Uncle Bill’s present – A1 English Reading Test

Look at the pictures and read the story. Write words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.

Uncle Bill’s present

My name’s Sally. Last Saturday, Bill, my favourite uncle, came to see us. He had a big square box in his car. He picked it up carefully and carried it to our garden. ‘What’s in the box?’ we asked. He said, ‘What do you think?’ My brother John said, ‘Some toys?’ and I said, ‘Some cakes?’

‘No,’ Bill said. ‘It’s not that.’

We had lunch and then Bill said, ‘I’d like to go shopping now!’

Examples

      Uncle Bill went to see Sally last ………Saturday……… .

      He brought a ………big square box……… with him in his car.

Questions

1   ‘Some …………………… are in that box,’ John thought.

2   After lunch, Bill wanted to …………………… .

Bill bought lots of things in our village. He came out of the first shop with two round boxes. Then he went to the pet shop and came out with a third box. It was bigger than the first two. Bill had to carry them home. ‘What’s inside? It’s very exciting!’ I said. ‘You must wait and see, Sally,’ answered Bill.

3   Bill went to the shops in …………………… that afternoon.

4   The second shop Bill went in was the …………………… shop.

5   The …………………… box was the biggest box.

6   …………………… carried the boxes back to Sally’s house.

In our garden, Bill said, ‘Open the boxes now.’ Mum opened the square one. There was a beautiful white duck inside! I opened the round ones. There was one bowl for the duck’s water and another for its food. John opened the biggest box. It was a duck’s house.

‘Thanks, Uncle Bill,’ we laughed. ‘Now we can have eggs for breakfast every morning!’

7   They opened all the boxes in Sally’s …………………… .

8   Inside the square box was a …………………… .

9   Inside the two …………………… boxes were two bowls.

10   The children were happy because they can eat …………………… for breakfast!