OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST

Stage 1
Under the Moon

1 Put the following events in the story in
the right order. Number them 1–5.
a ___ Gog sent Kiah to prison.
b ___ Kiah told Gog about the AOL, but Gog
didn’t listen.
c ___ Gog sent Adai to the moon.
d ___ Adai came back to Earth to help his
brother and friends.
e ___ Kiah visited Zadak to tell him about the
problem with the AOL.
20 marks
4 Who said this in the story? Gog, Seru,
Zadak, Bel, Kiah.
a ‘It’s late and I’m tired. Sit down and have a
drink.’ ...............
b ‘The AOL is breaking up over Europe.’
...............
c ‘Half of Australia has no water and my trees
are dying.’ ...............
d ‘Earth Commander is working on the space
ship for Mars. It’s difficult and expensive
work.’ ...............
e ‘I’m going to destroy Australia.’ ...............

2 Match a name from A with a description 20 marks

from B.
5 Fill in the gaps using: moon, left, forests,
A
told, fires.
1 ___ Zadak
2 ___ Seru At the end of the story, there were ............... all
3 ___ Gog over the Earth. The ............... were burning. Adai
4 ___ Kiah and his friends ............... the Earth and went to
5 ___ Bel live on the ............... . ‘You can visit Earth again
soon,’ Adai ............... his friends.
B 20 marks
a Earth Commander’s wife
b Rilla’s friend Total marks
c Commander of Australia
d Captain of a spaceship
e Earth Commander
20 marks

3 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a ___ There was a lot of rain in Australia.
b ___ Adai was commander of the Moon
colony.
c ___ Gog’s wife liked expensive things.
d ___ Zadak shot the Earth Commander.
e ___ The Moon colony was a cold, dry,
terrible place.
20 marks

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