Starman Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster 1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 4 Put these sentences in order. Number them 1–10. a Bill lives in America. a The Flying Doctor arrives. b Bill is a farmer. b The Flying Doctor talks to Roy. c Bill likes singing. c Emily looks in John Phillips’ wallet. ON d Everybody likes Bill’s singing. d John Phillips jumps out of a plane. e Bill has a gun in his car. e Bill sees John Phillips in the road. f Bill gives John Phillips some water to drink. f Bill is driving home, singing. g Bill and Emily put John Phillips to bed. g Emily finds John’s phone number. h Emily telephones John Phillips’ wife. h The Flying Doctor takes John Phillips away TEST i The Flying Doctor arrives in ten minutes. with him. j The Flying Doctor wants to take John i John Phillips gets into the car. Phillips to hospital. j Emily talks to John’s wife. COMPREHENSI k John Phillips says nothing in the plane. l John Phillips jumps out of the plane. 20 marks m John Phillips hits the ground. n The Flying Doctor is very happy. 5 Match a word from A with a definition from B. o The Doctor wants Roy to get into his plane. A 1 farmer 30 marks 2 gun 3 jump 2 Who in the story . Roy, the Flying Doctor, John 4 pocket Phillips, Bill Emily 5 shout a drives a long way? ................ b has some old money? ................ B c talks to John’s wife? ................ a to move quickly through the air d is late? ................ b a place in your shirt or trousers where you can e eats a sandwich? ................ put things c a person who walks on the land 10 marks d to speak loudly e you can shoot people with this 3 Who said this? Who did they say it to? Bill, Emily, the Flying Doctor, John Phillips, John Phillips’ wife, Roy 20 marks a ‘Get in the car and sit down’ ................ to ................ Total marks b ‘You’re very interesting.’ ................ to ................ c ‘We have his wallet – his name is in it.’ ................ to ................ d ‘Sit down!’ ................ to ................ e ‘What a wonderful plane!’ ................ to ................ 20 marks OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STARTER 23 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE OBW Starter TESTS MT_FP.indd 23 #710007 (OUP) OBL: TESTS Starter S P.23 10/4/07 12:06:04 PM Starman Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster Setting 18 Roy is a _____. a F mechanic b F farmer c F doctor Choose the best answer. d F wife 1 Bill drives a _____ red car. 19 This weekend Roy is buying a new _____. F F F F a big b tired c happy d hot a F plane b F car c F dog d F gun 2 Bill must drive for _____ kilometres. 20 Roy likes to talk to _____. F F a two hundred b a hundred a F people b F dogs c F kangaroos F F c three hundred d ten d F planes 3 There is a _____ on the road. a F farmer b F mechanic c F doctor 20 marks d F man 4 The man is looking at the _____. a F kangaroo b F car c F gun d F sky Dialogue 5 There is a _____ in Bill’s car. Who says this? a F kangaroo b F mechanic c F suit 21 ‘Where are you going?’ d F gun a F Bill b F John c F Emily d F Roy 6 The man gets into the _____. 22 ‘Stop! Don’t drink all the water.’ a F bath b F suit c F car d F road a F the doctor b F the mechanic 7 The man drinks the _____. c F Bill d F John a F bath b F water c F gun -CHOICE 23 ‘We must find out who he is then phone his d F kangaroo home.’ TEST 8 The sun is very _____. PLE a F Emily b F Bill c F Roy a F hot b F tired c F dirty d F unhappy d F the doctor 9 Bill _____ the man. 24 ‘I don’t want him in our house. I am afraid of a F sings to b F helps c F runs to him.’ MULTI d F hears a F the doctor b F Roy c F Emily 10 There is a dead _____ near the road. d F Bill a F lizard b F sun c F car d F kangaroo 25 ‘I’m coming now. Look out for me in half an 20 marks hour.’ a F Bill b F the doctor c F John d F Emily Characters 26 ‘His wife has a new husband now. They have three children!’ Choose the best answer. a F John b F the doctor c F Emily 11 Bill is a _____. d F Roy F F F a mechanic b farmer c doctor 27 ‘This is a new plane – but sometimes it doesn’t F d wife go very well.’ 12 The man is wearing a _____. a F Bill b F the doctor c F Roy d F John F F F F a gun b suit c hat d plane 28 ‘I don’t want to be here. I want to be with my 13 Emily is Bill’s _____. friends. They are looking for me.’ F F F a husband b doctor c wife a F John b F the doctor c F Bill F d mechanic d F Emily 14 John’s wife has a new _____. 29 ‘I want to go too!’ F F F F a car b plane c gun d husband a F John b F Bill c F the doctor d F Roy 15 The doctor lives _____ hundred kilometres away. 30 ‘How can I?’ F F F F a two b three c four d five a F the doctor b F Bill c F Emily 16 _____ dog is afraid of John. d F Roy a F Bill’s b F Roy’s c F The doctor’s d F John’s 20 marks 17 _____ hasn’t got any broken bones. a F Emily b F Bill c F John d F Roy OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STARTER 64 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE OBW Starter TESTS MT_FP.indd 64 #710007 (OUP) OBL: TESTS Starter S P.64 10/4/07 12:07:16 PM Starman Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster Vocabulary 46 The money is _____ years old. a F two b F twenty-five c F twenty Choose the best answer. d F five 31 this is full of water and you can wash in it 47 Bill calls the Flying _____. F F F F a pocket b car c bath d suit a F Mechanic b F Husband c F Farmer 32 trousers and a jacket d F Doctor F F F a straight b suit c pocket 48 Emily calls the man’s _____. F d mechanic a F wife b F husband c F doctor 33 music that you sing d F farmer F F F F a song b suit c shout d straight 49 The doctor takes the man to the _____. 34 you can shoot people with this a F farmer b F bath c F hospital F F F F a farmer b rub c pocket d gun d F road 35 a person who works on the land 50 _____ jumps from the plane. F F F a husband b farmer c doctor a F Bill b F John c F Roy d F Emily d F mechanic 36 in a line 20 marks a F straight b F long c F song d F suit 37 not happy Total marks a F broken b F rub c F wrong d F unhappy -CHOICE 38 a place in your shirt or your trousers where you can put things TEST PLE a F suit b F pocket c F jump d F gun 39 a place where you take people who are ill a F hospital b F doctor c F mechanic d F farmer MULTI 40 a person who works with people who are ill a F farmer b F mechanic c F hospital d F doctor 20 marks Plot Choose the best answer. 41 Bill stops his _____ ten metres from the man and looks out. a F plane b F car c F suit d F gun 42 Bill is _____. a F afraid b F tired c F unhappy d F dirty 43 Bill takes the man home to _____. a F Roy b F the doctor c F the hospital d F Emily 44 The man’s name is John _____. a F Phillips b F Smith c F Davids d F Cole 45 They find a _____ in the man’s pocket. a F wallet b F plane c F gun d F phone OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STARTER 65 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE OBW Starter TESTS MT_FP.indd 65 #710007 (OUP) OBL: TESTS Starter S P.65 10/4/07 12:07:17 PM.