A2 Flyers Test #11 - Reading & Writing
2/14/2020 3:47:00 PMLook and read. Choose the correct words from the box and fill in the blank.
| a pyramid | a station | a shelf |
| a fork | an envelope | a pizza |
| a restaurant | a firefighter | scissors |
| an artist | gloves | a butterfly |
| a ring | a swing | an ambulance |
Example: This famous round food has cheese and tomatoes on top, and people often cut it into 8 pieces. a pizza
You can put your books or small toys on this flat piece of wood on the wall.
Children love to sit on this seat in the playground and go up and down in the air.
This is a very old, big stone building in the desert. You can see some famous ones in Egypt.
If a house is burning, this person comes and puts water on it to stop it.
This is a small insect with four beautiful big wings with many colours.
You hold these in your hand to cut a large piece of paper into smaller pieces.
You sit at a table here, look at a menu, and wait for a person to bring your dinner.
You put a letter inside this to send it to your friends or family members.
This person uses a brush and many different colours to draw beautiful pictures to look at.
This is a busy place with different platforms. People go there to catch trains and travel to another city.
Grace is talking to her son, Hugo, about joining a new space club. What does Hugo say to his mother?
Read the conversation and choose the best answer. Write a letter (A-H) for each answer. You do not need to use all the letters.
A. No, but I’ve watched a programme about them on television.
B. It’s at the science college near the park.
C. I usually look at the sky with my friends.
D. It says the classes are on Saturday mornings.
E. Yes, please! I’d like to do that very much. (Example)
F. Because she is too small for that.
G. But that’s a long time from now. Can’t we go tomorrow?
H. No, she isn’t, Mum! She knows a lot about the planets.
Grace: Hugo, I found this paper about a new space club. Would you like to join?
Hugo: E
Grace: They build model spaceships at this club. Have you ever made one?
Hugo:
Grace: I haven’t brought my glasses. What time does the class start?
Hugo:
Grace: OK. Well, your sister Alice is too young for science classes, I think.
Hugo:
Grace: Really? I’ll ask your dad to drive us then. Where is the club?
Hugo:
Grace: Excellent. We need to buy some glue and plastic for the models, and then we can start next weekend.
Hugo:
Read the story. Choose a word from the box to fill in each blank.
| untidy (example) | pushed | pockets | terrible | shelves | surprised | afraid | dropped | lost | found |
Last Sunday, the living room in Fred's house was very untidy. There were dirty clothes, old games, and comic books everywhere.
"Please clean this room today," Mum said.
Fred and his younger sister, Daisy, didn't want to do it, but they started to work. They picked up the clothes and put their comic books on the .
Next, Fred had to clean the floor. He carefully the heavy sofa away from the wall to clean behind it. Suddenly, he saw something gold on the floor. He picked it up and was very because it was a gold ring!
"Mum, come here quickly!" Fred shouted loudly. "Look what we under the sofa!"
Mum ran into the room and smiled. It was the ring that she last week, so she was very happy.
"Thank you, children," she said. "The room looks very clean now. You worked very hard, so we can have a large pizza for lunch!" Fred and Daisy felt great.
Now choose the best name for this story:
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
The Moon
The Moon is a large, beautiful object that travels (0) around our planet, Earth. It is the brightest thing in the dark night sky. But the Moon does not make its own light. The light we see comes the Sun.
When we look up, the Moon looks very small. people think that the Moon is a small star, but it is actually of rock and dust. Because there is no air or water, plants and animals live on it. If you look closely, you can large holes and high mountains.
The Moon is close to Earth, but it takes days to travel there. In the past, astronauts to the Moon in a rocket. They walked the dusty ground and took many interesting photos.
Scientists hope that we build a special station on the Moon one day. Then, astronauts can stay there any problems for a long time. Learning about space is always an amazing adventure!
Read the story. Write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 words.
Robert's amazing holiday in space
Most children go to the beach for their summer holidays, but Robert's family did something completely different that year. Robert's parents were both astronauts, so they decided to have a holiday in space. In July, the family got into a huge rocket and flew away from Earth. Robert was very excited because he wanted to travel through space and visit a new planet.
When they landed on the strange planet, Robert looked outside. Everything was different. The sky was purple, and there were beautiful clouds that looked like white stars. The family quickly put up a big tent to sleep in. In the afternoon, a storm started, but there was no rain. Instead, lots of colourful sweets fell from the purple sky. Robert and his parents laughed and ate some of the delicious sweets.
In the middle of the night, Robert heard a strange noise outside the tent. He woke his parents, and they all took their torches and looked outside together. Suddenly, Robert saw a green alien with three large eyes. He was frightened at first, but the alien smiled and was very friendly. It gave Robert a bottle of purple juice.
Robert thanked the friendly alien. He used his phone to take a photo of it. Then, he decided to show the picture to his best friend when he got back to Earth. Robert thought it was the most amazing summer holiday ever.
Because Robert's parents were , the family could travel into space.
The beautiful clouds on the planet looked like .
Instead of rain, came down from the sky.
Robert heard a while he was sleeping in the tent.
The alien Robert saw had three .
Robert received a bottle of from the alien.
Robert planned to show the photo to his when he came back to Earth.
Read the text and write the missing words. Write ONE WORD in each blank.
Have you ever been to a big circus with your family? If you have, what do you like best there? Today, more and children are becoming interested learning how to do exciting things at a circus. Some children may want to join a circus school to learn how to be a clown or ride special bikes. No matter you choose, trying new things will make you feel happy. Many children like being a clown it is cheap and easy to practise at home with their friends. This new hobby will also bring you a of fun in your free time.
Look at the three pictures. Write about this story. Write 20 or more words.
