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Test 013

Reading Practice: The Shopping List

Reading Text

The fridge is almost empty. "Please go to the shop," says Mum. She writes a list: milk, bread, apples. Tom puts the list on the table.

Tom walks to the shop. He is happy. But the list is at home. He remembers milk and bread. Then he forgets the apples.

At the shop, Tom buys milk and bread. Then he remembers the apples. They are on the list too! He goes home. He takes the list. Then he goes to the shop again.

Near his house, he meets Mrs Lee. "Good morning, Tom! Are you busy?" "I am shopping for Mum," Tom says. He tells her about the list. She laughs. "You have a good memory now!" Tom buys the apples and goes home.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. What is the fridge like at the beginning?

✗ IncorrectThe text says the opposite: "The fridge is almost empty."

✓ CorrectThe first sentence says: "The fridge is almost empty."

✗ IncorrectThe text never talks about a clean fridge. It only says the fridge is almost empty.

✗ IncorrectThe size of the fridge is not in the text. The text only says it is almost empty.

Question 2. What does Mum ask Tom to do?

✗ IncorrectCooking is not in the text. Mum says: "Please go to the shop."

✗ IncorrectMum does not ask about cleaning. Her words are: "Please go to the shop."

✗ IncorrectThere is no washing in the text. Mum asks Tom to go to the shop.

✓ CorrectMum says: "Please go to the shop," and then she writes a list.

Question 3. What is on Mum's list?

✓ CorrectThe text gives the list: "milk, bread, apples."

✗ IncorrectEggs are not on the list. The third thing on the list is apples.

✗ IncorrectCheese is not in the text. The list is milk, bread and apples.

✗ IncorrectWater is not on the list, and milk and apples are missing here.

Question 4. Where does Tom put the list?

✗ IncorrectThe text says Tom puts the list on the table, not in his bag.

✗ IncorrectThere is no pocket in the text. Tom puts the list on the table.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Tom puts the list on the table."

✗ IncorrectThe door is not in this part of the text. The list is on the table.

Question 5. What does Tom forget?

✗ IncorrectTom remembers the milk. The text says: "He remembers milk and bread."

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Then he forgets the apples."

✗ IncorrectBread is one of the two things he remembers, together with the milk.

✗ IncorrectTom knows the shop well. The only thing he forgets is the apples.

Question 6. What does Tom buy at the shop first?

✗ IncorrectThe apples come later, after he goes home for the list. First he buys milk and bread.

✗ IncorrectMilk is not the only thing. The text says: "Tom buys milk and bread."

✗ IncorrectHe forgets the apples at first, so he cannot buy them first.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "At the shop, Tom buys milk and bread."

Question 7. Why does Tom go back home?

✓ CorrectAfter he remembers the apples, "He goes home. He takes the list."

✗ IncorrectLunch is not in the text. Tom goes home only to take the list.

✗ IncorrectTom meets Mrs Lee near his house later, but he goes home for the list, not for her.

✗ IncorrectKeys are not in the text. The reason is the list on the table.

Question 8. Where does Tom meet Mrs Lee?

✗ IncorrectThe text says: "Near his house, he meets Mrs Lee," not in the shop.

✗ IncorrectThere is no bus stop in the text. They meet near Tom's house.

✓ CorrectThe fourth paragraph begins: "Near his house, he meets Mrs Lee."

✗ IncorrectSchool is not in the text. The meeting happens near Tom's house.

Question 9. What does Mrs Lee say about Tom?

✗ IncorrectShe asks Tom "Are you busy?" but she does not say that he is very busy.

✓ CorrectHer words are: "You have a good memory now!"

✗ IncorrectShe never talks about the number of apples. She talks about his memory.

✗ IncorrectShe laughs about the list, but she says Tom has a good memory now.

Question 10. What does Tom buy at the end?

✗ IncorrectHe already has bread. He goes back to the shop for the apples.

✗ IncorrectThe milk is already in his bag. The last thing he buys is the apples.

✗ IncorrectLists are not for sale in this story. He buys food, and the last thing is apples.

✓ CorrectThe last sentence says: "Tom buys the apples and goes home."
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