Activity worksheet

LEVEL 1

Run for your life

While reading
Pages 1 4
1 Answer these questions.
a Where do Kim and Dave come from?
b Is Kims Spanish good?
c Why didnt Dave want to go by bus?
d Where did Dave take a photograph?
Pages 5 13
2 Work with a friend. Ask and answer these
questions.
a Read page 5. What was the man wearing?
b Read page 7. What did Kim and Dave find?
c Read page 10. Why did Kims legs go cold?
d Read page 11. What did Kim find behind the
door?
3 You can buy fruit and vegetables in the
market. Make a list of the names of fruit and
vegetables.
Pages 14 18
4 Who are they? Match the two parts.
1 Kim
2 Dave
3 Ana
4 Nacho
5 Vidal
a She is seventeen. She is from England.
b She is a policewoman.
c He is a policeman.
d He sells drugs.
e He is Kims boyfriend.
Pages 19 26
5 Put the right words in the sentences.
shouted corner saw fell held
rubbish something thought
a Kim the same dark eyes.
b Vidal said , the same thing again
and again.
c What was he saying? Kim .
d A car drove round the very quickly
and stopped.
e Police, dont move! Ana .
f Vidal the knife near Kims face.
g The bin hit Vidal.
h Kim into Anas arms.
6 Look at page 25. Dave said, I wanted to do
something. What did he do?
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7 Look at page 26. Answer these questions.
a What does Kim want to do tomorrow
afternoon?
b What does Dave want to do tomorrow
afternoon?
After reading
8 Put the sentences in order. Write the numbers
110.
a Kim and Dave were in a narrow street of
tall houses and small shops.
c
b Kim met Ana.
c
c Vidal put something in a rubbish bin.
c
d Dave threw the rubbish bin.
c
e Kim was in the market in the old town. c
f Kim and Dave saw a small white bag in
the brown box.
c
g Nacho held Vidals hands behind his
back.
c
c
h Kim took the knife and threw it away.
i Vidal jumped at Kim and caught her.
c
j Kim started to run.
c
9 Who says these things? Who to? Write the
right names for each sentence. You can use the
same name more than once.
a Kim b Dave c Vidal
d Nacho e Ana
1 Lets go and have a look in that rubbish bin,
says to .
2 Drugs! Well take this to the police, says
to .
3 Give it to me! says to .
4 Your friend Dave found us, says to
.
5 He sells drugs, is that it? says to
.
6 Nacho here nearly caught him in his house,
says to .
7 You cant get out here. Think, man! says
to .
8 Come back! This man is dangerous! says
to .
9 Hes all yours, now, says to .
10 Ill go for a walk with you tomorrow to
the bus stop! says to .
10 Did you have a frightening experience once?
Write about it.

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Progress test

LEVEL 1

Run for your life

1 Put the right words in the sentences and finish the
crossword puzzle.
a
m

b
c

d
e
a Kim saw some fruit in the .
b Kim into a small street.
c Dave found a bag of .
d Vidal s drugs.
e Kim Vidals knife.
2 Put the words in the right places.
dangerous excited frightened through
round gun held thought saw fell
a Dave wanted to look the old town.
b Dave was and he wanted to have a
look in the rubbish bin.
c Kim the knife in the mans hand.
d Quick! she . I cant stop.
e Kim started to walk the market.
f She and got up again.
g The long-haired man had a .
h Dont be , Ana said.
i Vidal was a man.
j Dave up the bin over his head.
3 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
c
a Kim is Daves girlfriend.
c
b Kim and Dave were in France.
c
c Kims Spanish was very good.
d The man in a white shirt came out of the
house.
c
c
e The man with dark glasses has got a knife.
f Dave wanted to see what the man put in the
rubbish bin.
c
c
g Dave and Kim found a bag of flour.
c
h The man speaks English.
i Kim started to run in the narrow streets of the
old town with Dave.
c
4 Put the right words in these sentences.
a Ana didnt shout at Dave; she at the
man.

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b A brown bag didnt fall out; a white bag
out.
c Kim didnt see Vidal; Vidal Kim.
d Kim didnt run in the big shopping street; she
in the dark, narrow streets.
e Kim didnt take the box out of the bin; Dave
it out and opened it.
5 Circle the correct answer.
1 Where are Kim and David?
a Liverpool
b Madrid
c Barcelona
2 Why did Vidal run after Kim?
a He wanted to kill her.
b He wanted a bag of drugs.
c He wanted to become friends.
3 What has Vidal got in his hand?
a a gun
b a knife
c a radio
4 Who threw the rubbish bin?
a Dave
b Nacho
c Ana
5 Where does Kim want to go tomorrow?
a the old town
b bus stop
c the police
6 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.
1 Is he coming over here? Kim asked, but
c
c
2 Vidal has
3 Oh, Dave, do something! Kim thought, but c
c
4 Kim was in the market
c
5 Kim started to walk
c
6 Kim wanted to go quickly, but
c
7 There were shopping bags
8 One woman tried to catch hold of her, but c
c
9 Ana has
c
10 Nacho has
a long hair.
b it was not easy.
c through the market.
d a friendly smile.
e under her feet.
f dark, frightening eyes.
g in the old town.
h Dave did not answer.
i Dave did not move.
j Kim did not stop.
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