Flyers 1 – Test 1 Reading & Writing
100% Original Practice Test
An original A2 Reading & Writing practice test set around a community toy repair workshop and library craft day. 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: A Toy Repair Workshop and Library Craft Day
Learning objectives
- Understand short A2 definitions and identify matching vocabulary.
- Read a detailed illustrated scene and check factual statements.
- Choose suitable responses in a short conversation.
- Complete a story with words from a bank and answer questions about a narrative.
- Use common A2 grammar forms and complete a short open cloze.
Before you start: Learners can read A2 everyday vocabulary and short narratives, recognise present and past forms, and use common pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions.
Teacher tip: Ask learners to read the whole sentence or paragraph before choosing an answer. In the picture task, encourage them to check exact positions and clothing details.
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
Choose the right word
Read each definition and choose a word from the box. There is one example. Four words are not needed.
Example: A person who fixes things that are damaged is a ___. → repairer
1. The part of a cup or bag that you hold in your hand is a ___.
2. To make something work again after it has stopped working is to ___.
3. If you take a book from a library for a short time, you ___ it.
4. Something made from a tree, such as a chair or a toy boat, is ___.
5. If there is nothing inside a box, it is ___.
6. To ask someone to come to a party or event is to ___ them.
7. A tool with hairs at one end, used for putting colour on paper or a wall, is a ___.
8. If two people use or have something together, they ___ it.
9. If a toy has a crack and cannot be played with safely, it is ___.
10. A sticky substance used to join two pieces of paper or wood is ___.
Part 2 · 7 questions
Look and read
Look at the picture. Read the sentences and choose Yes or No. There are two examples.
Names: Mia wears the red apron; Leo wears the green jumper; Mr Green is the grey-haired adult; Ava wears the yellow cardigan.
Example 1: Mia is wearing a red apron. → Yes
Example 2: Leo is sitting at the far right of the table. → No
11. Mia is painting a small wooden boat.
12. The boat is red.
13. Leo is holding a brown teddy bear.
14. Mr Green is repairing a toy train at the left end of the table.
15. Ava is sitting on a chair.
16. There are three buttons on the table in front of Ava.
17. Mr Green is wearing a green shirt.
Part 3 · 5 questions
Choose the best reply
Read the conversation between Nia and Ben. Choose the best reply from the list. There is one example and two replies are not needed.
Nia is talking to Ben at a library craft day. Choose what Ben says. Each reply is used once. Reply F is used in the example. Two replies are not needed.
Choose a reply
- The blue one beside the window.
- There are six children in our group.
- Because the library is closed on Monday.
- At ten o'clock, before the story starts.
- I left it on the bus yesterday.
- A model boat for the craft table.
- Yes, I can carry those paper bags.
- We made them from old magazines.
Example: Nia: What are you making? → A model boat for the craft table.
18. Nia: When does the craft day begin?
19. Nia: Can you help me move these bags?
20. Nia: Which chair should I use?
21. Nia: What did you use to make the colourful pictures?
22. Nia: How many children are helping today?
Part 4 · 6 questions
Read the text and choose the words
Read the text. Choose a word from the box for each gap. There is one example, four words are not needed, and then choose the best title.
Maya and her brother visited the library (example) on Saturday. They carried a [23] box to the craft table. Their father had made it from thin pieces of wood. Inside it were bright pieces of paper and a ball of blue [24]. First, they cut the paper [25] into small shapes, making sure not to tear it. Then they covered the box with the [26] pieces: red triangles, yellow circles and green squares. Their father had fixed four little [27] underneath it, so the box could roll across the floor. Maya pulled the blue thread, and her brother pushed their little cart.
Example: Maya and her brother visited the ___ on Saturday. → library
28. Choose the best title for the text.
Part 5 · 7 questions
The Little Boat
Read the story. Complete each sentence with one, two, three or four words. There are two examples.
A Boat for the Model Show
Ollie went to the library craft room with his grandmother on Tuesday afternoon. He wanted to make a small boat for the model show at the end of the month. Grandmother found a boat-shaped piece of light wood in a box. Together, they rubbed its rough edges with sandpaper until the sides were smooth.
Next, Ollie painted the boat white. He used safe craft scissors to cut a blue sail from thick paper. Grandmother helped him tie the sail to a short wooden mast with a piece of string. They let the paint dry beside the open window. The next week, Ollie brought the boat back to the library. Before the model show, he added a small paper flag and wrote his name on the card beside it.
At the model show, many families looked at the boats and asked how Ollie had made his. A young girl liked the blue sail best. Ollie explained that his grandmother had helped him, but he had done most of the careful work himself. At home, he put the boat on a shelf near his books. He plans to make a much larger one during the summer holidays.
Example 1: Ollie went to the craft room on Tuesday ___. → afternoon
Example 2: Ollie went with his ___. → grandmother
29. Ollie wanted to make a boat for the model show at the end of the ___.
30. Grandmother found a piece of light ___.
31. Ollie used safe craft ___ to cut the sail.
32. Ollie made a blue sail from thick ___.
33. They let the paint dry beside the open ___.
34. Before the model show, Ollie put a small paper ___ on the boat.
35. At home, Ollie put the boat on a ___ near his books.
Part 6 · 10 questions
Choose the correct word
Read the text and choose the correct word for each space. There is one example.
Last Saturday, our class had (example) a craft morning. The library room [36] bright and warm. Several children [37] small toys to repair. The teacher, [38] knows a lot about crafts, showed us what to do. My friend and I put [39] bags under the table. The teacher gave each group [40] pair of scissors. We used them [41] because the blades were sharp. When our cards [42] dry, we showed them to the librarian. My card was bigger [43] my friend's card, but both had yellow suns. Before leaving, we [44] all the scissors back in their box. We washed our hands [45] we ate our sandwiches.
Example: Last Saturday, our class ___ a craft morning. → had
Part 7 · 5 questions
Complete the text
Read the text and write one word in each space. There is one example.
Our library has a craft club on (example) Saturdays. It starts [46] nine o'clock and finishes at noon. Everyone in the club is interested [47] making things from paper, card and string. The children are working in the library today. There [48] two long tables in the room, and both are full of paper. Last week, I made a kite. I did not know how to tie the string, so my cousin helped me. Afterwards, I said, 'Thank [49] for helping me!' We took the kite to the park. The wind was so strong [50] our kite flew over the trees.
Example: Our library has a craft club ___ Saturdays. → on
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Answer reasons
- handle — A handle is made for holding or carrying an object.
- repair — To repair something is to fix it.
- borrow — You borrow a book and return it later.
- wooden — Wooden means made of wood.
- empty — An empty box has nothing inside it.
- invite — You invite someone to come to an event.
- paintbrush — A paintbrush is used to paint or add colour.
- share — People share something when they use or have it together.
- broken — Broken describes something damaged so it does not work properly.
- glue — Glue joins pieces by sticking them together.
- Yes — The girl in the red apron is painting the wooden boat.
- No — Mia is painting the boat blue.
- Yes — Leo, in the green jumper, holds the teddy bear in both hands.
- No — Mr Green is at the right end of the table.
- Yes — Ava is sitting on the chair on the right side of the picture.
- Yes — Three buttons, one red, one blue and one green, are clearly visible in front of Ava.
- No — Mr Green is wearing a blue-and-beige checked shirt. Leo is the person wearing green.
- At ten o'clock, before the story starts. — It gives the start time.
- Yes, I can carry those paper bags. — Ben agrees to help Nia move the bags.
- The blue one beside the window. — It identifies one chair and its position.
- We made them from old magazines. — Ben says that they made the pictures from old magazines.
- There are six children in our group. — It gives the number of children in the group.
- wooden — Their father made the box from pieces of wood, so it is wooden.
- thread — Thread is a long, thin material that comes in a ball and can be used for crafts.
- carefully — Carefully describes how they cut the paper.
- colourful — The paper shapes are red, yellow and green, so the pieces are colourful.
- wheels — Wheels underneath the box allow it to move like a cart.
- A Craft Box on Wheels — The text describes Maya and her brother decorating a box that has wheels.
- month — The model show was at the end of the month.
- wood — She found light wood in a box.
- scissors — Ollie used safe craft scissors to cut the blue sail from thick paper.
- paper — The sail was made from thick paper.
- window — They left the painted boat by the open window to dry.
- flag — He added a small paper flag before the show.
- shelf — The story says he placed the boat on a shelf near his books.
- was — Room is singular; this event happened last Saturday, so use was.
- brought — Brought is the past form of bring, matching last Saturday.
- who — Who refers to the person, the teacher, and is the subject of knows.
- our — Our is the possessive word before the noun bags; ours is used without a following noun.
- a — Pair is a singular countable noun beginning with a consonant sound, so use a.
- carefully — Carefully is an adverb describing how the children used the scissors.
- were — Cards is plural and the story is in the past, so use were.
- than — Use than after the comparative adjective bigger.
- put — Put has the same present and past form; put is needed for this completed past action.
- before — Before links the two actions in time: washing hands came first.
- at — Use at before a specific clock time.
- in — The fixed expression is interested in, followed here by making.
- are — The children are there today, and two tables is plural, so the present form is there are.
- you — Thank you is the standard expression said directly to the person who helped.
- that — So … that introduces the result of the strong wind.
Teacher tip
Ask learners to read the whole sentence or paragraph before choosing an answer. In the picture task, encourage them to check exact positions and clothing details.