Vocabulary 2 Read the descriptions of some words about food and health. Complete the words. There is one space for each letter in the word. The first letter is already there.
Example:
0 When you have this, your head hurts.
h e a d a c h e
6 Cheese, meat and fish are examples of this. protein
p __ __ __ __ __ __ [1]
7 When you have a cold, you can get this.
b __ __ __ __ __ __ nose blocked [1]
8 Food is important because it gives us this. energy
e __ __ __ __ __ [1]
9 Rice, bread and pasta are in this food group. grains
g __ __ __ __ s and cereals [1]
10 When people get this they can feel itchy and sick. allergic a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ reaction [1]
Reading 1 Read the text and the sentences below. Are the sentences true or false? Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false.
Painting a wall at school
At our school, our playground looked a bit boring, so our teachers asked everyone for ideas to make it look more exciting. One student had a great idea: we could all paint pictures on one of the school walls. Each class did a different section of the wall on a different day. One class chose to paint children playing, and another class chose to paint a rainbow. My class decided to paint dinosaurs for our section. First, we had to draw the dinosaurs on pieces of paper. Next, we decided where to put all the different dinosaurs on the wall. Then we went outside into the playground and started painting our huge picture on the wall. I painted a big dinosaur, a Brachiosaurus, eating leaves from a tall tree. Another student in my class painted a Tyrannosaurus Rex. That was my favourite. Now the wall is finished, it looks amazing and really colourful, and it makes us all feel happy, even when it’s raining!
Example:
0 The teachers liked the playground. F
21 Painting a wall was a student’s idea. [1]
22 Everyone in the school painted dinosaurs. [1]
23 Before going outside, the students designed their picture. [1]
24 The best dinosaur painting was a Brachiosaurus. [1]
25 The wall only looks nice when the weather is good. [1]
Reading 2 Read the text and the questions below. For each question circle the correct answer.
Running and picking up rubbish
My name’s Luke. I’m eleven years old and I live in Brighton, a city in England. All my family love sport and we like going running together on Saturday afternoons. Brighton is on the coast, and people love coming here to swim and play games on the beach. When they go home, some people leave rubbish like plastic bottles, paper or cans behind. It makes me angry because if this rubbish goes into the sea, it’s dangerous for fish and anything else that lives in the water. Some people say that 80% of the plastic in the world’s oceans comes from rubbish that people threw away on land. So we decided that we should do something to help with this problem. Now, when my parents, my sister and I go running, each of us carries a plastic bag. When we see any rubbish on the ground, we stop and pick it up. We always wear gloves to protect our hands. There’s usually some rubbish in the street, and the park that we run through, but most of it is on the beach. Then, when we get home, we empty our bags and recycle the cans, plastic, paper and glass. We use the same plastic bags every time we go running, of course!
Example:
0 How often do Luke and his family go running?
a every day b every week c every month
26 Why is Luke upset about the rubbish on the beach? [1]
a He’s worried about sea animals. b He thinks it should be in the sea. c He’s scared it’s dangerous for him.
27 How many plastic bags do Luke’s family take with them? [1] a 1 b 2 c 4
28 Why do Luke’s family wear gloves when they’re running? [1]
a so their hands don’t get cold b so they don’t hurt themselves c so they don’t drop the rubbish
a only on the beach b in many different places c in all the parks
30 At home, what do Luke’s family do with the plastic bags they were carrying? [1] a They keep them. b They recycle them. c They use them for their own rubbish.
Writing 2 Write about a place that you like. It can be a real place or a fictional place. Where is the place? Describe the place. Who goes to this place?
