Read the story. Look at the pictures and the two examples.

Write one-word answers.

A very famous man lives opposite me. His name is Mr Banks. His house is very big It has ten bedrooms and a beautiul garden. He has four new cars and he flies to work in a helicopter He has parties every Saturday ________ He plays the piano and ________ very well.

We are not famous and we don't have a big house, but Mr Banks always says “Hello”to us. His sister and my Mum are good friends. On Tuesday morning last week. I ________ out of my window. There was a lot of snow. The garden was white, the trees were white, the tops of the houses were white. It was beautiful.

Then I ________ about school. I went ________ to find my Mum. “Mum,” I said, “I can't go to school today because there's snow on the roads.”“Oh yes you can!”she said.

“Look, Mr Banks is here. He wants to help you.”I looked at Mr Banks. He said, “Jim, would you like to go to school in a helicopter this morning?”

I ________ and shouted, “Yes, please!”

What's the best name for this story?

Tick one box.

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A．A helicopter ride

B．Mr Banks' party

C．A holiday in the snow

Look at the pictures and read the story. Answer the questions.

Do not write more than three words.

Mary s uncle and aunt came to her house last week. They gave her a beautiful parrot. It was blue and yellow Mary was very happy with her new pet. She gave him the name “Pasta” and put him in the kitchen. Mary's aunt said, “Parrots eat fruit.” Mary's uncle said, “Parrots can talk. You must teach Pasta some words.” frst the parrot learned his name, Pasta, and then he learned the words “Mary”, “yes”, “no” and “lunch”.

Example:

What did Mary's aunt and uncle give her?　　　　 a parrot

Questions:

1．What colour was Mary's pet? ________

2．What was his name? ________

3．What must Mary teach her pet? ________

4．How many words did the pet learn? ________

Now Pasta knows a lot of words. On Saturday Mary's mother came into the living room and asked the children. “What do you want to eat for lunch?” Mary's brother, fred, shouted, “Pasta please!” The parrot was in the living room. tie listened carefully and thought, “Oh no. fred wants to eat me!”Then he quickly flew outside.

5．Where were the children? ________

6．Who wanted to eat pasta? ________

7．Where did the parrot go? ________

Mary and fred ran outside but Pasta wasn't there. They were very sad. Then their mother shouted, “Come quickly!” They ran into the kitchen and there was Pasta. He had some fruit in his mouth. Me gave the fruit to Mary's mother She laughed and said to the parrot, “I know you want to tell us something-eat fruit but don't eat Pasta!”The parrot looked at her carefully and said, “Yes please.”

8．Who ran outside? ________

9．Where was Pasta? ________