Progress Test 1

(This test can be photocopied in black and white or colour.

Each correct answer is worth one star.)
Vocabulary 1
Questions 1–5

Draw a circle around the correct word.

Example:
0. The man is tying / spinning a rope around a tree.

1. The man is jumping / standing on a ladder. []

2. The woman is carrying / passing a box. []

3. Two children are pushing / climbing a table. []

4. A boy is stepping / kicking a yellow ball. []

5. A girl is skipping / hitting a small red ball. []

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 Vocabulary 2
Questions 6–10
Match the opposites. Draw a line to the correct word.

Example:
0. short
hot
[]

6. large dry
[]

7. wet sad
[]

8. happy slow
[]

9. long cold

10. fast small

[]

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 Grammar 1
Questions 11–15
Write the verbs in the past simple.
Example:
0. (see) I saw a beautiful bird in the park.

11. (jump) The frog into the water. []

12. (smile) Mira when she saw the photo. []

13. (stop) My uncle the car at a red light. []

14. (swim) I in the sea when I was on holiday. []

15. (write) The teacher some words on the

whiteboard. []

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 Grammar 2
Questions 16–20

Read the text. Choose the right words from the next page and
write them on the lines.

My sister’s party

My sister is (0) called Bettina. She had a big

party for her birthday yesterday. (16) our
family and her friends were at the party.
(17) we played games, then we ate
some cake.

My sister got some presents (18) her

friends. She (19) very happy. I have some
photos of the party. In my favourite photo, I am standing
(20) to my sister.

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 Example:
0. call calling called

16. Few All Many []

17. Next Finally First []

18. from to of []

19. were will was []

20. next front over []

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 Reading 1
Questions 21–25

Read the story.

Write some words from the story to complete the sentences.
You can use one, two or three words.

Artur’s happy memory

My name’s Artur. My family and I have a small house with
a garden. I only have one cousin. His name’s Otto. He’s a
really kind person and he likes helping people.

I remember one day when I was five years old. Otto came
round to visit but I wasn’t happy. I wanted to climb the tree
in the garden, but I couldn’t. I tried and tried, but the tree
was too big. So I was really cross.

Otto smiled when he saw me and said, ‘Don’t be upset, I

know how you can get up into the tree! Do you really want
to do it?’

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 ‘Yes, I do!’ I shouted.

‘OK,’ said Otto, ‘I have a good idea! Can you stand on my

shoulders if I hold your legs?’

‘Yes, I can!’ I shouted.

So Otto helped me to get into the tree and sit on a branch.

Then he climbed into the tree with me, and sat on a
branch too.

When my parents saw us both in the tree, they laughed and

took a photo.

Otto said, ‘You will soon grow big and tall like me and you
will climb lots of trees!’

Example:

0. Artur lives in a small house with his family.

21. Otto is Artur’s . []

22. Otto because he is very kind. []

23. Artur was cross because he couldn’t

in his garden. []

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 24. But Artur could Otto’s
shoulders and then he could sit on a branch. []

25. Artur’s laughed and took a

photo when they saw Artur and Otto in the tree. []

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 Reading 2
Questions 26–30

Read to find the answers to the questions.

The thorny devil lizard

Thorny devil lizards live in deserts in Australia. They can’t
get water to drink with their mouths. They use their feet and
their skin instead!

There isn’t much water in the desert, but the sand is a little
bit wet in the evening and in the morning. Thorny devil lizards
can stand in the wettest sand and put some of the wet sand
on their backs, too. The water goes through the lizards’ feet
and skin to their mouths and then the lizards can drink.

Some other animals can hold water in their skins, but they
can’t move water through their skin to their mouths. So the
thorny devil lizard is very special!

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 Example:
0. Where do thorny devil lizards live?

In deserts in Australia

26. Can thorny devil lizards get water to drink with

their mouths?

[]

27. What parts of their bodies do they get water with?

[]

28. When is the sand wet in the desert?

[]

29. Where do thorny devil lizards put sand?

[]

30. Can other animals move water through their skin to

their mouths?

[]

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 Writing
Questions 31–35
Answer the questions about yourself. Write sentences.
Example:
0. What do you like doing?
I like playing with my friends and eating ice cream.

31. Which is your favourite month?

[]

32. What are you wearing today?

[]

33. What do you know about deserts?

[]

34. What are you good at?

[]

35. What couldn’t you do when you were a baby?

[]
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