Reading Test

Last Friday after school, Sandy, a twelve-year-old girl, decided

to make a cake for her brothers birthday party. Tom is eight years
younger than her, but she loves him a lot.
After she bought eggs, milk, oil and some flour, she started
making the cake. It was hard because it was her first cake. Her mother
was beside her to encourage and help her. She prepared the oven* and
the plates, but the daughter did everything else. The cake was big and
delicious.
In the end, everybody enjoyed the cake and Tom kissed and
thanked his sister. As for Sandy, she was very happy because she did
something remarkable that day.
*the oven :

BASE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE TEXT

I. COMPREHENSION
A. Answer these question
1. How many siblings has Sandy got?

2. How old is Tom?

3. Why did Sandy decide to make a cake?

4. When did she start making the cake?

5. How was the cake?


B. Are these sentences True or False? Justify
1. Sandy is a student.

2. It was easy for Sandy to make the cake.

3. The mother helped her Sandy.

4. In the end, Tom was happy.


C. What do the underlined words in the text refer to ?
1. "him" (paragraph 1, line 2)
2. "she" (paragraph 2, line 3)
3. "the daughter" (paragraph 2, line 3)
4. "that day" (paragraph 3, line 2)

D. Find in the text words which mean the same as:
1. difficult (paragraph
2)
2. near (paragraph 2)
3. finally (paragraph
3)
4. interesting (paragraph
3)

E. Complete each sentence with one word.
1. Tom thanked his sister for the
2. In my opinion Sandy is a little girl.

II. WRITING
What did you do yesterday? Write a paragraph.
These questions may help you.
What time did you get up?
What did you do first?
What did you do after that?
When and how did you go to school?
What did you do at school? (study / play sport / go to the library / meet
and chat with friends / etc)
How did you feel?