WorksheetsThe Best Christmas Present in the World
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because
such a desk was not available anywhere else
the author wanted an ancient roll-top desk
its roll-top was in several pieces
the narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk
“I began work on it on Christmas Eve”. In the above sentence ‘it’ stands for
a junk shop
the garage
the roll-top desk
the drawers
The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he
pulled out the first drawer
began to mend the desk
pulled out the last drawer
had finished working
Who wrote the letter?
Jim Macpherson
Michael Morpurgo
Connie Macpherson
Hans Wolf
The soldiers played cricket on the no man's land.
True
False
Jim's letter was written on
26 December 1914
25 December 1914
25 January 1914
1 January 1914
How many years old was Connie when the narrator met her?
100 years old
101 years old
102 years old
99 years old
“But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it.” In the above sentence ‘Fritz’ refers to
the German soldier
the German commander in the story
the British soldier
the British commander in the story
By which Christmas did Jim promise to be back home?
1913
1914
1915
1916
Who is the author of the lesson “The best Christmas Present in the World?
Ruskin Bond
Paulo Coelho
Michael Morpurgo
None of the above
A war between the British and the Germans took place in (a)
I paid the man and brought it back to my (a) at the back of the garage
Where did the two armies meet?
German
Britain
No where
No man’s land
What did the author think was something “he had to do”?
Return the letter to Jim
Return the letter to Connie
Throw away the letter
None of the Above
What was “The Best Christmas present in the World”?
Jim
Author
Letter
