Reading Test

            Last Friday after school, Sandy, a twelve-year-old girl, decided to make a cake for her brother’s 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.

I.     COMPREHENSION    

            A.     Answer these questions    

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 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:    

            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?