Fred goes to town – A1 English Reading Test

Exercise 1

Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to numbers 1-6. There is one example.

Fred goes to town

Fred was an animal that lived in a zoo. Every morning, a man came to Fred’s house and ………washed……… him to make him nice and clean. Then he gave Fred (1)…………… to drink and some food. Sometimes he gave him (2)…………… to eat. Fred loved bananas and always wanted more! One day, the man didn’t (3)…………… the door well and Fred quietly walked out. The (4)…………… in the town were very surprised! Fred saw a supermarket and went in. He saw lots of bananas and started eating them. The man in the supermarket (5)…………… the zoo. ‘Your elephant is eating the food in our shop. Please come quickly!’ But Fred started walking home to the zoo. When he went back into his house again, he was tired but very (6)…………… . ‘I’ve had an exciting day,’ Fred thought.

Exercise 2

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

      There is a clock on the school wall.     ………yes………

      All the children are outside the school.     ………no………

Questions

1   Three girls are skipping.     ………………..

2   It’s a windy day and the leaves are flying off the trees.     ………………..

3   Two boys are climbing up one of the trees.     ………………..

4   A girl is playing on the squares.     ………………..

5   You can see twenty children in the playground.     ………………..

6   The boy sitting under the tree has got curly hair.     ………………..