Reading 5 form

SEMESTER I

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

ALL SEASONS ARE BEAUTIFUL


Teacher: Today we shall speak about seasons. There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer , autumn, winter, What is your favourite season?

Tom: My favourite season is autumn. It’s a beautiful season. The leaves in the trees are red, yellow, brown and green. It is warm in September. I can go for a walk. On the first of September I am glad to see my friends at school after the long summer holiday. In autumn there are a lot of vegetables and fruit. I like sweet pears.

Alice: I don’t like autumn. It’s a dull season. I don’t like when it rains. In October it is cold and it often rains, and we can’t go for a walk. I like summer. Summer is a bright season. The trees are green. It’s hot and I can swim in the river. I can play outdoors all day long. And I don’t go to school.

David: And my favourite season is winter. Winter is beautiful. The trees are white with snow. There is a lot of snow in the streets and in the parks. My friends and I can play snowballs and hockey. But most of all I like to ski.

Susan: I don’t like winter. It’s so cold in winter. It often snows. The sky is grey. The day are short and the nights are long. I like spring. The sun often shines, the sky is blue , birds singsong. In May the trees and grass are bright green. There are many beautiful flowers in May.

Teacher: Well, children, I think all seasons are good and beautiful. Everything is good its season.

I. Write the correct name:

1. ________likes snow.

2. ________doesn’t like rain.

3. ________likes sunshine.

4. ________likes swimming in hot days.

5. ________likes meeting friends after holidays.

6.________ likes colourful leaves.


II. True or False

__1. It snows in winter.

__2. October is an autumn month

__3. It’s hot in winter,

__4. We start school on the first of October.

__5. You can eat pears in autumn.

__6. The trees are bright green in May.



III. Answer the questions.


How many seasons are there in a year?


How many month are there in each seasons?


When can you play snowballs?


When can you swim in the river?


When can you eat many taste fruit and vegetables?


When can you see the first flowers?

IV. Describe your favourite season and weather.

SEMESTER II

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

GRANDMOTHER’S BIRTHDAY

Mary is a pupil of the sixth grade. She lives with her mother in a house in Sedov Street in Kiev. She has a grandmother and she loves her very much. But her grandmother doesn’t live with them. She lives in a house in Sokolov Street. Her house is rather beautiful and comfortable. It is near the park where there are many pretty flowers in spring and summer.

One day Mother says to Mary, “Today is your grandmother’s birthday. Put this cake and some nice apples into the basket and take them to your grandmother’s house. And do not stop on your way there”.1

Mary puts the cake and apples into the basket; then she takes it and goes out into the street. In the street she sees her friend Ann. Ann is a pupil too, but she is in the fifth grade. The girls walk on together2. Then they see a bench and sit down. They put the basket under the bench. They talk about their new toys, about their school, their lessons and many other things.

At that time a little dog sees the basket. It seems the nice cake3. The little dog looks at the basket and then jumps into it.

After some time Mary says, “Good-bye, Ann”. Then she takes the basket and goes to her grandmother’s house.

“Good morning,” she says. “Happy birthday to you, Granny dear! This cake and these apples are for you”. With these words she puts the basket on a chair, opens it and… sees a dog, but no cake and apples.

“And do not stop on your way there”.1 – И не останавливайся по дороге.

walk on together2 – идут вместе

It seems the nice cake3 – Он чувствует запах чудесного пирога.


I. Write down 2 names of food and 2 names of the seasons from the text.

II. True or False

1. Mary is a pupil of the seventh grade.


2.She lives with her mother in a house in Pushkin Street in Kiev.


3.She has a grandmother and loves her very much.


4.Her grandmother’s house is not beautiful and comfortable.


5.It is near the forest where there are many pretty flowers spring and summer.


6.Mary’s friend Kate is a pupil, and they study at the same grade.


7/A little kitten sees the basket under the bench.

III. Choose the right answer

1. What is Mary?

a) a doctor b) a pupil c) a waiter

2. She lives with ….

a) her mother in a house in Sedov Street in Kiev

b) her mother in a house in Pushkin Street in Kharkiv

c) her grandmother in a house in Sokolov Streeet

3. Her grandmother’s house is

a) not beautiful and comfortable

b) old and dark

c) rather beautiful and comfortable

4. What does Mother say to Mary one day?

a) to clean the house and go shopping

b) to put a cake and some nice apples into the basket and take them to her grandmother

c) to water the flowers

IV. Write how you celebrate your birthday.