FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - CEFR A1 - A2 (Reading & Grammar)

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

CEFR A1 - A2 (Reading & Grammar)

​FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

1. ​There are 2 activities in this lesson.

2. ​First, you will read about a girl's first day at school and then you will answer a set of reading comprehension questions.

3. Secondly, you will complete a set of simple past and past continuous exercises.

​Memories of my first day at school

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I remember my first day at school very well. I knew the school quite well because my older sister, Sandy, went there and every day, dad and I met her at the school gate after school. Every day, she ran out of the school with her friends. She often carried a painting. I felt jealous. I wanted to paint too!

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​I was five years old when I started school. Most children in my class started school in September, but I started school in January, when I was five years old, because my birthday is in December. Three other kids started school on the same day as me. I was excited about my first day. I had my new uniform: a black skirt, a white t-shirt and green jumper, and a new red bag. When we arrived that day, a teacher met the new children at the school gate. Dad hugged me and said goodbye. I stood with the other children. I didn’t talk to them because I was too nervous. Then, Mrs Wilson took us to our classroom. All the other children were already there. They looked at us when we entered the room. When thirty children looked at me, I started to cry!

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But I wasn’t upset for long. I sat with the other children on the carpet and the class teacher, Miss Holland, read us a story. Later, we drew pictures with coloured pencils, and at break time, I made friends with a girl called Megan. At the end of the day, I ran to the school gate with Megan and my picture, just like Sandy always did.

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​ARE YOU READY?

Multiple Choice

The writer was jealous of Sandy because she _____ at school.

• learned to write

• painted pictures

• had many friends

Multiple Choice

The writer started school in ___.

• January

• October

• December

Multiple Choice

The writer and ___ other children started school that day.

• Three

• Thirteen

• Thirty

Multiple Choice

Before the writer started school, she felt ___.

• excited

• nervous

• upset

Multiple Choice

The writer started to cry when ___.

• her father left.

• she entered the school

• other children looked at her

Multiple Choice

On the first day, the writer ___.

• learned to read

• listened to a story

• painted a picture

​PAST TENSE & PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Multiple Choice

They ______ not happy when their new friends took their favourite books.

• is

• are

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

My first day of school _____ terrible because I fell and _____ my knees.

• was, hurt

• were, hurted

• was, hurted

• were, hurt

Multiple Choice

Hasan and Farah _____ my best friends when I was in primary school. I ____ them because they were so nice to me.

• are, loved

• were, loved

• was, loving

• were, loving

Multiple Choice

I _____ to school with my mother when I _____ my friends from kindergarten. I jumped in excitement when I saw them.

• was walking, meeting

• was walked, met

• were walking, meet

• was walking, met

Multiple Choice

Yasmin _______ while I was napping when our friend, Yusuf ____ and hurt his head.

• were reading, fell

• was reading, feel

• was reading, fell

• were reading, fall

Multiple Choice

Dad woke me up so early in the morning that I ______ where I was because I ______!

• don't know, was so sleepy

• didn't know, was so sleepy

• didn't knew, were so sleepy

• didn't knew, was so sleepy

Multiple Choice

Paul was so excited when he _____ that his best friend _______ behind him in the classroom.

• know, was sitting

• knew, was sitting

• knows, were sitting

• knew, were sitting

Multiple Choice

Mahmud _____ at Ali when he ____ the queue at the canteen.

• yelled, cut

• yelled, cutted

• yell, cutting

• yelled, cuts

Multiple Choice

Chan _____ the eraser that his sister ______ for him. He felt really sad.

• did not finds, buys

• did not found, bought

• did not find, bought

• did not find, buy

Multiple Choice

The boys ______ towards us maybe because they _____ us.

• wasn't friendly, didn't knew

• weren't friendly, didn't know

• weren't friendly, didn't knew

• wasn't friendly, didn't know

Multiple Choice

I was late on my first day of school because my Mom _____ at 8 in the morning and my father's car ______ on the way to school.

• woke up, broke down

• wakes up, borke down

• woke up, breaks down

• waking up, broke down

Multiple Choice

I had to walk to school with my sister but she _____ me when she ____ her friends there.

• leave, met

• left, meet

• left, met

• leaving, meeting

Multiple Choice

My brother ______ me to school and when I arrived at school, surprisingly my mother ______ there. She was actually the principal.

• driven, were

• drove, was

• drove, were

• drive, w

Multiple Choice

I ______ anyone in my class because I went to a school far from my area. Fortunately, a nice girl named Siew Wei ____ my best friend.

• don't knew, become

• doesn't know, became

• didn't knew, becomes

• didn't know, became