Exercise 1
Read a story and complete the sentences — practice for the Cambridge A2 Flyers Writing Part 5 exam.
Before You Start
Read the whole story first. Then read the sentences — they are in the same order as the story, so answer them from top to bottom. The answer words are usually in the story, so find the right part and copy them carefully. Always check your spelling.
thirsty — when you want to drink something.
a race — when people run to see who is fastest.
fall / fell over — to fall down onto the ground.
hurt — when a part of your body feels pain.
a farmer — a person who works on a farm with animals.
a field — a big open piece of land, often with grass.
Read the Story
Mr Park’s class visit a castle
Paul’s class at school are studying castles in history. So last week their history teacher, Mr Park, took them to visit an old castle on a hill next to the sea. They went by bus and stopped at the bottom of the hill.
Mr Park pointed to the castle at the top of the hill and said, ‘There is no road up there so we have to walk.’
The children were tired and thirsty when they arrived at the castle. But Mr Park had juice for all of them. It was very interesting because Mr Park showed them all the different parts of the castle and explained its history.
On the way down the hill, Paul’s friends said, ‘Let’s have a race.’ So Paul and his friends started to run.
‘Stop running!’ shouted Mr Park. But the boys ran faster and faster and then Paul fell over and hurt his leg. It wasn’t broken, but he couldn’t walk very well.
Mr Park saw a farmer on his horse in a field. He went to speak to him and the farmer let Paul ride his big brown horse down the hill to the bus.
‘Sorry we didn’t listen to you on the hill,’ Paul said to Mr Park, ‘but we listened in the castle. It was great! Can we come again?’
Practice
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These help you find the answer — they don’t give it to you.
1. How did the class travel to the castle? Look near the start of the story.
2. The first sentence names two places — one comes just after “and”.
3. The children were tired and thirsty. What did Mr Park have for them?
4. Inside the castle, what did Mr Park show the children?
5. Going down the hill, what did Paul and his friends decide to do?
6. Paul fell over while running. What happened to his body?
7. How did Paul get back to the bus? Who helped him, and what animal did he ride?
Extra Practice
Reading & Writing
You have to write the correct word next to each definition.
- A2 Flyers Reading Practice: Exercise 11 Guide
- Exercise 1 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 10 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 2 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 3 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 4 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 5 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 6 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 7 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 8 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
- Exercise 9 (A2 Flyers Reading Part 1)
A short conversation between two people.
A text with some missing words (gaps) in it (a noun, adjective or verb).
A text with some missing words (gaps).
A complete story, and seven sentences about the story.
A text from a letter or diary with five gaps.
Children write a story based on three pictures.
Listening & Speaking
A big picture which shows people doing things.
A short conversation between two people.
Two sets of pictures.
Five short conversations.
You will hear a conversation about a picture between two people.
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