Beginner Level Test Sheet

The House on the Hill

Elizabeth Laird

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

▪ Paul goes for a walk by the river and meets Maria. 1

1 Paul tells Maria he doesn’t love her any more. □

2 Paul sees an advert in the newspaper for a story competition. He writes a story. □
3 Paul reads Maria a poem he has written about her. □
4 Paul hears that Maria has left her husband and that her mother has died. □
5 Paul goes to the house on the hill. He finds Maria and she tells him why she left her husband. □
6 Paul gets a letter telling him he has won the competition. □
7 Paul gets a job working for the newspaper. □
8 Paul asks Maria to marry him, but she runs away. □
9 Maria tells Paul she loves him. He is very happy. □
10 Maria tells Paul she is getting married in two weeks. □
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Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

11 Paul saw a girl. She was standing alone. Paul went _________ to her.

a away b out c up

12 They talked for a long time. The sun went _________. It was nearly dark.

a down b out c up

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13 There were tears in Maria’s eyes. She shook her head. Then she turned and ran _________.

a away b down c over

14 The old woman got _________ and left the room.

a away b down c up

15 Paul left the house and ran _________ the hill to the river.

a away b down c out

16 Paul wrote the story _________ again carefully and sent it to the newspaper.

a into b out c over

17 Paul looked _________ the gate. The house looked empty.

a out b over c up

18 I’ll get _________ the house, he thought.

a into b over c round

19 Paul climbed through an open window and started to look _________ the house.

a into b over c round

20 ‘Mother was old,’ said Maria. ‘I was unhappy here. I never went to parties, never went _________.’

a down b out c round

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Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

21 It was a beautiful / beautifully summer evening.

22 The house was small, but it was always clean and tidy / tidily.

23 ‘So you want to marry my daughter?’ the old woman said. Her voice was hard / hardly.

24 Paul looked at her brave / bravely. ‘Yes,’ he said.

25 Paul wrote out the story careful / carefully.

26 Paul went to the newspaper office. The manager was very friend / friendly.

27 ‘Maria is rich,’ said Paul. ‘But she is also gentle / gently and kind.’

28 There was nobody in the garden. Everything was quiet / quietly.

29 Quiet / Quietly, Paul went to the door of the room and opened it.

30 ‘But I don’t love him,’ said Maria quick / quickly.

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Total: ___ / 30

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