level 1 Activity worksheet Teacher Support Programme

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While reading c Did Mark come to the square at Comillas on
Pages 1–11 the same night? YES NO
1 Which is the right answer, a or b? d Did Donna and Mark see each other in the
1 Read page 1. Where was Donna? … square at Comillas? YES NO
a At the beach. e Was Dave sad to see Mark and Donna
b On the boat. getting together? YES NO
2 Read page 2. What was the boy wearing? … 5 Read the sentences about Comillas. One word
a A blue and white shirt. in every sentence is wrong. Underline it and
b A black and white shirt. write the correct word.
3 Read page 5. How long will she be on the a Comillas is a big town. ……………………
boat? … b Comillas is five kilometres from Santander.
a Two nights. ………………………………………………
b A day and a night. c In the town there are noisy streets of old
4 Read page 10. What time did she go to the buildings. ……………………………………
café? … d There are small shops and cinemas in the
a At eight o’clock. square. ………………………………………
b At eleven o’clock.
After reading
Pages 12–19 6 Look at the pictures and answer these
2 Underline the right words in italics. questions.
a The boat was going to England / Spain. a Look at page 10. Where is Donna?
b Mark is on holiday with his parents / school b Look at page 15. Who are the two boys?
friends. c Look at page 17. Who is standing at the door
c Mark saw Dave and the girl / Dave and Harry of the disco?
dancing together at the disco. d Look at pages 20–21. What are people doing?
d Mark likes dancing / being quiet. e Look at page 26. Why is Dave winking?
3 Work with another student. Ask and answer 7 What happened next morning? Are these
these questions. sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
a Who is Old Webb? a Donna didn’t sleep the night before, and
……………………………………………… so she slept in the morning. c
b Who was with the Webbs? b Mark got up early. c
……………………………………………… c Donna went to the café at 8 o’clock. c
c What did Mark think when he saw the girl in d Mark didn’t go to the café. c
the morning? e Mark went to find Nick and Dave at
……………………………………………… 8 o’clock. c
d Where did he go in the afternoon?
……………………………………………… 8 Finish these sentences about the story.
e What did he do next morning? a Donna and Mark met …………………… .
……………………………………………… b Donna thought …………………………… .
c Dave stood ……………………………… .
Pages 20 –26 d Mark saw ………………………………… .
4 Underline YES or NO. e Mark sat ………………………………… .
a Do many people come to Comillas on their f Dave knew ……………………………… .
holiday? YES NO
b Was Donna in the square at Comillas with 9 You are Mark. It is the day after the disco-
her family? YES NO night at Comillas. Write about it in your
diary.

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level 1 Progress test Teacher Support Programme

Girl Meets Boy Photocopiable

1 Put the right names in the sentences.
Mark Dave Donna Louise Mr Webb
a …………… was on holiday with her family.
b …………… takes some people from school to
Spain for two weeks every July.
c …………… was wearing a blue and white shirt.
d Donna went to the disco with her sister
…………… .
e Mark saw Donna dancing with …………… .
2 Put the words in the right places.
quiet quietly together sat brown blue
disco good-looking shy hundreds
a Mark and Dave had the same ……………… eyes,
the same mouth and nose, nearly the same hair.
b Mark’s brother and his friends made a lot of noise,
but he was ……………… .
c There were ……………… of people on the boat.
d There were cafés, shops, a cinema and a
……………… on the boat.
e Mark saw a girl with a nice ………………eyes.
f Mark thought she was ……………… .
g Mark was too ……………… to talk to the girl.
h Mark saw Dave and the girl dancing ……………… .
i Mark ……………… outside and looked at the sea.
j Mark thought about things ……………… .
3 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
a Donna was on a boat from Portsmouth on the
first day of her holiday. c
b Mr Webb is a Spanish teacher. c
c Mrs Webb is from Spain. c
d Mark was on his holiday with his parents. c
e Donna thought Mark was noisy. c
f Mark smiled his lovely smile with his shy blue
eyes. c
g Donna went to the disco on the boat with
Mark in the evening. c
h Mark likes dancing. c
i Donna and Mark saw each other again next
morning. c
j Mark was not shy any more in the square at
Comillas. c
4 What happens first? What happens next? Write the
numbers 1–10.
a Mark went to the café. c
b Mark had a drink with Mr and Mrs Webb. c
c Donna saw Mark on the boat at Portsmouth. c
d Donna danced with a tall boy in a black and
white shirt at the disco. c
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e Donna and Mark saw each other again in
Comillas. c
f Mark wanted to see her again at the cinema,
but she wasn’t there. c
g Donna saw Mark’s sad face. c
h Dave and Harry went to the disco. c
i Donna went to the café. c
j Mark looked at Donna and his eyes stayed
quietly on her. c
5 Is the right answer a, b or c ?
1 Where was the boat going to? …
a Comillas
b Madrid
c Santander
2 Who went to the disco first? …
a Dave and Sonia
b Dave and Harry
c Dave and Mark
3 Why did Mark go to the café in the morning? …
a He was hungry.
b He was looking for Nick and Dave.
c He wanted to see Donna.
4 How many cups of coffee did Donna have at the
café? …
a four cups
b two cups
c a cup
5 What time did the boat arrive in Spain? …
a 6 o’clock
b 8 o’clock
c 11 o’clock
6 Circle the odd one out.
a really nearly lovely
b see stood sat
c quietly shy nice
d cinema square disco
e England Argentina Spanish
7 Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 It takes a day and a night …
2 The boat was big and new …
3 Mark had a …
4 Dave had a …
5 Dave wanted Mark …
a to stop being shy with the girls.
b with cafés, shops, a cinema and a disco.
c big, open, friendly smile.
d from Portsmouth to Santander.
e nice, quiet, shy face.