Wales/Mock-Test-Year-6

READING COMPREHESNSION

A. Grandpa’s idea                                                     

Find the right texts for the pictures. Put in the number in the box.

4() It was a surprise for Lenny - but he liked the milk. And his new mother liked him!

2() Grandpa put the dead lamb's skin round Lenny.

1() Bob and Jack found Lenny in the kitchen. They took him to the shed.

3() Then Mr Smith showed the sheep her new lamb. "Here you are!" he said.

B. Can you get it right?'

Match the halves and put the numbers in front of the second half.

0. There was a problem with one of the sheep, so Mrs Richards phoned the vet..

1. Mrs Richards went to the lambing-shed because Grandpa was tired.

2. Jack and Bob went with her, and they waited for the vet together.

3. Mr Smith examined the sheep, but he couldn't save her lambs.

4. Bob stayed in the shed because he wanted to watch the vet.

5. The mother sheep needed a lamb, but all the baby lambs got mothers.

6. Lenny's mother didn't want him, so maybe the sheep could feed him.

7. But Jack thinks there was a problem because Lenny was three weeks old

USE OF ENGLISH - VOCABULARY

C. Fill in the right synonyms (words with the same meaning) for the underlined words.

0. Grandpa is another word for grandfather.
1. A shed is a house|hut() where animals live.
2. All the sheep were bleating “bah bah” but one sheep was very quiet().
3. In winter it was very cold() and icy in the open fields.
4. Working with sheep is great fun but often it is really hard and difficult
5. In the end/Finally|finally() everything was ok.

D.Put in the opposites of the underlined words.

0. Lenny the lamb was very clever, but the hens were too stupid.

1. It's safe to go into the sheep's shed, but it's too dangerous() to enter the bull's box.

2. Most of the sheep were in the front but this one was lying between() two boxes at the end of the room..

3. The vet was an old man but his dog was still young().

4. He drove a cheap car but his other one (the Mercedes) was very expensive().

5. Yesterday Jack was fine and healthy but today he’s ill|sick() and can’t come to school.

E. Put in animal words. Sometimes you need the plural form!

0.  Fish live in the water and don’t need air.

1. Ponies are like horses only smaller.

2. A lamb is a baby sheep.

3. Cows give us milk, meat and leather.

4. A hen is a chicken which lays eggs.

E. Put in the English words for the German word ‘vor’.

1. I was in Yorkshire a year  ago .

2. I always get up before 7 o’clock.

3. It’s five to seven.    (6.55)

4. Our car is in front of the house.

USE OF ENGLISH - STRUCTURES

G. Make comparisons. Put in adjectives in the correct form.

0. Herb is a  (happy) happy hippo. His friend Freddie is even (happy) happier than Herb.

1. Ed, the elephant, is not as happy(happy) as Herb.

2. Freddie is the happiest(happy) of all animals.

3. An cow is bigger (big) than a sheep.    

4. Cows can run faster (fast) than sheep.

5. Giving Lenny milk from a bottle was harder (hard) than I thought.

5. Giving Lenny milk from a bottle was more difficult (difficult) than I thought.

H. Make comparisons. Put in adjectives in the correct form. Use also “as….as”, “… than” or “the …”.

    underground (£1.60)              taxi    (£ 3.20)                bus (80 p)                               

1. The underground is cheaper than (cheap) a taxi.

2. The bus is the cheapest(cheap) form of transport.

                                London                        Glasgow                     Springfield, Wales                       

(24°C, sunny)             (17°C, rain)                 (12 °C, rain)

3. The weather in London is better than(good) in Glasgow.

4. The weather in Wales is the coolest(cool) in Britain.

Complete the sentences with the past tense forms of the verbs in brackets.

Back at school Bob told his friend Tim about the holiday.

Bob          My parents and I (go) ______went_________ to Wales.

                But we (not/sleep) _______didn’t sleep__________________ in a hotel this year.

Tim          Did you stay (you/stay) at a camp site?

Bob          We stayed (stay) at a nice little cottage on an old farm.

           The people were (be) very friendly. They  had(have) a little lamb.

Tim         How was it?

Bob          It was great! One day I took(take) a pony and went riding for 3 hours.        

         When I  saw (see) six sheep, I stopped (stop) and watched(watch) them.