WorksheetsBlack Beauty
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
'Always be good, so people will love you. Always work ______ and do your best ', said Black Beauty's mother to her son.
hard
right
best
worst
Anna Sewell ______________ a book about a horse because she loved horses.
bought
read
wrote
sold
In those days, in town or in the country you...
couldn't walk.
couldn't use a horse.
could walk or use a horse.
could drive a car.
In those days the horse _______________ people in carriages, carts, or buses.
pulled
drove
caught
got
In those days people who had horses ________________ them mostly kindly.
taught
studied
learned
treated
When Black Beauty was a little horse-baby he ....
worked hard in the fields.
drank mother's milk and played with other horses.
always stood in the stable.
jumped and kicked his legs happily alone.
Black Beauty's mother _____________ for Farmer Grey.
was a riding horse
pulled carriages
was a farm horse
was a riding horse and sometimes pulled carriages
Farmer Grey was ____________ to Black Beauty and his mother.
indifferent
similar
cruel
nice and kind
Black Beaty was shiny black and ______ one white foot, a white star on his head, and some white spots.
have
has
had
was having
Black Beauty had to learn to stand still when a man put _________ on him.
a harness
a coat
a bit
a stable
Farmer Grey _________ Black Beauty to be happy with a man in the saddle on his back.
learned
studied
taught
caught
Farmer Grey _______ me to pull the carriage with my mother.
said
didn't say
told
didn't tell
What is the infinitive of the verb "taught"?
take
teach
touch
tell
What is the infinitive of the verb "wrote"?
writing
writes
written
write
What is the Past Simple form of the verb "hurt"?
hurted
hurt
hurtes
enhurt
Where did a man take Black Beauty away to, when he grew older?
Mr Grey's farm.
Ms Sewell's house.
his mother's stable.
Mr Gordon's house in Birtwick Park.
At Birtwick park there were .....
a lot of stables.
a lot of parks.
a lot of horses.
a lot of horses and a lot of stables for them.
Merrylegs was ....
beautiful, small and fat, with a pretty head and happy eyes.
beautiful, tall and fat, with a nice head and kind eyes.
beautiful, small and slender, with a pretty head and fine eyes.
beautiful, tall and slender, with a fine head and clear eyes.
Ginger the horse was...
a beautiful black-coated horse with kind eyes, who never bit.
a beautiful black-coated horse with angry eyes, who sometimes bit.
a beautiful red-brown-coated horse with angry eyes, who sometimes bit.
a beautiful red-brown-coated horse with kind eyes, who never bit.
Why didn't Miss flora and Miss Jessie come to visit Merrylegs in the stable?
because Ginger sometimes bit people.
because they were lazy and naughty.
because the didn't like horses.
because Merrylegs sometimes bit people.
