Grade 4 - Edexcel (Mid-term test)

Look at the first sentence in the story. What does ‘industrious’ mean? Tick one option.

• horrible

• ugly

• hard-working

• always late

What three things did the goats make their houses from? Tick one option.

• bricks, logs, metal

• steel, plastic, wood

• straw, sticks, bricks

• water, fire, wind

Look at the sentence ‘The very next day, a big hungry wolf came to town, so the three little goats hid in their houses.’What does the word ‘so’ tell you about what happened? Tick one option.

• The wolf coming made the goats hide.

• The goats hid before the wolf came.

• The goats did not want to hide.

• The wolf hid before the goats.

Look at the second paragraph. What does ‘as quietly as mice’ tell you about how the goats were hiding? Tick one option.

• They wanted to eat some cheese.

• They were hiding as quietly as they could.

• They were making noise.

• They are all friends with mice.

What do you think the wolf was going to do after he had blown the goats’ houses down? Tick one option.

• He was going to let the goats eat him.

• He was going to play with the goats.

• They were all going to be best friends.

• He was going to eat the goats.

Look at the sentence ‘The wolf followed him and shouted his message angrily.’Why did the wolf shout his message in this way? Tick one option.

• The wolf was angry because he was hungry.

• The wolf was angry because he could not catch the goat.

• The wolf was angry because the goats are mean.

• The wolf was angry because he had no friends.

Why do you think that the wolf never returned to the town? Tick one option.

• Because the wolf found a girlfriend and lived happily ever after.

• Because the clever little goats had won. They beat the wolf and he didn't like it.

• Becuase the wolf won, he ate the goats and never returned.

• Because the wolf got lost.

Look at the sentence ‘The wolf jumped down, burned his paws and sped out of the door.’ Choose a word that could replace ‘sped’ in this sentence. Tick one option.

• ran

• runned

• walked

• crawled

Number the boxes from 1 to 5 to show the order that the events happened in the story. Tick one option.

• 3, 4, 1, 5, 2

• 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

• 4, 2, 5, 1, 3

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Do you think that the goats should have lit the fire? Give reasons for your answer.