Andrea 5th - CAE

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Date Activities

Monday, March 23rd Worksheets 1 and 2

Tuesday, March 24th Worksheets 3 and 4

Wednesday, March 25th Worksheets 5 and 6

Thursday, March 26th Worksheets 7 and 8

Friday, March 27th Worksheets 9 and 10

Monday, March 30th Worksheets 11 and 12

Tuesday, March 31st Worksheets 13 and 14

Wednesday, April 1st Worksheets 15 and 16

Thursday, April 2nd Worksheets 17 and 18

Friday, April 3rd Worksheets 19 and 20

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Worksheet 1

Reading Comprehension:

*Read the following story and answer the questions

One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot from his neighbor Ali. The next day he brought it back with another little pot inside. "That's not mine," said Ali. "Yes, it is," said Nasreddin. "While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby." Sometime later Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali agreed, hoping that he would once again receive two pots in return. However, days passed and Nasreddin had still not returned the pot. Finally Ali lost patience and went to demand his property. "I am sorry," said Nasreddin. "I can't give you back your pot, since it has died." "Died!" screamed Ali, "how can a pot die?" "Well," said Nasreddin, "you believed me when I told you that your pot had had a baby

1. Who was the owner of the pot? A. Nasreddin

B. Ali

C. the baby

2. How many times did Nasreddin borrow the pot? A. once

B. twice

C. three times

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3. How many pots did he give back the first time? A. none

B. one

C. two

4. Why was the neighbour happy to lend his pot a second time? A. He was greedy.

B. He was a good neighbour.

C. He had lots of spare pots.

5. How many pots did Nasreddin return the second time? A. none

B. one

C. two

6. What probably happened to the pot? A. It died.

B. The neighbour took it back.

C. Nasreddin kept it.

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Worksheet2

Vocabulary exercise:

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Worksheet 3

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Worksheet 2



One day Nasreddin went to town to buy new clothes. First he tried on a pair of trousers. He didn't like the trousers, so he gave them back to the shopkeeper. Then he tried a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Nasreddin was pleased with the robe, and he left the shop. Before he climbed on his donkey to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop-assistant ran out. "You didn't pay for the robe!" said the shopkeeper. "But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn't I?" replied Nasreddin. "Yes, but you didn't pay for the trousers, either!" said the shopkeeper. "But I didn't buy the trousers," replied Nasreddin. "I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought."

1. How did Nasreddin get to the shop? a. on foot

b. by camel

c. by donkey

d. the story doesn't say

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2. What did Nasreddin do first in the shop? a. He tried on some trousers.

b. He tried on a robe.

c. He tried on a hat.

d. He greeted the shopkeeper.

3. What did Nasreddin try on next? a. a robe

b. a pair of trousers

c. a hat

4. Which item did Nasreddin like best? a. the robe

b. the hat

c. the trousers

5. How many people were working in the shop? a. four

b. three

c. two

6. Why was the shopkeeper angry when Nasreddin left? a. He didn't take the trousers.

b. He didn't pay for the robe.

c. He didn't say goodbye.

7. What did Nasreddin actually pay for? a. nothing

b. the robe

c. the trousers

d. the hat

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Search Puzzle

Vocabulary exercise: Worksheet 4

Find the vocabulary words in the search puzzle

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One day a visitor came to Nasreddin's house. "I am your cousin from Konya," he said, "and I have brought you a duck to celebrate the visit." Nasreddin was delighted. He asked his wife to cook the duck, and served the visitor a fine dinner. The next day another visitor arrived. "I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck," he said. Nasreddin invited him in and gave him a good meal. The next day another visitor arrived, and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Again Nasreddin invited him in for a meal. However, he was getting annoyed. Visitors seemed to be using his house as a restaurant. Then another visitor came, and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Nasreddin invited him to eat dinner with him. His wife brought some soup to the table and the visitor tasted it. "What kind of soup is this?" asked the visitor. "It tastes just like warm water." "Ah!" said Nasreddin, "That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck."

1. How many visitors came to see Nasreddin? A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

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2. How many of the visitors brought a duck? A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

3. Did Nasreddin know the first visitor? A. Yes

B. No

4. Why did Nasreddin get angry? A. He did not like eating duck.

B. His cousin didn't bring him a duck.

C. The first visitor brought a duck, but the others didn't bring anything.

5. How did Nasreddin solve the problem? A. He served soup which tasted of nothing, so that no more visitors

would want to come to his house.

B. He served excellent soup, so that everyone would want to eat at his house.

C. He opened a restaurant.

Miss Andrea 5th L5 Vocabulary exercise: Worksheet 6

*Complete the sentences using the vocabulary from the bank words.

Bank words

heard lay oblong repeated tablet brave garden robbed reverence spent

1. Suddenly a great noise was outside.

2. Carmen one thing over and over in her mind: He's still alive.

3. I've a lifetime looking at long term implications.

4. Later as she awake beside him, listening to the sound of his breathing, it occurred to her that they had fallen into the pattern of making up by making love.

5. She grabbed her and several pencils.

6. He was now that he faced only a woman.

7. Its shape is it is 43 m.

8. She understood his hatred for Memon, the man who had him of more than his sight.

9. He wore a mask and a lot of time in the apartment.

10. It is respectful to show to those who have passed away.

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Worksheet 7



One day, Nasreddin was up on the roof of his house, mending a hole in the tiles. He had nearly finished, and he was pleased with his work. Suddenly, he heard a voice below call "Hello!" When he looked down, Nasreddin saw an old man in dirty clothes standing below. "What do you want?" asked Nasreddin. "Come down and I'll tell you," called the man. Nasreddin was annoyed, but he was a polite man, so he put down his tools. Carefully, he climbed all the way down to the ground. "What do you want?" he asked, when he reached the ground. "Could you spare a little money for an old beggar?" asked the old man. Nasreddin thought for a minute. Then he said, "Come with me." He began climbing the ladder again. The old man followed him all the way to the top. When they were both sitting on the roof, Nasreddin turned to the beggar. "No," he said

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1. Why was Nasreddin on the roof of his house? A. He was looking at the view.

B. He was waiting for the old man.

C. He was fixing the roof.

2. Who was the old man? A. a beggar

B. Nasreddin's friend

C. a roof-mender

3. Why was Nasreddin angry? A. It was a hot day.

B. He knew the beggar only wanted money.

C. It was a long way to go down the ladder.

4. Why did Nasreddin go down the ladder? A. He wanted to get away from his work.

B. Because the beggar asked him to.

C. He wanted to speak to the beggar.

5. Why did Nasreddin make the beggar climb up the ladder? A. He wanted to show him the view from the roof.

B. He wanted to get his revenge on the beggar.

C. He wanted the beggar to help him fix the roof.

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*Word match. Add and subtract letters to form the vocabulary words.

1. garden -r+th-d+red

2. magnificent -agn+-fi+se-ce+ra-nt+ble

3. dreamt -t+ing

4. earnestly -ar-stly+my

5. cornfields -r+se-fi-lds+que+nces

6. drew -re+a+rf

7. honor -o+u-o+g+y

8.brave -a+i-v+g-e+ht

9. lay -a+oo-y+t

10. spent -e+i-n+r+i

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Worksheet 9



A man named Randy liked to hunt trees. He looked for big trees and old trees. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people to take care of them. Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree. But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger. Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tall tree. The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with awe. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there. There may still be a bigger tree out there. Maybe you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of being cut down.

1. Why did Randy make maps? A. ? The maps help the loggers.

B. ? Randy makes maps to help campers.

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C. ? He makes maps to show where Canada's biggest trees are located.

D. ? He makes maps because he works for the government.

2. What did the loggers want to do to Canada's tallest tree? A. They wanted to cut it down.

B. Save the tree.

C. Take pictures of the tree.

D. Measure the tree to find out how tall it was.

3. Why did Randy make a path to the tallest tree in Canada? A. He needed the path to get home.

B. He wanted more people to see it.

C. He made a path so he could visit the tree more easily.

D. He made a path to help the loggers get to the tree.

4. What does it mean to be "filled with awe". A. to be not interested

B. to be curious

C. to be amazed

D. to want money

5. What happened to the forest where Randy found Canada's tallest tree? A. The loggers might cut it down in the future.

B. No one knows. It is a mystery.

C. The loggers cut it down.

D. It became a park.

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Search Puzzle

Worksheet 10

Vocabulary exercise: *Find the vocabulary words in the search puzzle


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Worksheet 11



The tomato is from South America. When the tomato came to Europe, people did not eat it. Doctors said it would make them sick. So people just grew tomatoes because they looked nice. Now people from all over the world eat tomatoes. Tomatoes are used in sauce, soup, juice, salsa, and ketchup. The tomato is very good for you. Only a tomato leaf or stem will make you sick. People do odd things with tomatoes. People grow tomatoes in space. There is a big tomato fight every year in Spain. A long time ago, people would toss a bad tomato when they saw a show they did not like. In Canada, many tomatoes are grown on big farms. The farms bring in poor people from far away to help grow tomatoes. Without these workers, the farms could not run. But the workers do not get much money. Canada does not let the workers stay here. Many people say this is not fair. Most farms pick tomatoes before they are ripe. They last longer this way. But these tomatoes do not taste as good. So lots of people grow their own tomatoes. Grow Your Own Tomatoes Tomatoes that you grow are better than tomatoes that you buy. You can grow tomatoes inside if you do not have a garden. You need:

• Tomato seeds • A big pot (50 cm deep) • Potting soil (many big food shops sell this) • A window

Miss Andrea 5th L5 Fill the pot with potting soil. Pack the soil down a little bit. Put a seed on top of the soil. Add a bit more soil on top. Add water. The soil must always be a bit wet. Seeds like to be warm. Put your pot in a warm place. It does not need sun yet. The plant will grow above the soil. Put the plant by a window. The plant needs four hours of sun a day. You can tie the stem to a stick to help the plant stay up. Always keep the soil a bit wet. Pick the tomatoes when they are the same red colour top to bottom. Enjoy!

1. What happened when the tomato first came to Europe? A. It was welcomed.

B. People did not like it.

C. Doctors suggested people eat tomatoes for good health.

D. People grew it for food.

2. What is something tomatoes are NOT used for? A. ketchup

B. juice

C. pastries

D. soup

3. What helps control the price of tomatoes in Canada? A. The government passes laws to lower vegetable prices.

B. Big farming companies use cheap workers from other countries.

C. Consumer demand keeps prices down.

D. Many people don't like tomatoes.

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4. According to the reading, how are the tomato workers treated unfairly. A. They work in unsafe conditions.

B. Canadians are not polite to them.

C. They are paid good wages.

D. They are not allowed to stay in Canada.

5. When you are growing your own tomatoes, where should you put the plant and how much sunlight will it need?

A. You should put it in the kitchen and it will not need any direct sunlight.

B. You should put it by a window and it will need 4 hours of sunlight per day.

C. It needs to be outside.

D. It needs to be in the garage with sunlight all day.

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Complete each word group with a vocabulary word

1 .Forefather, founder, antecedent.

2. combat ,conflict, contest.

3. adventurous, audacious, confident.

4. blaze, char, heat.

5. popcorn. corn, cornflakes.

6. imported, introduced, naturalized.

7. break-in, burglary, embezzlement.

8. blame, castigate, censure, chide.

9. regularly, fixedly, immovably.

10. bilk, chisel, crowd.

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Worksheet 13



It is hard to be a farmer. Cold weather can kill your crops. Bugs can eat your crops. Weeds can hurt your crops. Your crops may need more rain than they get. Fruits and Vegetables can go bad before they are sold. Some people say farmers can fix all of this with GM food. What is GM food? All living things have DNA. DNA tells living things how to grow. These days, people can change the DNA that tells food how to grow. When people change the DNA of food, it is called GM food. Some GM food can grow in cold weather. GM food can stop bugs from eating it. GM fruits and vegetables can stay good longer. One day, GM food may be able to grow in dry land in Africa. It will feed people who do not have much food. But there is a lot we do not know about GM food. Will GM companies help poor people grow food? Or do GM companies just want to get rich? Does GM food kill bugs we need, like butterflies? Does GM food make birds sick? Does GM food make people sick? We do not know. There have not been many tests on GM food.

1. What can bugs do that make it hard to be a farmer? A. They make your crops too dry.

B. They make your food go bad.

C. They can eat your crops.

D. They can make your food GM.

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2. What is DNA? A. It is something everyone needs to change.

B. Something about life that cannot be changed.

C. Something that is only in GM foods.

D. DNA is the part of every living thing that tells it how to grow.

3. According to the reading, what is something that GM food can NOT do?

A. It can make food grow in cold weather.

B. It can make food grow faster.

C. It might help grow food in dry parts of Africa.

D. GM food will help foods stay good longer.

4. What is the main reason we do not know enough about GM foods? A. Famers don't like GM foods.

B. Scientists need to do more testing to understand GM foods.

C. Insecticides proves that GM foods will survive bug infestations.

D. Companies just want to get rich.

5. What is the writer's main purpose for writing about GM foods? A. To convince the reader that GM food is good.

B. To educate the reader about GM food and help the reader make an opinion about whether it is good or bad.

C. To convince the reader that GM food is bad.

D. To convince the reader that farmers need to work harder so we don't use GM food.



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This is Meg. Meg lives in South Africa. She has three kids. It is hard to feed her kids. White people own most of the farmland in South Africa. Meg does not have land for a garden. Food costs a lot of money. But Meg has a very good way to grow food. She finds a big sack. She puts rocks in the middle of the sack. She fills the rest of the sack with dirt. She makes little holes in the side of the sack. She puts a tomato plant in one hole. She puts a bean plant in one hole. She puts a green pepper plant in one hole. She puts eggplant in the top of the sack. She waters the sack garden from the top. Her garden does not need much water. Her garden does not need much room. Her garden does not cost much money to make. Her garden does not have many weeds.

Now Meg can feed her kids.

1. What is something that is difficult for Meg? A. It is difficult for her to understand white people.

B. She can't be creative.

C. It is hard for her to feed her children.

D. It is difficult for her to control the weeds in her garden.

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2. What is Meg's way of growing food? A. She uses special seeds.

B. She gets help from her neighbors.

C. She keeps different kinds of fruits and vegetables in different sacks.

D. She puts different kinds of food in a sack that doesn't need much room or water.

3. There is something Meg does not grow in the little holes in the side of the sack. What is it?

A. Tomatoes

B. Eggplant

C. A bean plant

D. Green pepper

4. Which of the following is NOT something good about Meg's garden? A. It does not need much water.

B. It can grow a lot of food very quickly.

C. It does not need much space.

D. There are not many weeds in Meg's garden.

5. Why doesn't Meg grow food in the same way as other farmers? A. There is not enough water.

B. There are too many weeds.

C. It would cost too much money.

D. She does not have any land.

Miss Andrea 5th L5 Search Puzzle Vocabulary exercise: Find the words in the vocabulary search puzzle

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Worksheet 17



Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith are sisters. Mrs. Wilson lives in a house in Duncan and Mrs. Smith lives in a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs. Wilson visited her sister. When her sister answered the door, Mrs. Wilson saw tears in her eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs. Smith said "My cat Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury him". She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him sometimes." Mrs. Smith stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together and a nice visit. It was now five o'clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the dead Sammy into a shopping bag. Mrs. Wilson took the shopping bag and walked to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper. When the bus arrived, she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at her bus stop, she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she had left the shopping bag on the bus.

1. Where does Mrs. Smith live? A. in a condominium in Duncan

B. in a condominium in Victoria

C. in a house in Duncan

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2. Why is Mrs. Smith upset? A. because her sister came to see her cat

B. because her cat died

C. because Mrs. Wilson was sad

3. What did Mrs. Wilson do? A. take the cat with her on the bus

B. put her gloves in the shopping bag

C. prepare dinner for her sister

4. Who did Sammy the cat live with? A. Mrs. Wilson

B. Mrs. Smith

C. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith

5. What time did Mrs. Wilson go home? A. when the bus arrived

B. at 5 p.m.

C. after she walked for two minutes

6. How did Mrs. Wilson go home? A. walked for two minutes before she caught the bus

B. read a newspaper on the bus

C. took a bus

7. What did Mrs. Wilson forget? A. the newspaper

B. her handbag

C. the shopping bag

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* Complete each word group with a vocabulary word

1. elbow chair, wing chair, recliner

2. amaze, astound, confound

3. writer, poet, novelist

4. terrible, disagreeable, dreadful

5. bloom, color, flush

6. purchased, buy, acquired

7. inbreathe, blow, suspire

8. lamp, skylight, candelabra

9. paw, nail, pincer

10. fool, jester, circus


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I am new to the city. I do not know anyone. But an old woman lives next door. Her name is Val. She gives me a big box of vegetables. She grows them in a garden by the sidewalk. There are carrots, tomatoes, beans, and peas. They are the best vegetables I ever ate. Val lives alone, too. But she seems happy in her garden. She loves plants. Sometimes, I can hear her talking to them. Maybe that is why they grow so big. One day, I stop seeing Val in the garden. I see people take many boxes from her home. Weeds grow in her garden. The dirt is dry. The plants look sad. Val must have passed on. So I pull the weeds. I water the garden. I even talk to the plants. Then a family moves next door. They are new to the city. They do not know anyone. And I give them a big box of vegetables from Val’s garden.

1. How long has the writer of the story lived in the city? A. A very long time

B. Not very long

C. Ten years

D. She was born in the city.

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2. What kind of vegetable did Val NOT grow? A. Tomatoes

B. Carrots

C. Corn

D. Beans and peas

3. What happened after the writer of the story stopped seeing Val in her garden?

A. No one watered the garden.

B. People took many boxes from Val's house.

C. Other neighbors took care of the garden.

D. Val's house stayed empty.

4. Why was the new family lucky? A. They moved into a good neighborhood.

B. The had lots of friends in town.

C. They were lucky because the writer of the story took care of Val's garden even after she died.

D. They had good jobs.

5. What is something that the writer of the story did NOT do after Val died? A. pull the weeds

B. water the garden

C. talk to the plants

D. learn about Val's family


*Complete the sentences using the vocabulary from the bank words.

Bank words

rubbish scolding seized spirit stood telling unharmed wooden awoke

cabbage dwarf earnestly enemy feather return

1. He suddenly the lead in the final lap of the race.

2. Cut the center of a very fine.

3. Even when I studied most it seemed more like play than work.

4. You're my forever!

5. The tiny worked in the coal mine all day.

6. He continued to take notes, as if Dean's had fallen on deaf ears.

7. That book is a load of .

8. There was no point in him she had intended to sleep in the car.

9. She frozen, searching for him.

10. I was light as a back then.

11. I have something to to you.

12. In consequence of these transactions, he was suffered to betake himself to Venice.

13. It replaced an old one that burned.

14. His tone and expression an old unwelcome feeling.

15. Such is the present of my nation.

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