Starter Level Test Sheet

Sara Says No!

Norman Whitney

Put the events in the order they happen in the story. The first is 1.

1 A boy buys some apples. □

2 A young woman buys some oranges. □
 It’s Monday and it’s market day. 1

3 It’s Monday evening and Sara is angry with her father. □

4 Mister Fruit is at the market. □
5 Mister Fruit touches the fruit. It goes bad. □
6 On Tuesday her father sells the correct weight. □
7 Sara prays for a miracle. □
8 Sara sells fruit. Her father stays at home and cleans. □
9 Some customers come back. Their fruit is bad. □
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Read the sentences and circle true (T) or false (F).

10 On Monday Mister Fruit is honest. T/F

11 Sara is happy working with her father. T/F

12 On Tuesday some of the fruit isn’t fresh. T/F

13 Sara is Mister Fruit’s only child. T/F

14 When Sara touches the fruit it goes bad. T/F

15 Sara is good at selling fruit. T/F

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Starter Level Test Sheet

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

busy cheat fresh honest lonely polite proud

16 Everybody is at the market. The market is __________.

17 Mister Fruit is __________. He is friendly.

18 Today Sara’s father is selling the correct weight. He is __________.

19 Sara is happy. Today, she is __________ of her father.

20 ‘Look, Mister Fruit! Your fruit isn’t __________ today.’

21 Sara goes to bed. She is __________. She is unhappy.

22 Sara doesn’t __________. She always sells the correct weight.

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Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

23 It is / are Monday morning.

24 Sara is / are watching her father.

25 The customers is / are happy too.

26 ‘Your fruit is / are cheap and fresh.’

27 In the afternoon some customers come back. They is / are angry.

28 One of his apples is / are bad.

29 You is / are my daughter.

30 Everybody is / are laughing.

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Total: ___ / 30

Macmillan Readers Sara Says No! 2

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