Kim’s picture – 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.

Kim’s picture

My brother, Nick, has a small green frog. He’s called Kim. Kim goes to school every day with Nick, and all the ………children……… in Nick’s classroom know him. Nick (1)…………… him there carefully in his bag with his books and his (2)…………… for the bus. Kim sits on Nick’s desk. Sometimes, he’s naughty! Yesterday, he tried to (3)…………… Nick’s rubber and pencils. The frog enjoys all the lessons, but when the children do painting he likes that best.

Yesterday, Kim looked at Nick’s painting. He wanted to paint too! He put his two (4)…………… in the red paint and then jumped on Nick’s picture. The teacher saw this and (5)…………… . ‘Nick and Kim, your painting is great!’ she said. Nick was very happy. ‘Who’s the best frog in the (6)……………?’ he asked loudly. ‘Kim!’ all his friends said.

Exercise 2

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

      The boy with black hair is carrying a rabbit.     ………yes………

      There are five children in the pet shop.     ………no………

Questions

1   The white cat is bigger than the grey cat.     ………………..

2   One of the girls is giving a banana to the parrot.     ………………..

3   A woman is buying a brown duck.     ………………..

4   The tall man is catching some green lizards.     ………………..

5   There are more mice than cats in this shop.     ………………..

6   The boy with red hair is watching some snakes.     ………………..