OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST

Stage Starter
Red Roses

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

4 What does the word mean? Match a word
a ___ Anna plays her guitar in the kitchen.
in A with a definition in B.
b ___ Anna thinks Will is a nice young man.
c ___ Will always brings roses for Vicki. A
d ___ Gran makes Will some coffee. 1 ___ inside
e ___ Will and Gran drink coffee in the 2 ___ along
elevator. 3 ___ around
f ___ Will hears a guitar on the balcony. 4 ___ upstairs
g ___ Anna is a music student. 5 ___ outside
h ___ Gran knows the number of Anna’s
apartment. B
i ___ Will meets Anna at Vicki’s party. a in different places
j ___ Gran comes home from hospital on b out of a room or building
Friday. c to or in the higher part of a building
d into a room or building
20 marks e from one end of something to the other end

2 Put these sentences in the right order. 20 marks

Number them 1–5.
5 Who does this? Anna, Gran, Tom, James,
a ___ Will gives Anna a bunch of red roses.
Will
b ___ Will takes Anna home in his car.
c ___ Anna helps Gran carry her shopping. 1 ……….. goes to hospital for two weeks.
d ___ Will sees Anna with her guitar. 2 ……….. thinks he must play the guitar more
e ___ Will hears a guitar but cannot find it. often.
3 ……….. is Vicki’s brother.
20 marks 4 ……….. is going home to Eastfield.
5 ……….. puts the roses in a vase.
3 Who said this? Match a letter in A with a
number in B.
A 20 marks
a ___ ‘Listen! That’s a guitar. Where’s it
Total marks
coming from?’
b ___ ‘I’m new here, and I don’t know anyone
in the building.’
c ___ ‘Come to my party on Saturday,
James, and bring some friends.’
d ___ ‘Can you take my friend Anna, too?
She’s going to Charlton.’
e ___ ‘That’s a big smile, Will. Red roses –
don’t they say “Red roses for love”?’

B
1 Tom
2 Gran
3 Will
4 Anna
5 Vicki
20 marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST ANSWERS
Stage Starter
Red Roses

1
a F
b T
c F
d T
e F
f T
g T
h F
i F
j T

2
a 5
b 4
c 3
d 1
e 2

3
a 3
b 4
c 5
d 1
e 2

4
a 3
b 5
c 4
d 1
e 2

5
1 Gran
2 Will
3 James
4 Tom
5 Anna

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage Starter
Red Roses
SETTING 9 Anna goes in a car with _____.
a  Vicki
Choose the best answer. b  Gran
1 Anna is _____ the guitar on the balcony of c  Daniel
her apartment. d  James
a  listening to 10 Anna is thinking about _____.
b  talking to a  her guitar
c  playing b  Gran
d  watching c  the elevator
2 Anna’s apartment is _____. d  the young man
a  old 20 marks
b  new
c  big
d  small CHARACTERS

3 Anna lives in _____ Apartments. Choose the best answer.

a  Charlton 11 Anna talks to her friend _____ on the phone.
b  August a  James
c  Grandview b  Tom
d  Eastfield c  Vicki
4 Anna takes her _____ and goes down in the d  Daniel
elevator. 12 _____ is Vicki’s brother.
a  guitar a  Will
b  bag b  Tom
c  coffee c  Daniel
d  bunch of roses d  James
5 Anna waits for Vicki _____. 13 _____ can smell roses in the elevator.
a  inside her apartment a  James
b  on the balcony b  Vicki
c  in the elevator c  Katie
d  outside her apartment d  Anna
6 A young man is carrying a _____. 14 _____ is a music student.
a  guitar a  Gran
b  bunch of roses b  Will
c  phone c  Vicki
d  bag d  Anna
7 When the young man smiles at _____ her 15 _____ can’t go to the party because she is
face is pink. not feeling well.
a  Anna a  Anna
b  Vicki b  Vicki
c  Gran c  Gran
d  Jane d  Katie
8 Will always brings roses for _____. 16 _____ has a wonderful party.
a  his gran a  Vicki
b  his girlfriend b  Natalie
c  Vicki c  Jane
d  his wife d  Katie

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage Starter
Red Roses
17 _____ goes to hospital for two weeks. 24 ‘It’s a lovely day, Will, let’s have our coffee
a  Will on the balcony.’
b  Daniel a  James
c  Gran b  Katie
d  Vicki c  Natalie
d  Gran
18 Will drives _____ home to Eastfield in his
car. 25 Oh, can I help you? Can I carry something?’
a  Vicki a  Gran
b  Tom b  Will
c  Jane c  Anna
d  Natalie d  Vicki
19 _____ likes roses because they smell 26 ‘Come to my party on Saturday, James, and
wonderful. bring some friends.’
a  Anna a  Natalie
b  Tom b  Tom
c  James c  Will
d  Jane d  Vicki
20 Gran says _____has a big smile. 27 ‘How are you today, Gran?’
a  Anna a  Will
b  Will b  James
c  Vicki c  Vicki
d  James d  Anna
20 marks 28 ‘Can you take my friend Anna, too? She’s
going to Charlton.’
DIALOGUE a  Will
b  Tom
Who says this? c  James
d  Daniel
21 ‘Well, I’m thinking about a bunch of roses.’
a  Anna 29 ‘That’s funny, I’m going to Grandview
b  Vicki Apartments.’
c  Will a  Tom
d  Gran b  Vicki
c  Will
22 ‘Oh, you are a good boy. You always bring
d  Gran
me roses.’
a  Anna 30 ‘Would you like to come up to my apartment
b  Gran for coffee?’
c  Vicki a  Will
d  Daniel b  Gran
c  Vicki
23 ‘Just think – you walk out of the elevator,
d  Anna
and there is a young man with a bunch of
roses.’ 20 marks
a  Vicki
b  Will
c  Gran
d  Anna

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage Starter
Red Roses
VOCABULARY 39 to make a sound like a bell
a  voice
Choose the best answer. b  ring
31 a small amount, not much c  funny
a  around d  lovely
b  outside 40 what you make when you sing, or play the
c  a bit piano
d  inside a  music
32 to notice something with your nose b  voice
a  voice c  ring
b  smell d  smell
c  dear 20 marks
d  along
33 out of a room or building PLOT
a  outside
b  inside Choose the best answer.
c  upstairs 41 Will is in his car thinking about _____.
d  apartment a  the young woman
34 a girl who is a man’s special friend b  the party
a  girlfriend c  a bunch of roses
b  Gran d  his gran
c  voice 42 On the balcony Will can hear _____.
d  dear a  a guitar
35 in the higher part of a building b  voices
a  inside c  the elevator
b  around d  a car
c  outside 43 Will runs out of the _____ and along the
d  upstairs corridor.
36 you say this when you speak to someone a  car
you like or love b  hospital
a  dear c  apartment
b  Gran d  shop
c  girlfriend 44 Will tells _____ about the girl with the guitar.
d  anybody a  Anna
37 very nice b  Tom
a  lovely c  James
b  dear d  Gran
c  funny 45 Anna finds Gran _____ with lots of bags.
d  upstairs a  in the hospital
38 from one end of something to the other b  at the door
a  inside c  in the shops
b  upstairs d  in the elevator
c  along
d  apartment

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage Starter
Red Roses
46 In October Anna goes to visit _____ for a
week.
a  the hospital
b  Will
c  her family
d  Vicki
47 Gran is going home on _____.
a  Thursday
b  Friday
c  Saturday
d  Sunday
48 Anna helps Will take things to _____.
a  the hospital
b  Gran’s apartment
c  his car
d  Eastfield
49 Anna puts the roses _____.
a  in the elevator
b  in a vase
c  on the balcony
d  outside the apartment
50 Will goes upstairs carrying a _____ for
Anna.
a  bunch of red roses
b  guitar
c  bunch of white roses
d  vase

20 marks

Total marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage Starter
Red Roses
SETTING PLOT
1 c 41 a
2 b 42 a
3 c 43 c
4 a 44 d
5 d 45 b
6 b 46 c
7 a 47 b
8 a 48 b
9 a 49 b
10 d 50 a

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

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

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

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage Starter
Red Roses
BEFORE READING 5
1 1 c
1 b 2 a
2 c 3 d
4 b
2
1 No. 6
2 Yes. 1 False.
3 Yes. 2 True.
4 No. 3 True.
5 No. 4 False.
6 Yes. 5 False.

WHILE READING AFTER READING

1 1
1 The guitar. Students’ own answers.
2 Vicki.
3 White.
2
4 The young man (Will).
a 3
b 6
2
c 1
1 True. d 7
2 False. e 8
3 True. f 4
4 False. g 5
5 False. h 9
i 10
3 j 2
1 Will’s gran.
2 Will. 3
3 Anna. 1 Anna says it to Vicki.
4 Will’s gran. 2 Will says it to his gran.
5 Anna. 3 Anna says it to Gran.
4 Vicki says it to her brother (James).
4 5 Vicki says it to Anna.
1 Anna carries some of Gran’s bags. 6 Tom says it to Will.
2 She’s having a party.
3 Because she is not feeling well. 4
4 Vicki, Natalie, Jane and Katie. apartment / nice / do not / hears / outside / party
because / rain / home / red

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