Flyers 9 – Test 2 Reading & Writing
100% Original Practice Test
Explore a town railway museum, help children build station scenery, find a tiny missing clock and follow a model-train demonstration. Read an original conversation, stories and a visit email. This A2 reading & writing practice has 7 parts and 50 questions. Complete each part, then submit to grade your work or use Show Answer to review.
Learning guide
Level: A2.
Topic: The Town Railway Museum
Learning objectives
- Read familiar descriptions and short factual texts for detail.
- Use everyday vocabulary, grammar and context to complete sentences.
- Follow a short story and choose a suitable title.
Before you start: Familiar A2 vocabulary, short connected texts, past tense, comparisons, pronouns, articles and prepositions.
Teacher tip: Read the completed sentence aloud to check both meaning and grammar. In Part 2, compare each statement with the actual picture. Short story answers must include the words needed to make the whole sentence grammatical.
Reading & Writing strategy: Read the instructions and example first. Use picture details and nearby words as clues, reread the whole sentence, and check spelling before submitting.
Part 1 · 10 questions
Look and read. Choose the right words and write them on the lines
Choose a word from the box for each description. There is one example. Four words are not needed.
Example: You show this paper to travel by train. → ticket
1. This part of a train carries people and is pulled by the engine.
2. You wait here beside the track for a train to arrive.
3. A person who is travelling on a train is this.
4. When you fix a broken machine, you ___ it.
5. When you draw and plan how something will look, you ___ it.
6. A chair made from a tree's material is a ___ chair.
7. A place with too many people in a small space is this.
8. The part of a train that pulls the other cars is the ___.
9. A trip from one place to another is a ___.
10. You can see old trains and learn about them in this place.
Part 2 · 7 questions
Look at the picture. Read the sentences. Write yes or no
Look carefully at the picture. Write yes if the sentence is true and no if it is not true. There are two examples.
Boy: green jumper; girl: yellow jacket; museum guide: purple shirt and glasses.
Example 1: The boy is wearing a green jumper. → Yes
Example 2: The girl is sitting on the floor. → No
11. The boy is cutting card with red scissors.
12. The station sign is blue.
13. The guide is pointing at the model train.
14. The tiny round clock is beside a red paint pot.
15. The grey toolbox is on top of the table.
16. The girl is wearing a purple jacket.
17. There is a poster of a sailing boat on the wall.
Part 3 · 5 questions
Read the conversation. Choose the best answer
Choose the best reply for each line. There is one example. Two replies are not needed.
Nina and Owen are children helping the museum guide prepare the model-train demonstration.
Choose a reply
- I like the orange one best.
- We can use this long piece of card.
- It starts at half past two in the main hall.
- Please put them in the blue box.
- Yes, the station looks much better now.
- I found it beside the red paint pot.
- The little train goes around the oval track.
- My grandad gave it to me last year.
Example: Nina: What time does the model-train demonstration begin? → It starts at half past two in the main hall.
18. Nina: Where was the tiny clock when you saw it?
19. Nina: What could we use to make the station roof?
20. Nina: Who gave you your first model train?
21. Nina: Where should I put the little cardboard windows?
22. Nina: How does the train move around the display?
Part 4 · 6 questions
Read the story. Choose a word from the box for each gap
Choose a word from the box for each space. There is one example. Four words are not needed. Then choose the best title for the story.
The picture shows Nina and Owen after finding the clock and before visitors arrive.
The children were ready for the museum's model-train show (example). Just before the visitors arrived, Nina noticed that the tiny station clock was missing. They had checked the shelves earlier, but it was not there. She asked Owen to help her [23] the workshop. They looked under the [24], behind a box and beside the window. Owen found it near a pot of red [25]. Nina picked it up [26], because its round face was made of thin cardboard. They put the little [27] back on the station wall. When the doors opened, the model looked complete, and the children felt proud of their work.
Example: The children were ready for the museum's model-train ___. → show
28. Choose the best title for the story.
Part 5 · 7 questions
Read the story and complete the sentences
Complete each sentence with one to four words from the story. There is one example.
The First Full Journey
On Friday afternoon, the railway museum invited several classes to watch its new model-train demonstration. Leo and his sister Ava had helped build the scenery during the school holidays. The children had come from three nearby schools, and the room was full of quiet excitement. Leo and Ava made a small station from cardboard and painted hills from folded paper. Before the doors opened, the museum guide placed the train at the start of the track. Leo checked that every piece was connected, while Ava put three wooden benches beside the station. At half past two, the visitors gathered around the large table. The guide switched on the small controller, and the train moved slowly past the station. It crossed a short bridge, went through a tunnel and stopped beside a paper tree. Everyone clapped when it returned to the beginning without coming off the track. A younger visitor asked if he could try the controller. The guide let him press the green button, and the train made one more careful journey. Leo and Ava were pleased that their scenery helped the demonstration feel like a real trip through the countryside.
Example: The museum invited classes to the demonstration on Friday ___. → afternoon
29. The museum invited several ___ to watch the demonstration.
30. Leo and Ava made the station from ___.
31. Ava placed ___ beside the station.
32. The visitors gathered around the large ___ at half past two.
33. After crossing a short bridge, the train went through ___.
34. The younger visitor pressed the ___.
35. Their scenery made the demonstration feel like a trip through the ___.
Part 6 · 10 questions
Read the text and choose the correct word
Choose the correct word for each space. There is one example.
The museum's new model train travelled (example) around the track yesterday. The guide showed us how [36] controller worked before the visitors came in. He asked us to stand [37] the yellow line so nobody touched the scenery. The train moved [38] than it had during the first practice. It passed the station [39] stopping near the bridge. One of the paper hills [40] made by Ava and Leo. When the train reached the station, it disappeared behind a paper tree [41] a few seconds. The guide said the little wheels were [42] carefully before the demonstration. If the track is clean, the train [43] smoothly around each turn. We watched [44] until it came back to the station. Everyone was pleased [45] the demonstration worked well.
Example: The model train ___ around the track yesterday. → travelled
Part 7 · 5 questions
Complete the email
Write one word in each space. There is one example.
Hi Sam,
Our class is going to (example) the Town Railway Museum next week. Our class will be one [46] the first groups to visit the new display. The guide will show us a model train that is much smaller [47] a real train. I want to take a notebook [48] me so I can draw the station. There is a small cafe [49] sells sandwiches near the entrance. I would love [50] see you there!
See you soon, Ella
Example: Our class is going ___ the Town Railway Museum next week. → to
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Answer reasons
- carriage — A carriage is one of the passenger vehicles that make up a train.
- platform — Passengers wait on a platform beside the railway track.
- passenger — A passenger is someone travelling in a vehicle.
- repair — To repair something is to fix it when it is broken.
- design — To design something is to plan how it will look or work.
- wooden — Wooden describes something made of wood.
- crowded — Crowded means full of more people than is comfortable.
- engine — The engine provides the power that moves the train.
- journey — A journey is a trip between places.
- museum — A museum displays objects and information for visitors to learn from.
- Yes — He is holding and using the red scissors.
- Yes — The girl paints a blue station sign.
- Yes — The guide points toward the train on the oval track.
- Yes — The tiny round clock stands on the table beside the red paint pot.
- No — The toolbox is under the table.
- No — The girl wears yellow; purple is the guide's shirt.
- No — The poster shows a steam train.
- I found it beside the red paint pot. — Owen says where he found the clock.
- We can use this long piece of card. — Owen suggests material for the roof.
- My grandad gave it to me last year. — Owen names the person who gave him the train.
- Please put them in the blue box. — Owen tells Nina where to put the windows.
- The little train goes around the oval track. — Owen explains the route the train follows.
- search — They look around the workshop to find the clock.
- table — They checked underneath the table.
- paint — The story says the clock was near a pot of red paint.
- carefully — She handled the thin cardboard clock with care.
- clock — The missing item they return is the clock.
- The Missing Station Clock — Nina and Owen search for and return the missing clock.
- classes — Several classes were invited.
- cardboard — They made the station from cardboard.
- three wooden benches / 3 wooden benches / three benches / 3 benches / wooden benches / benches / the three wooden benches / the 3 wooden benches / the three benches / the benches — Ava put three wooden benches beside the model station.
- table — They gathered around the large table.
- a tunnel / the tunnel — The train crossed a short bridge and then went through a tunnel.
- green button / button — The guide let the younger visitor press the green button.
- countryside — The final sentence says it felt like a trip through the countryside.
- the — The singular noun controller needs the singular determiner the; these and those require a plural noun.
- behind — Behind is the safe position on the visitor side of the line.
- faster — Than compares speed on two occasions, requiring the comparative.
- before — Before shows passing happened earlier than stopping.
- was — One of the paper hills is singular.
- for — For is used with a duration such as a few seconds.
- checked — Were checked is the past passive: someone checked the wheels before the demonstration.
- moves — The present simple moves agrees with singular train.
- quietly — Quietly describes how the visitors watched.
- because — Because introduces the reason they were pleased.
- of — One of the first groups selects one group from several groups.
- than — Use than after the comparative adjective smaller to compare two trains.
- with — Take it with me means carry it when I go.
- that / which — That or which introduces a relative clause describing the cafe.
- to — Would love to is followed by the base form of the verb see.
Teacher tip
Read the completed sentence aloud to check both meaning and grammar. In Part 2, compare each statement with the actual picture. Short story answers must include the words needed to make the whole sentence grammatical.