DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales

SETTING 8 One day, Marios and Nikos are walking through

Choose the best answer. ___ .
a □ some woods
1 Kosmas is from ___ . b □ a nice town
a □ Bulgaria c □ a big building
b □ Delphi d □ a beautiful garden
c □ Samos
d □ Greece 9 When a bear arrives, Nikos climbs up a ___ .
a □ hill
2 Kosmas works ___ . b □ big building
a □ in a town c □ tall tree
b □ on a hill d □ long path
c □ near the sea
d □ in some woods 10 Marios lies on ___ .
a □ his back
3 One evening, Kosmas runs quickly to the nearest b □ a bed of flowers
___ . c □ his bag
a □ shop d □ the ground
b □ tree
c □ village 20 marks
d □ shepherd’s house
CHARACTERS
4 In the end, Kosmas finds Sirius ___ .
Choose the best answer.
a □ on the ground
b □ up a tree
11 ___ is a young shepherd boy.
c □ in his house
a □ Marios
d □ in the village
b □ Kosmas
c □ Yiannis
5 Yiannis and Dafni live ___ .
d □ Nikos
a □ in a little town
b □ in the country
12 ___ is a nice dog. He helps to look after the
c □ in some woods
sheep.
d □ on a big hill
a □ Sirius
b □ Yiannis
6 Yiannis goes to a ___ , and he sells one of the
c □ Marios
eggs there.
d □ Kosmas
a □ shop in town
b □ friend’s house
13 The ___ become very angry with Kosmas.
c □ big hotel
a □ shepherds
d □ different country
b □ sheep
c □ travellers
7 The goose dies in the ___ .
d □ villagers
a □ village
b □ woods
14 One day, a young ___ comes to Yiannis and
c □ garden
Dafni’s house.
d □ house
a □ bear
b □ goose
c □ lamb
d □ wolf

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
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Crying Wolf and Other Tales
22 ‘Never tell lies again!’
5 Dafni is Yiannis’s ___ . a □ the travellers
a □ wife b □ Dafni
b □ friend c □ the villagers
c □ sister d □ Yiannis
d □ daughter
23 ‘Oh no! Sirius is dead, too!’
16 ___ wants to kill the goose. a □ Nikos
a □ The man in the shop b □ Dafni
b □ Dafni c □ Marios
c □ Yiannis d □ Kosmas
d □ A bear
24 ‘I want to become rich more quickly. What can I
17 ___ is very greedy. do?’
a □ The goose a □ Dafni
b □ Kosmas b □ Yiannis
c □ Dafni c □ Kosmas
d □ Yiannis d □ Nikos

18 Marios and Nikos are ___ . 25 ‘You fool! Our golden goose has an ordinary
a □ friends goose’s body!’
b □ brothers a □ Marios
c □ children b □ Nikos
d □ shepherds c □ Yiannis
d □ Dafni
19 The bear is ___ .
a □ hungry, but afraid 26 ‘I am a fool!’
b □ big, and very loud a □ Yiannis
c □ ill, and quiet b □ Dafni
d □ angry, and very fast c □ Marios
d □ Kosmas
20 ___ is very afraid when he sees the bear.
a □ Kosmas 27 ‘Aargh! It’s a bear!’
b □ Yiannis a □ Yiannis
c □ Nikos b □ Kosmas
d □ Sirius c □ Nikos
d □ the villagers
20 marks
28 ‘Bears never touch a dead body.’
a □ Marios
DIALOGUE
b □ Dafni
Who says or thinks this?
c □ Yiannis
d □ Sirius
21 ‘A wolf is eating my sheep!’
a □ Dafni
29 ‘Tell me about the bear’s words in your ear!’
b □ Kosmas
a □ Kosmas
c □ Marios
b □ Yiannis
d □ Nikos
c □ Marios
d □ Nikos

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Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales
37 to go from one town to a different town
30 ‘You’re not a true friend to me!’ a □ sell
a □ Nikos b □ count
b □ Marios c □ travel
c □ Dafni d □ touch
d □ Kosmas
38 not quiet
20 marks a □ still
b □ greedy
c □ rich
VOCABULARY
d □ loud
Choose the best answer.

39 this is between your eyes

31 it lives in the country and sometimes kills sheep
a □ nose
a □ goose
b □ ear
b □ bear
c □ truth
c □ wolf
d □ lamb
d □ lamb

40 to speak very quietly

32 to think something
a □ lie
a □ believe
b □ whisper
b □ sniff
c □ look after
c □ promise
d □ climb
d □ look after

20 marks
33 you can go across a garden or through woods on
this
a □ idea PLOT
b □ word Choose the best answer.
c □ ground
d □ path 41 Kosmas cries ‘Wolf!’ one evening because he
feels ___ .
34 usual a □ tired
a □ bored b □ ill
b □ loud c □ bored
c □ ordinary d □ alone
d □ alone
42 When Kosmas first cries ‘Wolf’, the villagers
35 to take money for something quickly ___ .
a □ sell a □ run away
b □ look after b □ run up the hill
c □ become c □ close their doors
d □ promise d □ eat their dinner

36 you can open things with this 43 The villagers aren’t happy with Kosmas because
a □ trick he is ___ .
b □ knife a □ making a lot of noise
c □ advice b □ taking money
d □ egg c □ killing sheep
d □ telling lies

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Crying Wolf and Other Tales
44 In the end, Kosmas thinks, ‘I want to ___ ’.
a □ tell more lies
b □ tell the truth
c □ find a new dog
d □ sell all my sheep.

45 One day, Yiannis and Dafni’s goose lays ___

egg.
a □ a very big
b □ a little
c □ a golden
d □ an ordinary

46 Yiannis ___ all the eggs from the goose.

a □ eats
b □ loses
c □ looks after
d □ sells

47 Yiannis kills the goose because he wants to ___ .

a □ have all its eggs at once
b □ look after sheep
c □ eat the goose for dinner
d □ have a bigger, better goose

48 When the travellers meet the bear, Marios can’t

climb the tree because he ___ .
a □ is tired and ill
b □ has a heavy bag
c □ has no shoes
d □ has a bad leg

49 Marios ___ when the bear sniffs him.

a □ runs away
b □ cries
c □ laughs
d □ doesn’t move

50 Marios is very angry because Nikos doesn’t ___

him when the bear comes.
a □ help
b □ speak to
c □ look at
d □ stay with

20 marks
Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales
SETTING PLOT
1d 41 c
2b 42 b
3c 43 d
4a 44 b
5b 45 c
6a 46 d
7c 47 a
8a 48 b
9c 49 d
10 d 50 a

CHARACTERS
11 b
12 a
13 d
14 b
15 a
16 c
17 d
18 a
19 b
20 c

DIALOGUE
21 b
22 c
23 d
24 b
25 d
26 a
27 c
28 a
29 d
30 b

VOCABULARY
31 c
32 a
33 d
34 c
35 a
36 b
37 c
38 d
39 a
40 b

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales
6
BEFORE READING c Kosmas goes up the hill alone.
1 7
a2 i Kosmas finds some dead lambs. He then calls
b3 Sirius.
c1 8
2 e But the dog is dead on the ground.
9
f Kosmas thinks, ‘I always want to tell the truth now.’

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
Activity page 3 read that the answers are:
b and d.
READING CHECK
a2 Activity page 11
b5
c6 READING CHECK
d8 a F They have got a small house.
e3 b F A young goose comes up the garden path.
f1 cT
g4 dT
h9 e F Yiannis the eggs to a shop.
i7 fT
g F The goose lays an egg every day.
GUESS WHAT hT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell i F Yiannis counts all the money.
them the answers now. They will find out as they jT
read that the answers are:
a3 GUESS WHAT
b1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
c2 them the answers now. They will find out as they
d2 read that the answer is:
c
Activity page 7
Activity page 15
READING CHECK
1 READING CHECK
b Kosmas is watching his sheep. a The next day, Yiannis takes out a knife.
2 b The knife is very big.
d There is a sudden noise. c Yiannis would like to kill the goose.
3 d Yiannis wants all of its eggs now.
g A wolf quickly takes one of the lambs. e Yiannis kills the goose in the garden.
4 f The goose hasn’t got golden eggs inside it.
h Kosmas runs fast to the village. g Dafni isn’t happy with Yiannis.
5 h Yiannis is a fool.
a But the villagers don’t listen to him.

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales

PROJECT A
GUESS WHAT
Project Pages 24–25
Encourage students to guess but do not tell 1
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
a1
b1

Activity page 19

READING CHECK
a friends
b bag
c town
d big 2
e in front of You can find brown bears in the far hills and woods
f fast of Asia, North America, and some countries in
g the ground Europe. They live alone for most of the year and
h Marios they can live for a very long time – sometimes up to
i aren’t 25 years.
j doesn’t come The bears can be different colours from a dark
brown to a very light brown. They have thick coats
GUESS WHAT and these help them stay warm when they go to
Encourage students to guess but do not tell sleep in the colder months of the year. A brown bear
them the answers now. They will find out as they is often very heavy – between 150 and 450
read that the answer is: kilograms. They can be between about 1.5 and 2.5
metres long. When bears are running after
c
something, they can go very fast – up to 48
kilometres an hour.
Activity page 23
The bears eat fruit, insects, and little animals.
They love fish too and they can easily take them out
READING CHECK of the water. Brown bears don’t usually attack
a1 people. But sometimes the mothers can become
b3 very angry when a person is near their babies.
c2
d3
e2
f1
g2

WHAT NEXT?
Encourage students to guess the answers.

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales
2
PROJECT B a fool
b look after
c greedy
Project Pages 26–27 d become
1 e sell
a2 f inside
b3 g ordinary
c1
2 WORD WORK 3
i3, ii1, iii2 Pages 31–33
3 1
a3, b4, c2, d1 a touch
4 b bear
Students' own answers c whisper
5 d nose
Students' own answers e woods
f sniff
WORD WORK ACTIVITIES 2
Pages 28–30 a advice
b travel
c loud
WORD WORK 1
d heavy
1
e still
a bored
f word
b wolf
g lie
c lamb
.
d shepherd
e path
f sheep
g ground
h climb
2
a trick
b alone
c truth
d promise
e lie
f believe

WORD WORK 2
1
a rich
b goose
c knife
d lay an egg
e wife
f count
g golden
h idea

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Quick Starter
Crying Wolf and Other Tales
1 6
a people a This
b wolves b those
c men c this
d women d That
e noises e These
f families f that
g doors
h windows
i sheep
j hills
2
a stories
b children
c sandwiches
d knives
e bodies
f feet
g eyes
h dresses
3
a is
b isn’t
c are
d aren’t
e isn’t
f ’m
g aren’t; ’re
h is
i ‘m not; isn’t
4
a Sirius is a good dog.
b Is the wolf here now?
c The villagers are at home.
d The goose isn’t very old.
e This egg is beautiful.
f Is the goose big and fat?
g What is the goose’s name?
h Marios isn’t in the tree.
i Where is the bear?
j Are the travellers very afraid?
5
a Those
b that
c these
d this
e that
f Those

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