ _____ WRITE 2 FAN TASY SENTENCES. 3. _____ _____ 4. _____ _____ NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 4 REALITY/FANTASY READ THE FOLLOWING. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. Bert was very tired. He had been camping all weekend with his Aunt Dot and Unc le Bill. T hey had lef t on F r iday and dr iven f or thr ee hours. They went to a nice campground in the mountains. They had fished and swum all day on Saturday. They had cooked the fish on Saturday night, and sung songs around the campfire.

4 On Sunday morning, they ate a big breakfast and started the long trip home. 1. Is this story a realistic or a fantasy story? _____ 2. Could this story have really happened? _____ 3. Why do you think this? _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 5 REALITY/FANTASY READ THE STORY. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. In two days, Frankie would celebrate his sixth birthday. All he wanted for his birthday was a red bike. He had been swimming in the ocean since the day he was born. He was tired of swimming. He wanted to ride a bike. He woke up on his birthday and was surprised to find a red bike waiting for him.

5 It had a big blue bow on the handle. He was the only fish in the sea with a red bike! 1. Is this story a realistic or fantasy story? _____ 2. Could this story have really happened? _____ 3. Why do you think this? _____ _____ _____ _____ NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 6 IT S QUIZ TIME! READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. WRITE R IF IT IS A reality SENTENCE. WRITE F IF IT IS A FAN TASY SENTENCE. 1. _____ The cowboy rode a brown horse across the road. 2. _____ We painted the house yellow. 3. _____ The frog flew the blue airplane. 4. _____ My cat has eight baby kittens.

6 5. _____ The fish sang four songs for us. 6. _____ The snake got a haircut on Saturday. 7. _____ We learned about addition in class. 8. _____ The bird answered all the questions. NAME_____ DATE_____ abcteachit. com2002 7 ANSWER PAGE PAGE 1: 1. R 2. R 3. F PAGE 2: 1. fantasy 2. REALISTIC 3 . F ANT AS Y 4 . F ANT AS Y 5. REALISTIC P AGE 3 : ANS WERS WI LL VARY PAGE 4: 1. REALISTIC 2. YES 3 . ANS WERS WI LL VARY PAGE 5: 1. fantasy 2. NO 3 . ANS WERS WI LL VARY PAGE 6: 1.

7 R 2. R 3. F 4. R 5. F 6. F 7. R 8. F