Story Central Plus Level 6

Student name

Group/Class

Date Score

VOCABULARY 1

1 Read and circle .

Springfield Youth Club

The club is open Monday to Friday afternoons.

1. If you don’t know anyone, you will be invited / be introduced to the

other kids.

2. If you’re interested in / join in music, come to our music room.

3. You can get along with / join in a lot of different activities.

4. Or you can just hang out / be invited with your friends.

5. We don’t want anyone to be sad / be alone .

6. You will have the best hang out / social life in your school!

Score: /5

2 Read and complete.

 join social hang introduced alone along

1. On weekends, I like to hang out with my friends at the Youth Club.

2. It’s important for kids to have a life.

3. If you don’t know many people, you will be to the other

kids.

4. Most activities are in groups so you won’t be .

5. You can watch activities at first and in later.

6. You’ll get with the other kids and make friends.

Score: /5

GRAMMAR 1

3 Read and circle .

Dear Diary,

Today I went to the fun day with my cousins. I really enjoyed

1 myself / yourself and Matthew and Betty enjoyed it, too.

Betty introduced 2 himself / herself to the little kids and she helped
them paint their faces. They looked very funny and they all laughed at
3 ourselves / themselves .
 Matthew went to an origami workshop and taught 4 herself / himself
to make a paper bird. I wanted to buy a scarf from the instructor but she
said, “Make one 5 myself / yourself ,” so I did. Well, I tried! We all
made something that day and we were very happy with
6 yourselves / ourselves .

Score: /5

4 Complete with the reflexive pronouns.

myself yourselves himself herself ourselves themselves

1. When we arrived at camp, the instructor introduced himself as

Daniel.
2. He showed us how to put on the special clothes and then we did it
.
3. Mark and James didn’t listen carefully to the instructions and they hurt
.

4. I was really happy with because I climbed the highest.

5. Sally thought she looked silly in her helmet and she laughed at
.
6. When we finished the instructor said, “You should be proud of
.”

Score: /5
VOCABULARY 2

5 Read and write the words.

miserable lazy good sense of humor personality cheerful shy

1. The way you are and how you behave. personality

2. If you like jokes and find things funny, you have this.

3. If you’re quiet and don’t like to talk to many people, you’re this.

4. If you don’t like to do any activities or other things, you’re this.

5. This person is always happy.

6. If you are always sad, you’re like this.

Score: /5

6 Read and match the words with the people.

shy lonely cheerful miserable good sense of humor lazy

Emma is always happy. 1 cheerful

She loves to be with other people and she always tells good jokes and makes
people laugh! 2

Harry finds it difficult to talk to people he doesn’t know. 3

He doesn’t have many friends and spends a lot of time in his room playing
video games. 4
William likes to get up late. His mom thinks he should do more activities.
5
He’s often bored and feels unhappy. 6

Score: /5

GRAMMAR 2

7 Listen and complete with comparative adverbs.

 Scarlett: There are always things you could do 1 (good) better . We
could all listen 2 (careful) . We could wait
3 (patient) at the café.

Yasmin: I could answer 4 (quick) when someone

calls me.

Angelo: You could speak 5 (nice) when I ask what you

think about my singing!

Yasmin: You behave 6 (bad) than I do!

Score: /5

8 Read and complete with comparative adverbs.

April 24

Today my mom and dad had a meeting with my teacher, Miss Walker.
She said that I need to do my homework 1 (careful) more carefully
and that my handwriting is getting 2 (bad) !
I have to write 3 (slow) because it’s difficult to read.
She also said that I have to speak 4 (loud) when I’m
giving an answer because the other children can’t hear me. But when I
ask for things, like an eraser, I have to speak
5 (nice) ! The only good thing she said was that I
read 6 (good) than before.

Score: /5

READING

9 Read and number the questions in the order that Dan answers them in
his email.

Are you on a team?

1 Do you have any brothers or sisters?

What do you think you should change?
 Do you do any sports?

What subjects do you like?

How do you describe yourself?

Hi,
My name’s Dan and I’m from the United States. I’m 12 years old. I have
two brothers. I have a lot of cousins, too. They live near my house, so we
see each other all the time. My oldest brother is in college. My other
brother goes to the same school I do.
I’ve just started middle school. My favorite subject is P.E. because I love
sports. I don’t like science very much because it’s sometimes hard to
understand. I’m also learning Spanish.
I do basketball and swimming. I’m on the basketball team and the swim
team. Last month, I won my first swimming competition and I got a
medal. I was so proud of myself! My basketball team isn’t so great,
though. We have a lot of fun playing, even if we aren’t very good.
I love to hang out with my friends at the mall. I think I have a good sense
of humor, too. I enjoy watching comedies.
My mom says I’m lazy because I never clean my room. Cleaning is so
boring! But I guess I should clean it more often. I also need to study
science more so I can get a good grade.
Tell me about you.
Regards,
Dan

Score: /5

10 Read and circle T (true) or F (false).

Hi,
My name’s Dan and I’m from the United States. I’m twelve years old. I
have two brothers. I have a lot of cousins, too. They live near my house, so
we see each other all the time. My oldest brother is in college. My other
brother goes to the same school I do.
I’ve just started middle school. My favorite subject is P.E. because I love
sports. I don’t like science very much because it’s sometimes hard to
understand. I’m also learning Spanish.
 I do basketball and swimming. I’m on the basketball team and the swim
team. Last month, I won my first swimming competition and I got a
medal. I was so proud of myself! My basketball team isn’t so great,
though. We have a lot of fun playing, even if we aren’t very good.
I love to hang out with my friends at the mall. I think I have a good sense
of humor, too. I enjoy watching comedies.
My mom says I’m lazy because I never clean my room. Cleaning is so
boring! But I guess I should clean it more often. I also need to study
science more so I can get a good grade.
Tell me about you.
Regards,
Dan

1. Dan doesn’t see his cousins very often. T / F

2. Dan’s oldest brother goes to the same school he does. T / F

3. Dan doesn’t like science because it’s difficult. T / F

4. Dan won a competition. T / F

5. Dan’s basketball team is the best. T / F

6. Dan thinks he should clean his room more. T / F

Score: /5

WRITING

11 Write an email to a new friend. Answer the questions.

What’s your name and how old are you?

Where do you live?
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
What’s your favorite subject?
What kind of person are you?

Hi ,

My name’s and I’m .

I live .

I .
.

Talk soon!

Score: /5