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Warming up!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Salma writes about her village in Pakistan. What does she mean by “my village”?

a)

She lives there now, but didn’t live there in the past.

b)

She lives there now and has always lived there.

c)

She used to live there but doesn’t live there now.

2.

What was the order of events?

a)

She went walking in the fields.

People started shouting.

The animal fell in the well.

b)

She went walking in the fields.

The animal fell in the well.

People started shouting.

c)

The animal fell in the well.

People started shouting.

She went walking in the fields

3.

What is the meaning of the word commotion in this text?

a)

A group of angry people

b)

A lot of loud noise

c)

A meeting place

4.

The men were trying to get the animal out of the well. What did they use?

a)

They used strong ropes

b)

They used a tractor.

c)

They used strong ropes and a tractor.

5.

Why were the men so upset about the animal in the well?

a)

A) Because it had been borrowed from another farmer

b)

Because it was a big heavy animal

c)

Because he had just bought the animal from another farmer

6.

The animal was...

a)

a cow

b)

a bull

c)

We can’t tell

7.

Which two words used to describe the animal show how much it was worth?

a)

beautiful and precious

b)

poor and valuable

c)

Valuable and precious

8.

The farmer who had borrowed the bull was able to pay back its owner

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We can't tell

9.

What does Salma think about what happened?

a)

She thinks the farmer should have looked after the bull better.

b)

She thinks it was a sad situation for the villagers.

c)

She is impressed at how well the villagers helped each other.

10.

Which of these proverbs could be used as the moral of this story?

a)

Unity is strength

b)

Many hands make light work

c)

Too many cooks spo the broth