Elementary Level Test Sheet

The Princess Diaries 2

Meg Cabot

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

1 After school Mia goes to see her grandmere – she’s planning a wedding for Mia’s mom. □
2 Grandmere has a surprise for Mia – she’s going to be on a TV show. Mia isn’t happy. □
3 Hank walks into the school cafeteria. He’s wearing new clothes. He tells Mia he’s got
a job as a model.
□
 Helen, Mia’s mom, tells her she is pregnant. Mia is shocked. 1

4 Mia does the interview, but she makes a really bad mistake. Later she does something
stupid at Lilly’s.
□
5 Mia finds out that her mother eloped and got married secretly. □
6 Mia is sick. She hopes she is sick on Saturday so she can’t do the TV interview. □
7 Mia looks on the Internet for information about pregnancy. Her friend, Lilly, asks her if
she is pregnant.
□
8 Mia receives a love letter from a secret admirer. She hopes it’s from Michael Moscovitz. □
9 Mia takes her cousin, Hank, to her school. After lunch, Lilly and Hank disappear. □
10 Mia’s grandparents visit from Indiana. They were invited by Grandmere and Mia’s
mother isn’t very happy.
□
11 Mia’s mom and Mr Gianini are going to get married. Mia realizes she’ll have to eat
breakfast with her Algebra teacher!
□
12 The interview is shown on TV. Afterwards some of her friends phone, but most of them
are mad.
□
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Match the first names (13–20) to the correct surnames (last / family names) (a–h).

13 Boris a Gianini

14 Frank b Hakim Baba

15 Josh c Moscovitz

16 Lana d Pelkowski

17 Lilly e Renaldo

18 Mia f Richter

19 Philippe g Thermopolis

20 Tina h Weinberger

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Look at the underlined words in each sentence (21–30) and match them to the definitions (a–j).

21 I’m flunking Algebra. So I have extra Algebra classes.

22 I’ve got a crush on Lilly’s brother, Michael. But he doesn’t know about my feelings.
23 I’m a freak. I’m very thin and I have huge feet.
24 Mrs Spears has asked us to write a diary, but I don’t want her reading my secrets. I’ll have to write a fake diary
for her.
25 My dad put his hands on his head. His face was pale. He looked shocked.
26 I did a very stupid thing tonight. Lilly gave me a dare. She told me to do something stupid and dangerous.
27 Mom and Mr Gianini were nice to me. They weren’t mad. But they were upset.
28 “She’s always very stubborn,” Mamaw was saying. “She never takes advice or listens to anyone.”
29 “I helped him speak without his Indiana accent,” said Lilly.
30 Helen Thermopolis and Frank Gianini eloped. They flew to Mexico.

a made to look like something real __________________

b angry (American English) __________________
c to go away secretly in order to get married __________________
d to fail a test or a course __________________
e a challenge, trying to get someone to do something dangerous __________________
f a way of pronouncing words that shows what country or region
you come from __________________
g a strong feeling of love for someone __________________
h skin that is lighter than usual because the person is ill, worried etc __________________
i a very strange or unusual person __________________
j not willing to change your ideas or decisions __________________

Dictionary definitions adapted from the Macmillan Essential Dictionary © 2005

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Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

ago almost ever just never often soon still usually when

31 My mom and dad never got married, but they’re __________ friends.

32 I’ve __________ had a big shock! My mom told me she’s pregnant.

33 __________ I got home, there was a phone message on the answering machine.

34 My mom __________ goes to her art studio to paint. But today she stayed at home to look after me.

35 Michael sees me nearly every day. And he’s __________ spoken to me about his feelings.

36 A month __________ my father told me who I was – I’m heir to the throne of Genovia. I’m a princess.

37 I tell Lilly everything. Well, __________ everything. She didn’t know about the wedding or the baby.

38 My mom doesn’t talk to her parents very __________. We haven’t visited them for four years.

39 The dress was beautiful. As __________ as I saw that dress, I wanted it.

40 The shoes were the same color as my dress. They were the prettiest shoes that I’ve __________ seen.

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Extra: Exam Practice

Young people often keep diaries about the events in their lives. In The Princess Diaries 2, Mia keeps a diary. Choose
one of the things that Mia writes about and say why it is important for her. Write between 60 and 80 words.

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