DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Quick Starter
Merlin

SETTING
Choose the best answer. 8 When Merlin and Ceridwen run through the forest,
they change into different ___ .
1 Merlin’s home is a ___ . a □ people
a □ little house b □ animals
b □ tree house c □ demons
c □ castle d □ kings
d □ convent
9 King Vortigern wants to make a new castle ___ .
2 Merlin is from ___ . a □ in a forest
a □ England b □ near a lake
b □ Wales c □ on a hill
c □ Scotland d □ in a village
d □ France
10 The castle falls down because there are dragons
3 Merlin and his mother live in King ___ kingdom. ___ it.
a □ Vortigern’s a □ near
b □ Arthur’s b □ under
c □ Morfran’s c □ next to
d □ Arwel’s d □ behind

4 Merlin’s father isn’t at home. He’s ___ . 20 marks

a □ in the forest
b □ in the village
CHARACTERS
c □ far away with Princess Adhan
Choose the best answer.
d □ far away with the king
11 Merlin is the ___ of Princess Adhan.
5 Merlin and his mother often walk ___ .
a □ son
a □ in the big town
b □ brother
b □ next to the lake
c □ father
c □ up the hill
d □ friend
d □ in the forest
12 Merlin needs to be careful of Ceridwen. She’s
6 Merlin needs to go and find the biggest ___ in the
___ .
forest.
a □ a magician
a □ lake
b □ a bully
b □ oak
c □ a hunter
c □ house
d □ an enchantress
d □ castle
13 Morfran and Arwel are ___ .
7 In the forest, there’s a ___ . In front of it, Merlin
a □ Merlin’s friends
sees a boy.
b □ bad demons
a □ little house
c □ angry bullies
b □ big house
d □ the king’s men
c □ beautiful castle
d □ very old castle

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Quick Starter
Merlin
14 Merlin has ___ and he sometimes talks to it. DIALOGUE
a □ an otter Who says this?
b □ a toad
c □ a bird 21 ‘Merlin’s talking to his toad!’
d □ a hare a □ Princess Adhan
b □ King Vortigern
15 One night, Merlin’s ___ talks to him in a dream. c □ Morfran
a □ mother d □ Ceridwen
b □ friend
c □ king 22 ‘I can talk to those bullies.’
d □ father a □ Arwel
b □ Merlin
16 In the forest, Merlin sees ___ . He is the son of c □ Morfran
Ceridwen. d □ Princess Adhan
a □ Arwel
b □ Vortigern 23 ‘When they bully you, walk away.’
c □ Morfran a □ Merlin’s father
d □ a demon b □ Morfran
c □ Princess Adhan
17 ___ pretends to be a magician with his mother’s d □ Ronwen
potion.
a □ Merlin 24 ‘This potion can give magic powers to the first
b □ Arwel drinker of it!’
c □ Morfran a □ Merlin
d □ Vortigern b □ Arwel
c □ King Vortigern
18 ___ is King Vortigern’s new wife. d □ Ceridwen
a □ Ceridwen
b □ Ronwen 25 ‘Merlin, you demon! One day you must die for
c □ Adhan this!’
d □ An enchantress a □ Merlin’s father
b □ Morfran
19 ___ wants a magic potion and he calls for c □ Ronwen
Morfran. d □ King Vortigern
a □ Merlin’s father
b □ King Vortigern 26 ‘So give it to somebody important, and pretend to
c □ Arwel be a magician.’
d □ Merlin a □ King Vortigern
b □ Morfran
20 At the end, ___ talks about the future and then c □ Arwel
changes into a hare. d □ Princess Adhan
a □ Princess Adhan
b □ Merlin 27 ‘Let’s make a castle on this hill!’
c □ King Vortigern a □ Ronwen
d □ Morfran b □ Arwel
c □ Merlin
20 marks d □ Morfran

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Quick Starter
Merlin
35 to do things to make people think that something
28 ‘I need the blood of a boy without a father.’ is true when it isn’t
a □ King Vortigern a □ jump
b □ Ceridwen b □ pretend
c □ Princess Adhan c □ fight
d □ Morfran d □ fall

29 ‘There are two dragons under the hill. I can see 36 this person looks for and kills animals
them through the a □ enchantress
ground.’ b □ enemy
a □ Arwel c □ hunter
b □ Morfran d □ wife
c □ Merlin
d □ Ronwen 37 a lot of water with land around it
a □ castle
30 ‘You’re a true magician! Tell me about the future!’ b □ kingdom
a □ Merlin c □ ground
b □ King Vortigern d □ lake
c □ Ceridwen
d □ Arwel 38 this is red; you can see it when you cut your hand
a □ blood
20 marks b □ light
c □ fire
d □ magic
VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer.
39 to move suddenly from one place to a different
place
31 a place with lots of trees
a □ power
a □ village
b □ bully
b □ kingdom
c □ fight
c □ convent
d □ jump
d □ forest

40 the time after now

32 the most important man in a country
a □ future
a □ king
b □ dream
b □ princess
c □ weather
c □ magician
d □ wall
d □ demon

20 marks
33 something that you drink to give you magic power
a □ lake
b □ potion PLOT
c □ cauldron Choose the best answer.
d □ plant
41 When Merlin first goes to the village, Morfran and
34 a very large, strong bird Arwell ___ him.
a □ otter a □ help
b □ dragon b □ laugh at
c □ eagle c □ play with
d □ hare d □ eat with

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Quick Starter
Merlin
49 In the end, the dragons go away because Merlin
42 When Merlin goes to the village again, Morfran makes a ___ .
___ the toad. a □ forest of fire
a □ runs after b □ lake of blood
b □ kills c □ wall of rain
c □ cooks d □ castle of light
d □ fights
50 One day in the future, Merlin is the king’s ___ .
43 One night, Merlin has a dream and he talks to his a □ enemy
father about ___ . b □ hunter
a □ the weather c □ fighter
b □ his toad d □ magician
c □ the bullies
d □ his mother 20 marks
Total marks
44 At the house in the forest, Ceridwen is ___ .
a □ making a new cauldron
b □ making a magic potion
c □ drinking a magic potion
d □ eating Merlin’s toad

45 When the cauldron goes over onto the ground,

some of the potion
falls onto ___ .
a □ Morfran’s leg
b □ Ceridwen’s body
c □ the toad’s head
d □ Merlin’s hand

46 When Ceridwen first runs after Merlin through the

forest, she is an angry ___ .
a □ dog
b □ dragon
c □ otter
d □ hare

47 Merlin wants to be the best magician in the

kingdom so he reads books and ___ .
a □ makes different magic potions
b □ works on his magic powers
c □ finds a big cauldron
d □ talks to his father

48 When King Vortigern’s wife is ill, Morfran gives

her ___ .
a □ Ceridwen’s potion
b □ Merlin’s blood
c □ Arwel’s drink
d □ Princess Adhan’s plants

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Quick Starter
Merlin
GUESS WHAT
1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
a a princess them the answers now. They will find out as they
b a magician read that the answers are:
c a king
a1
d an enchantress
b3
e a bully
c2
f the king’s wife
2
Activity Page 11
a Merlin
b Morfran
c Vortigern READING CHECK
d Ceridwen a False (Merlin sees Morfran and his mother.)
e Adhan b True
f Ronwen c False (Ceridwen is making a potion for Morfran.)
d False (Ceridwen looks for a bottle.)
Activity Page 3 e True
f True
g False (Some of the potion goes onto Merlin’s
READING CHECK
hand.)
b far away
h True
c forest
i False (Merlin now has magic powers.)
d The enchantress Ceridwen
j True
e hasn’t
f toad
g laugh at GUESS WHAT
h father Encourage students to guess but do not tell
i speaks them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answer is:
GUESS WHAT b
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they Activity Page 15
read that the answers are:
a No READING CHECK
b Yes b Merlin first changes into a hare, and runs into the
c No forest.
d Yes c Ceridwen can change into different animals too.
d Merlin soon arrives at a lake, and he goes into the
Activity Page 7 water.
e In the water, Merlin is a fish and Ceridwen is an
otter.
READING CHECK
f Next, Merlin goes far up into the sky.
a2
g Then Merlin sees a hunter down in the forest.
b5
h An arrow suddenly hits Ceridwen.
c8
i Morfran is very angry because his mother is dead.
d9
e 10
f1 GUESS WHAT
g4 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
h6 them the answers now. They will find out as they
i7 read that the answer is:
j3 c

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Quick Starter
Merlin
Morgana’s friend is Guingamar. He is the king of the
Activity Page 19 Island of Apples. People sometimes call this magic
island ‘Avalon’.
READING CHECK Morgana is the enemy of the magician Merlin. For
b3 many years, she is angry with her half-brother,
c2 Arthur, and he is her enemy, too.
d3 But in the end, Morgana helps Arthur when he is
e1 dying. She takes him in a magic boat to the Island
f2 of Apples. Arthur stays on the island. One day he
g1 must come back, and be the king of his country
again.

GUESS WHAT
Project Pages 26–27
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are: PROJECT B
a and d 1

Activity Page 23 Dear Adhan,

I can’t stop thinking about you and Merlin a) at
home. I want to come back when we stop b)
READING CHECK fighting, and see the two of you again.
a5 I often think about our beautiful c) castle, and the
b1 wonderful things near it. Do you go for long walks in
c6 the d) forest with Merlin every day?
d2 Does Merlin talk to you more now? And has he got
e8 any new e) friends? Perhaps there are some nice
f3 f) boys in the g) village, and he’s friends with
g7 them.
h9 Can Merlin reads and write now? Which h) books
i4 does he like best? And is he a good student?
Write back soon. I’d like to know the i) answers to
GUESS WHAT all my j) questions I can’t wait to hear from you.
Students’ own answers. With love,
Meurig xxx

Project Pages 24–25

PROJECT A
1

2 Morgana Le Fay is an enchantress and you can

read many interesting old stories about her. She’s
from Cornwall in the West of England and she’s the
daughter of Duke Gorlois of Cornwall, and his wife,
Lady Igraine. Morgana has two sisters – Elaine and
Morgause, and she has a half-brother, too. His
name is Arthur, and later, he’s the King of Britain.
Morgana has the power to make ill people well
again. She can make magic potions, change into
different animals, and fly quickly through the sky.

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Quick Starter
Merlin
Activity Pages 28–30
2
Dear Meurig, WORD WORK 1
Thank you for your letter. Of course, I think about 1
you all the time, too. b hunter
Yes, Merlin and I walk in the forest every day, and I c oak
teach him about the plants there. He’s very d cauldron
interested in them. e king
Merlin talks to me a lot now, but he hasn’t got any f fight
friends in the village. His only true friend is a toad. g castle
There are some boys in the village, but they aren’t h forest
very nice. They bully/laugh at Merlin when they i princess
see him, and he is very afraid of them, I think. j jump
Merlin is reading a lot now. He likes old French k plant
story books. And he can write well, too. How are l toad
things with you? When are you coming home? 2
Please answer soon! a enchantress
Love, b dream
Adhan xxx c kingdom
d fall
3 e ground
Dear Merlin, f bully
Things are nice here at the convent, but I think
about you every day, and I have a lot of questions WORD WORK 2
to ask you! 1
First of all, how are you doing? Are you feeling b fish
happy? c otter
I often think about our visits to the forest. Do you d eagle
go for a walk in the forest every morning? e arrow
What about food? Do you eat well every day? Do f hare
you buy food from the village shop every week? 2
And that bully? Is that boy Morfran nicer to you b power
these days? Do you have any new friends? c animals
What about your work? Are you learning more d bird
magic now? What different things can you do? e potion
That’s all for now! Write to me soon and answer all f magic
my questions.
Lots of love, WORD WORK 3
Mother xxx 1
b fire
c weather
d dragon
e wall
f blood
2
b wife
c future
d breathe
e pretends

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Quick Starter
Merlin
Activity Pages 28–30

WORD WORK 1
1
b hunter
c oak
d cauldron
e king
f fight
g castle
h forest
i princess
j jump
k plant
l toad
2
a enchantress
b dream
c kingdom
d fall
e ground
f bully

WORD WORK 2
1
b fish
c otter
d eagle
e arrow
f hare
2
b power
c animals
d bird
e potion
f magic

WORD WORK 3
1
b fire
c weather
d dragon
e wall
f blood
2
b wife
c future
d breathe
e pretends
.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Quick Starter
Merlin
7
1 b Ceridwen’s son is the king’s new magician.
b Where are the king’s men standing? c The bullies’ names are Morfran and Arwel.
c Is the king sitting on a chair? d Morfran’s mother has got magic powers.
d Are the dragons breathing fire? e That hare’s legs are very long.
e Who is the king watching? f The birds are afraid of those hunters’ cries.
f Is Morfran running away?
g Who is calling the dog?
h Are the king’s men fighting?
2
1c
2e
3a
4f
5h
6b
7g
8d
3
b Merlin often talks to his toad.
c Morfran and Arwel are never nice to their enemies.
d Ceridwen sometimes changes into an eagle.
e The dragons usually kill their enemies with fire.
f Vortigern is always the most important man in his
kingdom.
4
b always
c often
d sometimes
e usually
f always
g usually
h sometimes
5
b1
c6
d5
e3
f4

6
b King Vortigern’s wife, Ronwen
c the men’s horses
d Morfran’s friend, Arwel
e the dragons’ fire and smoke
f the toad’s fat, green body

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