A2 Flyers Reading and Writing

Part 4
– 10 questions –
Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.

The hippo

an
Example This kind of animal has …………………………… interesting name.
We call it a hippo, but its long name is ‘hippopotamus’. Hippopotamus
1 …………………………… ‘river horse’. It has that name because
2 hippos spend lots …………………………… time in the water and
3 their ears look like horses’ ears. They like ……………………………
4 grass too. But hippos are much bigger ……………………………
5 horses. The only animal in the world that …………………………… a
bigger mouth is a whale! A hippo is sometimes a dangerous animal but
it is not always brave. It will often run to the water
6 …………………………… hide. When it’s swimming, its
7 nose, eyes and ears are above the water …………………………… it
can still smell, see and hear. When a hippo decides to go under the
water, it closes its nose and walks on the bottom of the river
8 …………………………… it can find plants to eat. It’s easy for a
9 hippo to stay under the water …………………………… eight
10 minutes! Hippos …………………………… not eat meat. Their
favourite food is river plants and different kinds of grass, and they
usually only eat at night.

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Example the an any

1 mean means meaning

2 off from of
3 eating eats eat
4 then after than
5 have has having

6 to into on
7 if so or

8 where how why

9 across by for
10 do shall are

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Part 6
– 5 questions –
Read the
the diary
diary and
andwrite
writethe
themissing
missingwords.
words.Write
Writeoneone
word on
word
each line.line.
on each

Friday

Example
was
Today …………………………… very interesting.
Peter Face, the famous actor, came to talk to us
1 …………………………… our school!
Peter is in some great television programmes. Mum and I always
2 like …………………………… him on TV.
3 He has …………………………… an actor since he was about
17. He talked about his new film, ‘Pirate Gold’, too. It will be in
4 cinemas …………………………… month.
He was very friendly. When he left, he gave our teacher three
5 DVDs of his films …………………………… our teacher is going
to show in film club.

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A2 Flyers Reading Part 4 10 marks

and Writing 1 means

2 of
Marking key 3 eating
4 than
5 has
( ) = Acceptable extra words are placed in
brackets 6 to

/ = A single slash is placed between 7 so

acceptable alternative words within 8 where
an answer
9 for
10 do
Part 1 10 marks
Part 5 7 marks
1 caves
1 breakfast(s)
2 an ambulance
2 (big) tiger (below her)
3 a dictionary
3 come / climb / go / get down
4 a waiter
4 (very) surprised
5 a desert
5 (just) outside a / the village
6 woods
6 afraid / frightened of
7 a dentist
7 exciting and (really) kind [in any order]
8 a postcard
9 a motorway Part 6 5 marks
10 a tyre 1 at / in

Part 2 5 marks 2 watching / seeing

3 been
1 E
4 this / next
2 A
5 which / that
3 C
4 H Part 7 5 marks
5 F Possible answers
(Low) Two friends went to the circus. The clown had
Part 3 6 marks two bikes. A girl rode one of the bikes and wore the
clown’s hat.
1 felt
(High) Sophia went with her friend Oliver to the
2 key
circus. They saw a clown with a lot of balloons
3 nicer outside the tent. Then they saw the clown on his
4 bridge bike in the tent. There was another bike that no-one
was riding. The clown asked Sophia to ride the bike.
5 sure He gave her his hat to wear too. Everyone thought
6 A new home for David Sophia and the clown were very funny.

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