Pat finds something in the forest – 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.

Pat finds something in the forest

Last Saturday, Mary and her brother, Nick, ………rode……… to the forest with their dog, Pat. They took Pat’s favourite ball with them. The children sat down by the river there and gave the ducks some bread. Then Mary (1)…………… the ball to Pat, but he didn’t catch it and it went behind some trees. Pat ran to get it but he came back with something different in his mouth. It was a woman’s (2)…………… ! Mary opened it carefully and then (3)…………… inside. She found a woman’s name and phone number. When they went (4)…………… , the children phoned the woman, then walked to her house.

‘Thank you!’ she said. ‘I lost this last week!’ She gave Mary and Nick some (5)…………… to eat and some lemonade to drink. And Pat had a very big (6)…………… of meat!

Exercise 2

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

      The baby is sitting on the grass and playing with a black and white sock.     ………yes………

      The older woman is giving the younger woman a towel.     ………no………

Questions

1   One of the girls has a fish on her sweater.     ………………..

2   There’s a blue shirt on the grass.     ………………..

3   The cat is running up the tree next to the house.     ………………..

4   The girl on the chair is reading a comic.     ………………..

5   One of the windows is round.     ………………..

6   Most of the clothes in this picture are red.     ………………..