A2 Flyers Test #40 - Reading & Writing
11/12/2020 3:26:00 PMLook and read. Choose the correct words from the box and fill in the blank.
| tomorrow | elbows | maths |
| a competition | baseball | a group |
| a channel | secretaries | a lift |
| plastic | wishes | a mother |
| a kangaroo | steps | cereal |
Example: When several people or friends stand or walk together in one place, we call them this. a group
This grown-up woman has a child and cares for her family. She gives love, help, and teaches lessons to her child as they grow up.
This big wild animal lives in Australia and can jump very high on its strong back legs.
You eat this food from a bowl with cold milk, usually when you wake up in the morning.
This is an exciting game or event. People try hard to be the best and win a prize in it.
This is the day after today. If today is Monday, you call Tuesday with this.
In this sport, players use a long wooden bat to hit a ball, and then they run fast.
Many cheap toys and water bottles are made of this because it does not break easily.
You have two of these parts in the middle of your arms so you can bend them.
You learn this subject at school by working with numbers and shapes to find the right answers.
When you are tired of walking, a friend might give you this in their car to take you home.
William didn’t go to the club yesterday. William is asking his friend Sarah some questions about the play. What does Sarah say?
Read the conversation and choose the best answer. Write a letter (A-H) for each question. You do not need to use all the letters.
A. I’d love to. Let’s get our bikes!
B. No, it wasn’t very difficult.
C. Striped trousers, a white shirt and a silver belt.
D. I’m really glad to hear that, William.
E. We watched a great video about actors.
F. I know. I hope your tooth isn’t sore today. (Example)
G. Some umbrellas and plastic crowns.
H. Yes, he brought the costumes and some other things for us to see.
William: Hi, Sarah. I couldn’t come to the theatre club yesterday afternoon.
Sarah: F
William: Yes, my tooth feels much better now.
Sarah:
William: Did our teacher tell everyone what to bring for the play?
Sarah:
William: What kind of costumes are we going to wear?
Sarah:
William: And what about the other things?
Sarah:
William: Thanks! Would you like to come to my house and practise now?
Sarah:
Read the story. Choose a word from the box to fill in each blank.
| breakfast (example) | angry | walk | diary | drive | piano | magazine | another | cook | tennis |
Every morning, Betty’s alarm clock rings at half past six. She gets out of bed and goes downstairs to eat breakfast with her parents. They usually have bread and eggs.
Betty’s house is very near her school, so she never takes the bus. She and her best friend, Lucy, always there together. They love talking about their lessons.
When classes finish at three o'clock, Betty doesn't go home. She goes to the school music club. She is learning to play the and practising her songs.
Later, when she gets home, Betty goes into the kitchen to help her mother. They dinner for the family. After dinner, Betty and her family watch TV and talk to one in the living room! Before Betty goes to sleep, she writes in her about all the fun things that happened that day!
Now choose the best name for this story:
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Life under the sea
Our planet has five large oceans, and they are (0) full of amazing life. Many different plants and animals live together in these deep waters.
The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world, it swims in the ocean. Some parts of the sea are places thousands of colourful fish live together. Some small fish quickly hide in the rocks they feel afraid of bigger hungry fish.
You can easily see different kinds of amazing sea creatures there. Dolphins are very clever animals, and love to jump and play in the high waves.
If you look carefully at interesting sea world, you will learn a lot. Some ocean animals only wake up night to slowly look for their food. Octopuses like to move quietly the dark stones on the ocean sand.
In the past, people the bottom of the sea was empty. Now we know that we find beautiful life everywhere under the water!
Read the story. Write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 words.
The clever mountain goat
Last winter, Emma and Tom went to stay at their Uncle Ben's house in the mountains. One morning, the weather was very cold and snowy. Uncle Ben sat in the living room and drank hot tea by the fire. The two children went outside to the garden. They played in the snow and made a big snowman.
Then, Tom saw a path near the house. It went into a forest at the bottom of the mountain. The forest was very quiet. Tom said, 'Let's walk in there and look for some wild rabbits. Come on, Emma! I'll go first.' The children walked into the forest, but soon a lot of fog came.
The children couldn't see the path to go home. They felt very afraid and cold in the forest. Suddenly, Emma heard a noise. It was a white goat! The mountain animal was very clever. It walked slowly in front of them and showed them the way out of the forest.
Soon, they were safely back in the garden. When they told Uncle Ben about the clever goat, he gave the animal some carrots. But he looked angry. 'You can't watch your favourite cartoon after lunch!' Uncle Ben said. 'It was very naughty to walk in the forest in the fog.' 'We're very sorry, Uncle Ben,' the children said. 'We won't do it again.'
Emma and Tom made in the garden.
The path near the house went to a forest at the .
The children wanted to find some .
Emma and Tom couldn't find the path to go home because there was a lot of .
In the forest, the children felt .
Uncle Ben gave the goat because it helped the children go home.
Uncle Ben was angry, so the children couldn't after their lunch.
Read the text and write the missing words. Write ONE WORD in each blank.
Dear Oliver,
How are things? I visited a new wildlife park last Saturday. The animals there were fantastic! I some wild monkeys. I could not stop laughing when a small monkey threw a big banana the pond. That was very funny! Do you want to visit it me? It is only three days until you come to stay with my family. I am so excited! What kind of should we play together? Is there a good playground you live? It is very windy here, so don't forget to bring your jacket!
Best wishes,
Harry.
Look at the three pictures. Write about this story. Write 20 or more words.
