EVAL.

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

WRITE ROBERTA, PETER OR PHYLLIS IN THE SENTENCES A−H.

a ………… wants to be the boss.

b ………… is the youngest.
c ………… loves trains.
d ………… wants to help repair the engine.
e ………… is the oldest.
f ………… often breaks things.
g ………… is ten years old.
h ………… is the most clever.

MATCH THE LETTERS WITH THE NUMBERS TO COMPLETE THE

SENTENCES.

a Roberta …
b Peter …
c Phyllis …
d The children’s mother …
e The old man …
f Perks …
g The Station Master …
h Jim and Bill …

1 suggests that they wave to the train.

2 is very ill.
3 tells the children stories about the trains.
4 gives the letter to the man on the train.
5 is the children’s first friend at the railway.
6 says, ‘Red is for danger.’
7 gives the children some food.
8 work on the engines.

ARE THESE SENTENCES RIGHT (R) OR WRONG (W)?

a Roberts believes that her father is ill.

b The children don’t fight very often.

c The knife goes into Peter’s hand.

d The doctor thinks that Peter is going to be all right.

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e Peter wants to stay in bed.

f Roberta reads about her father in an old newspaper.

g Six boys go into the tunnel and six boys come out.

h The boy’s leg is hurt badly.

i The boy can walk out of the tunnel.

j Peter stays with the boy and his sisters go for help.

UNDERLINE THE RIGHT WORDS.

a Roberta thinks her mother is happy / sad when the children say their father’s name.
b The children are usually bad / good.
c There is a lot of blood / dirt on Peter’s foot.
d Roberta thinks the newspaper is right / wrong about her father.
e The children ask the old man to help them to find their father / the spy.
f Peter’s foot is better / worse the next day.
g It is very dry / wet inside the tunnel.
h The boy’s eyes are closed / open when the children find him.

CHOOSE 1, 2 OR 3 TO COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES.

a Phyllis says, ‘I’m … going into a tunnel again.’

1 always
2 nev er
3 usually

b The signalman knows it is wrong to …

1 sleep at work.
2 be angry with the children.
3 help the children.

c Jim stays with the children because …

1 he doesn’t like his grandfather.

2 his foot is hurt.
3 his family is very poor.

d The children’s father comes home …

1 on a bus.
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2 five years later.

3 after they catch the spy.