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1. Read and answer.
Lots and lots of people live in China. More than one
billion people live in china. People who live in China
are called Chinese. In China there is a very long wall.
It is the biggest and longest wall in the whole world.
It is more than three thousand kilometres long! It
is called The Great Wall of China. Lin comes from
China. Lin’s mother and father took her to see The Great Wall of China. They
walked along the top of it for a little way.
Questions:
a. What are people who live in China called?
……………………………..……………………………..
b. In China there is a very long ....................……………………………..
c. The wall is the longest in the whole ....................………………………
d. It is called The Great Wall of ….....................…………………………..
e. Lin saw the Wall with her mother and .......……………………………..
f. What did Lin do when she was at the Wall?
……………………………..……………………………..
2. Read and answer.
Ben is a little boy. He is 5 years old. Ben likes to play
with his truck and toy cars. The cars can go very fast.
When Ben plays with his cars he makes a sound like
this... “Vroom, vroom, vroom.” Ben has a sister. Her
name is Sally and she is 4 years old. Sally has a doll.
The name of Sally’s doll is Tammy. Sally likes to dress
Tammy in pretty clothes.
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Questions:
a. How old is Ben? Ben is (4/5/6) years old.
b. Ben likes to play with his (truck and blocks/dolls/cars).
c. How old is Sally? Sally is (4/5/6) years old.
d. WhatdoesSallyliketoplaywith?Shelikestoplaywith(hercar/herdoll/her
dog).
e. What is the name of Sally’s doll? It is (Tammy/Emma/Anna).
f. Who dresses Tammy? (Mother does/Sally does/Ben does)
g. What does Ben do when he plays with his cars?
……………………………..……………………………..
3. Read and answer.
Sam has a yellow ball. It is a bouncy, bouncy ball. When Sam
pats his ball to the ground it bounces right back up to his hand.
If Sam pats the ball softly it only bounces up a little bit. If he
pats it hard it bounces up high, about two metres!
Mike has a ball too. Mike’s ball is small and blue. Mike likes
to bounce his ball with both hands. If Mike’s ball hits a little
stone or stick it bounces away from him. Then he runs and
gets it and starts bouncing again.
Questions:
a. Sam’s ball can bounce up (one metre/two metres/three metres).
b. What colour is Sam’s ball? It is (yellow/blue/red)
c. Sam pats his ball with (one hand/both hands/ a bat).
d. Mike’s ball is (small/big/very big)
e. Sometimes Mike’s ball hits (a stick or sand/grass/stone)
f. What do you like to play with at home?
……………………………..……………………………..
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4. Read and answer.
One day the sun said to the moon, “I shine in the day so the
people on Earth can see.” “I give energy to all the plants and
animals. It takes Earth a whole year to go around me.”
The moon said, “I am sometimes in the sky in
the day time and I am sometimes in the sky at night.”
“I have lots of mountains and I also have big craters. I make
the tides in the sea. It takes me one month to go around
Earth.”
Questions:
a. The sun gives energy to animals and ……………………………..
b. What goes around the sun in one year?
……………………………..……………………………..
c. What is in the sky in the day or the night?
……………………………..……………………………..
d. The moon has craters and ……………………………..
e. What makes the tides in the sea?
……………………………..……………………………..
f. How long does the moon take to go around Earth?
……………………………..……………………………..
5. Read and answer.
One day in the forest a fox chased after a rabbit. The
rabbit hid behind a tree and the fox kept running.
“Where are you rabbit?” called the fox, “I want
to be your friend.” The rabbit knew that this was
one of the fox’s tricks so he called, “I’m over here
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next to the bee hive.” The hungry fox raced to the bee hive but there was no
rabbit....only a big swarm of bees. The fox sped off as fast as he could, with
the bees buzzing right behind him.
Questions:
a. Who hid behind a tree?
……………………………..……………………………..
b. Who was hungry?
……………………………..……………………………..
c. Was the rabbit next to the beehive? ............................................
d. What was at the beehive?
……………………………..……………………………..
e. What did the fox do when it got to the bee hive?
……………………………..……………………………..
f. What did the bees do?
……………………………..……………………………..
6. Read and answer.
Anna has a new bike. It is a shiny blue
colour. Anna’s brother Tim also has a
bike. Tim’s bike is silver. When Anna
and Tim ride their bikes they always
wear helmets. That’s because they know about road safety.
Questions:
a. What colour is Anna’s new bike?
……………………………..……………………………..
b. What is the name of Anna’s brother?
……………………………..……………………………..
c. What colour is Tim’s bike?
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d. Anna and Tim always wear a ……….when they ride their bikes.
e. Anna and Tim know about …………safety.
f. How is Anna’s bike different from Tim’s bike?
……………………………..……………………………..
7. Read and answer.
These are three fish. They are Finny, Tayla and Igor.
Finny has beautiful long fins that help her swim fast.
Tayla has a big tail that moves from side to side and it
helps her to go this way or that way. Igor has great big
eyes. Igor’s great big eyes help him to see where he is
going and they also help him to see big scary fish!
Questions:
a. What are the three fish called?
……………………………..……………………………..
b. Which fish has long fins?
……………………………..……………………………..
c. Which fish has great big eyes?
……………………………..……………………………..
d. Which fish has a big tail?
……………………………..……………………………..
e. Which of these fish would you most like to have as a pet?
……………………………..……………………………..
8. Read and answer.
Mermaid in folklore is a supernatural, sea-dwelling creature with the head
and upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of a fish. The
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mermaid is frequently described as appearing
above the surface of the water and combing
her long hair with one hand while holding a
mirror in the other. Mermaids, in the numerous
tales told of them, often foretell the future,
sometimes under compulsion; give supernatural powers to human beings;
or fall in love with human beings and entice their mortal lovers to follow
them beneath the sea. A similarity exists between the stories concerning
mermaids and those told about the Sirens.
Questions:
a. What is Mermaid?
……………………………..……………………………..
b. How is the mermaid described?
……………………………..……………………………..
c. What do the mermaids do according to tales?
……………………………..……………………………..
d. In which stories are there similarities?
……………………………..……………………………..
e. Who give supernatural power to human beings?
……………………………..……………………………..
f. Mermaid is a ..................................... creature.
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SYNONYMS
Word Synonym Word Synonym Word Synonym
start lovely quick fast
tiny begin pretty noisy talk speak
auto look taxi cab
bunny small loud home near close
angry clever yell shout
tired car see sick woman lady
smart wealthy happy glad
big rabbit house nasty angry mad
sprint halt desire want
end mad smart tidy value worth
candy middle cut chop
fast sleepy ill begin stone rock
depart useful honest truthful
intelligent rich
Word Word Antonym
good huge bad up down
day tall short
come run stop clean dirty
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sweet center
quick start
exit handy
ANTONYMS
Antonym Word Antonym
low
bad high fast
old
night slow
go new
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easy difficult beautiful ugly big small
strong weak old young happy sad
hot cold empty full sick healthy
brave nervous poor rich active inactive
several few last first early late
in out left right stop go
true false win lose love hate
lose gain give take pull push
always never add subtract all none
lock unlock whole part odd even
GENDER
Masculine Feminine Masculine feminine Masculine Feminine
man woman boy girl father mother
uncle aunt brother sister grandfa grand
ther mother
son daughter king queen
waiter waitress prince princess
nephew niece actor actress
master mistress father in mother in hero heroine
wizard witch law law
baron baroness author authoress gentleman lady
walk eat sir madam steward stewardess
type jump wizard witch
look cook count countess host hostess
VERBS
go play sing hit
dance sit sleep laugh
throw call send receive
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clean bark comb fly brush bark
mew do run follow chase drink
hop talk catch grab take get
watch dig dive fight cry ride
knock swim hide peel wash kiss
toss wink wave collect post stamp
cut chop ask answer reply pay
good happy ADJECTIVES
gentle big
neat tidy bad tall short kind
cold sunny small clean
spacious wide smart tiny huge warm
swallow tasty cloudy old
easy difficult narrow ugly hot deep
hard soft bitter busy
one two cozy new recent healthy
lonely foolish
three cruel fierce silver
comfortable able
helpful humorous
dull boring
red golden
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