READING AND WRITING
REVIEW
Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to
numbers 1-5. There is one example.
adventures a cave strange newspaper
cookies looking for bridge a festival
channel strange
Richard is a brave boy and he loves going on mini…adventures… with his pet dog
Bruno. They are really interested in (1)....................new things and new places.
One day, Bruno came back home with a strange ball in his mouth. He gave the
ball to Richard when Richard was watching a kids‟ (2) .................... and his dad was
reading a newspaper. „Look, Dad! There is a name on this ball‟, Richard said. „Let
me see. “Robert”. I think it‟s a boy‟s name‟. Dad felt so surprised and said, „I
think I‟ve just seen that name somewhere in this (3) ....................Dad quickly
turned back to the page on which there was a story about a boy named Robert.
„This boy, named Robert too, got lost when he was going on a field trip through
(4) ....................with his classmates‟, Dad said. „No-one could find him until now‟.
Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to
numbers 1-5. There is one example.
adventures a cave strange newspaper cookies
looking for bridge a festival channel strange
Richard wanted to help Robert so he and his dad met a policeman and told this
policeman about the ball which Bruno found.
„Please show us the way to the place where you got this ball‟, Richard told Bruno.
Richard, Dad and the two policemen followed Bruno. They found Robert in the
forest. He was safe but tired and hungry. Richard gave Robert some (5) ...............
and Bruno walked with everyone to take Robert home.
The best title for this story is: ...................
A. An interesting news
B. What a clever dog!
C. A fun festival.
Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.
Swans
Swans are large birds …with…a long neck, large wings and a white or black body.
Swans live mostly (1) ............. ponds, lakes and rivers. They can fly but they don‟t
often fly far from their home lakes. A swan can sleep on the ground or water.
These large (2) ............ love eating plants and insects in the water. People should
not (3) ............ bread to swans because it is not good for their health.
Example: with for to
1. on to under
2. bird birds a bird
3. feed feeds fed
Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.
Swans
A mother swan lays three to nine eggs each time. Swans keep their eggs safe by (4) ……
their strong wings to make others stay away from (5) …………. nests. A mother swan sits
on her eggs (6)……………. her babies, called „cygnets‟, come out of the eggs. It usually
takes the cygnets six weeks or longer (7) ………… do that. The cygnets will live with their
mum (8) …………the first six months before they can leave „home‟ and live on their own.
Swans are beautiful and nice animals (9) ………… they will become unfriendly and
dangerous when they are frightened. Children shouldn‟t get too close to them to
(10)…………safe.
4. use uses using
5. their its her
6. until for since
7. to for with
8. on to for
9. but so because
10. be is to be
Read and write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can
use 1, 2, 3, 4 words.
What a wonderful birthday!
Emma‟s grandparents are living in America so Emma can‟t meet them very often.
„Shall we visit Grandpa William and Grandma Susan next November, Mum?‟, asked Emma.
„We haven‟t seen them for two years‟. „Of course! We will go to Grandma Susan‟s 80th
birthday party on the 28th of November‟, said Mum.
Emma‟s grandma is an artist. Her paintings have appeared in many movies, newspapers and
magazines. Emma is really interested in collecting Grandma Susan‟s pictures from
magazines. She has cut all of those pictures and kept them in her notebook since she was
ten. She decided to give that notebook as a present to Grandma Susan this time.
Emma‟s family arrived in America on a foggy morning, but they were excited. They took a
taxi to Emma‟s grandparents‟ house. When they got there, Aunt Helen‟s children were
helping her prepare dinner. Emma helped them make pizzas. They chatted happily while
they were cooking.
Read and write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can
use 1, 2, 3, 4 words.
Questions:
[Link] William is ............
[Link] likes ............ that have information about Grandma
Susan‟s paintings.
[Link] wanted to give her special ............ to her grandma.
[Link] was ............ when Emma‟s family got to America, but it
didn't make them sad.
[Link]‟s aunt and cousins were ............ when she came.
Read the letter and choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
Dear Grandma Betty,
I‟m writing to you from a hotel in London now. We‟ve …just… come back after a long
day walking around the city. I feel so sad that you couldn‟t go (1) ………… us so I‟m
sending you a photo that my family and Uncle George‟s family took (2) …………. we were
visiting a famous bridge in London, (3) ……… the Tower Bridge this morning.
Everything has been great but the weather has not been very nice. It is often foggy
(4) ………….cold this season. But I think tomorrow is going to be a wonderful day
because we are going on an adventure to the old castles outside London.
We will stay in London (5) …………. December 15th, and then we‟ll go home and spend
Christmas with you.
See you soon. Kiss you!
Josh
Example: yet just never
1. with for to
2. where when which
3. call calling called
4. and but so
5. until when since
Look at the three pictures. Unscramble the words to write about the story.
1. a/ were/ A / girl/ up/ mountain./ boy/ and / climbing/ a
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. and / had/ to/ A/ they/ stay /came/ a cave./ storm/ in
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
[Link]/ decided/ they/ Then/ to / instead./ explore/ cave
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Goodbye!
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