Year 5 English Comprehension: The Adventure of Luna and the Magic Paintbrush

The Story

Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a girl named Luna. Luna was a kind-hearted girl who loved to paint. She would spend hours in her little garden, using her imagination to create beautiful pictures of the flowers, trees, and the sky. But Luna wished for something special: she wanted her paintings to come to life!

One sunny morning, while exploring an old attic, Luna found a dusty, wooden paintbrush. It sparkled in the sunlight and seemed to hum with energy. Excited, she took it outside to try.

Luna dipped the paintbrush into her favourite blue paint and made a big, swirly ocean on the canvas. To her surprise, as soon as she finished, the ocean began to shimmer and wave! Luna gasped in amazement as tiny fish jumped out of the painted water and danced around her.

“This is incredible!” she shouted, her heart racing with joy. Luna painted a small boat next to the ocean. As soon as she finished, the boat popped out of the canvas, ready to sail.

“Let’s go on an adventure!” Luna said to the fish. They all jumped into the boat, and soon they were sailing across the wide, blue ocean. The sun was shining, and the wind was blowing gently through her hair.

Suddenly, they spotted a mysterious island in the distance. “Let’s go there!” Luna exclaimed. As they approached the island, they saw that it was filled with giant trees, sparkling waterfalls, and colourful flowers.

Luna decided to paint the island. She painted a tall tree with bright, red apples. When she finished, the apples fell from the painting and landed in her hands!

“Wow! This magic paintbrush is amazing!” Luna said, taking a big bite of the apple. It was sweet and juicy.

After exploring the island, Luna decided it was time to return home. She painted a path back to her village and, in no time, she was back in her garden.

Luna looked at her magic paintbrush. She knew it was a special gift, and she promised to use it wisely. From that day on, she painted wonderful things that brought joy to everyone in her village. They all loved her paintings, and Luna became known as the girl with the magic paintbrush.

And so, Luna learned that with a little imagination and a special gift, she could bring happiness to everyone around her.

Questions to Check Understanding

1. What did Luna find in the attic?
2. What did Luna wish for?
3. How did the ocean react when Luna painted it?
4. What did Luna paint after the ocean?
5. What did Luna and the fish do on the ocean?
6. What did Luna see when they sailed to the island?
7. What fruit did Luna paint?
8. How did the apples come to her?
9. What did Luna promise to do with her magic paintbrush?
10. How did the villagers feel about Luna’s paintings?
11. What was special about the paintbrush?
12. What did Luna learn from her adventure?
13. Did Luna paint only for herself?
14. What did the fish do when they jumped out of the ocean?
15. What kind of girl was Luna?
16. What was the weather like on the day of the adventure?
17. What did Luna use to paint the ocean?
18. What did the magic paintbrush allow Luna to do?
19. Did Luna sail alone?
20. Where did the adventure take place?

Questions to Check Vocabulary

1. What does “kind-hearted” mean?
2. What does it mean to “explore”?
3. What is a “canvas”?
4. What does “gasped” mean?
5. What does “mysterious” mean?
6. What does “shimmer” mean?
7. What is an “adventure”?
8. What does “imagination” mean?
9. What does “sparkling” mean?
10. What is the meaning of “delighted”?
11. What does “breathe” mean?
12. What does “pop out” mean in this context?
13. What does “sail” mean?
14. What does “promised” mean?
15. What does “wonderful” mean?
16. What does “joy” mean?
17. What does “village” mean?
18. What does “energy” mean?
19. What does “react” mean?
20. What is a “gift”?

Questions to Check Grammar

1. Identify the subject in the sentence: “Luna painted a big, swirly ocean.”
2. What is the verb in the sentence: “The apples fell from the painting.”
3. Change the sentence to the past tense: “Luna finds a magic paintbrush.”
4. What is the plural form of “fish”?
5. Combine these two sentences: “Luna loved to paint. She spent hours in her garden.”
6. Identify the adjective in the sentence: “The bright apples were delicious.”
7. Rewrite the sentence using a conjunction: “Luna painted the ocean. She painted a boat.”
8. What is the opposite of “kind-hearted”?
9. Rewrite this sentence in the future tense: “Luna explores the island.”
10. Change the sentence to a question: “Luna found a magic paintbrush.”
11. Add an adverb to the sentence: “Luna painted the ocean.”
12. What is the subject in the question: “Where did Luna go?”
13. What tense is the sentence in: “Luna was happy”?
14. Identify the pronoun in the sentence: “She painted a tree.”
15. Make this sentence negative: “Luna loves apples.”
16. What is the subject in the sentence: “The fish jumped out”?
17. Change the verb to past tense: “Luna sails across the ocean.”
18. What is the object in the sentence: “Luna painted a boat”?
19. Identify the preposition: “Luna sat on the boat.”
20. What is the subject in the sentence: “The magic paintbrush glowed”?

Questions to Check Punctuation

1. Where does the capital letter go in: “luna found a magic paintbrush”?
2. What punctuation mark ends a statement?
3. How do you show possession in the phrase “Luna’s paintbrush”?
4. What punctuation should be used for the question: “Where are we going”?
5. Where does the comma go in this sentence: “Luna, the girl with the paintbrush, was happy”?
6. What does a full stop indicate?
7. How do you use quotation marks when someone speaks?
8. Where should the exclamation mark go in: “What a beautiful painting”?
9. How do we show a pause in a sentence?
10. What punctuation mark is needed in: “The apples were red they were delicious”?
11. Where does a question mark go in: “Luna painted a tree”?
12. How do we indicate a list in a sentence?
13. What punctuation is used before a direct quote?
14. Where does the full stop go in: “Luna was excited”?
15. How do we show that something is important using punctuation?
16. What is the purpose of a semi-colon?
17. How do you use an apostrophe for contractions?
18. Where should the comma go in: “After the adventure Luna returned home”?
19. How do you show that a word is quoted directly?
20. What punctuation should be at the end of this sentence: “Luna loves painting”?

Answers and Explanations

Answers to Check Understanding

1. A dusty, wooden paintbrush.
2. She wanted her paintings to come to life.
3. It began to shimmer and wave.
4. A boat.
5. They sailed across the ocean.
6. A mysterious island.
7. Bright, red apples.
8. They fell into her hands.
9. To use it wisely.
10. They loved her paintings.
11. It could bring paintings to life.
12. She learned to bring happiness to others.
13. No, she painted for everyone.
14. They danced around her.
15. She was kind-hearted.
16. It was sunny.
17. Blue paint.
18. To create living paintings.
19. No, she was with the fish.
20. In a village.

Answers to Check Vocabulary

1. Kind-hearted means caring and nice.
2. To explore means to look around.
3. A canvas is a surface for painting.
4. Gasped means to take a quick breath in surprise.
5. Mysterious means something that is not easily understood.
6. Shimmer means to shine with a flickering light.
7. An adventure is an exciting experience.
8. Imagination means the ability to create ideas in your mind.
9. Sparkling means shining brightly.
10. Delighted means very happy.
11. Breathe means to take air in and out of the lungs.
12. Pop out means to suddenly appear.
13. Sail means to travel on water in a boat.
14. Promised means to make a promise.
15. Wonderful means very good.
16. Joy means happiness.
17. A village is a small community.
18. Energy means the ability to do work.
19. React means to respond to something.
20. A gift is something given to someone.

Answers to Check Grammar

1. “Luna” is the subject.
2. “Fell” is the verb.
3. “Luna found a magic paintbrush.”
4. The plural form is “fish.”
5. “Luna loved to paint, and she spent hours in her garden.”
6. “Bright” is the adjective.
7. “Luna painted the ocean, and then she painted a boat.”
8. The opposite is “unkind.”
9. “Luna will explore the island.”
10. “Did Luna find a magic paintbrush?”
11. “Luna painted the ocean beautifully.”
12. “Where did Luna go?” has the subject “Luna.”
13. It is in the past tense.
14. “She” is the pronoun.
15. “Luna does not love apples.”
16. “The fish” is the subject.
17. “Luna sailed across the ocean.”
18. “A boat” is the object.
19. “On” is the preposition.
20. “The magic paintbrush” is the subject.

Answers to Check Punctuation

1. Luna should be capitalised: “Luna found a magic paintbrush.”
2. A full stop ends a statement.
3. Apostrophe: “Luna’s paintbrush.”
4. Question mark: “Where are we going?”
5. Comma goes: “Luna, the girl with the paintbrush, was happy.”
6. A full stop indicates the end of a sentence.
7. Use quotation marks to show spoken words.
8. Exclamation mark: “What a beautiful painting!”
9. Use a comma to indicate a pause.
10. Comma needed: “The apples were red, and they were delicious.”
11. Question mark goes at the end: “Where is Luna going?”
12. Use commas to separate items in a list.
13. Use a comma before a direct quote.
14. Full stop goes here: “Luna was excited.”
15. Use an exclamation mark for importance.
16. A semi-colon connects two related sentences.
17. Apostrophes show contractions: “It’s” for “it is.”
18. Comma goes: “After the adventure, Luna returned home.”
19. Quotation marks show direct quotes.
20. A full stop at the end: “Luna loves painting.”

This story and the accompanying questions are designed to help you understand reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation in a fun and engaging way! Enjoy the adventure with Luna and her magic paintbrush!