Level: Common Core

Reading Test Correction


Fred is an English engineer. He works in an office in London. He goes to work every day except on Wednesdays. He doesn't drive to work; he takes the bus every morning. He comes back home at six O'clock. Fred is not married and lives with his old parents in a large flat. His best friend Mike is a doctor. On Saturday evenings Fred goes to the cinema, but Mike watches TV at home. On Sunday mornings Mike goes jogging and Fred goes shopping with his mother. In the afternoons Fred and Mike play football and in the evenings they usually watch TV with Fred's parents.

COMPREHENSION

A. Fill in the chart with information from the text

SATURDAYS SUNDAYS
Evening Morning Afternoon Evening
FRED
MIKE

B. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? JUSTIFY.

  1. Fred and his wife live in a large flat.  
  2. Fred goes to work by bus everyday.  
  3. Mike doesn't know Fred's father.  

C. Answer these questions

  1. What does Fred's mother do on Sunday mornings?
  2. Where does Mike work?
  3. What is Mike?

D. What do the underlined words in the text refer to?

  1. "his"� (line 3)   
  2. "his"� (line 5)   
  3. "they"� (line 6)  

E. Find in the text words which mean the same as:

  1. go by car   
  2. returns   
  3. single   


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