Movers 5 – Test 1 Reading & Writing
100% Original Practice Test
An original A1 Movers Reading & Writing practice test about children making puppets and preparing a small show, with picture reading, original stories and a short factual text about sock puppets. This A1 reading & writing practice has 6 parts and 40 questions. Complete each part, then submit to grade your work or use Show Answer to review.
Learning guide
Level: A1.
Topic: Making Puppets for a Show
Learning objectives
- Read short clues and write the names of familiar puppet-making things.
- Compare simple sentences with a clearly described puppet-club picture.
- Choose suitable replies in a conversation about preparing a puppet show.
- Use a word bank to complete a story about a puppet-club afternoon and choose its title.
- Find stated details in an original story about a little puppet show.
- Choose simple grammar and vocabulary in a factual text about making sock puppets.
Before you start: Learners can identify everyday objects, understand short conversations and stories, and recognise simple present forms, possessive words and common prepositions.
Teacher tip: Read the whole clue before choosing a word. In the picture task, find the exact colour, action or position. For the stories, point to the sentence that supports your answer and check that your words fit the completed sentence.
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 · 6 questions
Read the clues and write the words
Choose the correct word from the box. There is one example. One word is not needed.
Example: You can move this toy with your hand and make it speak in a show. (example) → puppet
1. You use these to cut paper. They have two blades and handles for your fingers.
2. You put this sticky liquid on paper to make two pieces stay together.
3. You put this colour on a puppet with a brush.
4. This has a handle and soft hairs for putting colour on a picture.
5. You can put puppet-making things inside this open container.
6. You look at this round thing on a wall to see the time.
Part 2 · 6 questions
Look at the picture and read the sentences
Look at the picture. Choose Yes if the sentence is correct or No if it is not. There are two examples.
Ada is the girl in the purple shirt; Leo is the boy in the green shirt; Zoe is the girl in the blue dress; Finn is the boy in the orange shirt.
Example 1: Ada is wearing a purple shirt. → yes
Example 2: The children are working outside in the rain. → no
7. Ada is painting a small red wooden puppet.
8. Leo is cutting yellow paper with scissors.
9. Zoe is holding a yellow sock puppet.
10. Finn is standing beside a closed blue box.
11. Two toy puppets are inside the open box.
12. A dog is sleeping under the table.
Part 3 · 6 questions
Choose the best reply
Read the conversation. Choose the best reply each time. There is one example.
Beth and Max talk about their club's puppet show, from setting up the stage to finishing the performance.
Example: Beth: Which puppet are you making? → Max: The green frog, with a red hat.
A. Max: The green frog, with a red hat. ✓
B. Max: At four o'clock yesterday.
C. Max: Because the room is warm.
13. Beth: Where shall we put the little stage?
14. Beth: Would you like another piece of yellow paper?
15. Beth: Why are you putting a star on the puppet?
16. Beth: Shall I help you carry the box?
17. Beth: I can't find the small red hat.
18. Beth: The show was funny. Everyone laughed!
Part 4 · 7 questions
Read the story and choose the words
Choose the correct word from the box for each space. There is one example. Two words are not needed. Then choose the best title.
After lunch, the children put each puppet beside the little stage. They kept spare paper in a [19]. Lara chose blue [20] for the moon on her puppet. She dipped a clean [21] into the pot and carefully coloured the moon. Lara opened the [22] because the room felt warm. Everyone looked at the round [23] on the wall: it was almost time for the show. Max put a red [24] near the stage for the storyteller to sit on. Soon their families arrived, and the children began their story.
Example: Lara made a small ___ that could wave to the audience. (example) → puppet
25. Choose the best title for the story.
Part 5 · 10 questions
Read the story and complete the sentences
Read the story. Complete each sentence with one, two or three words. There are two examples.
Read the story and complete the sentences
On Friday afternoon, Mia and her friends went to the Puppet Club. They met in a bright room at the community hall. Four children came: Mia, her brother Tom, and their friends Ella and Sam. Mia brought a blue bag with cloth and socks. Mrs Lake, the club leader, welcomed them. She asked the children to make a short show for their families at five o'clock.
First, Mia made a small cat puppet from a white sock. Tom used two blue buttons for its eyes. Ella cut a red piece of cloth for a hat, and Sam drew a little moon on a card for the stage. While Mia helped Sam with the stage, Tom took the puppet to the piano to try a song. He left it there when Mrs Lake called him. Later, the children were ready to practise, but Mia could not find the cat puppet. She looked in the blue bag and under the table. Then Ella saw it beside one of the piano's legs. Tom picked it up and gave it to Mia.
The children practised a story about a cat who wanted to visit the moon. They used a small blue curtain as a stage. At five o'clock, their families sat on chairs in front of it. Mia and Tom moved the puppet, while Ella and Sam told the story. Everyone laughed when the cat tried to climb a tall tree. After the show, Mrs Lake gave each child an apple and a glass of water. Mia put the puppet in the blue bag. She felt happy because they had all helped. Next week, the club planned to make a farmer puppet.
Example 1: Mia and her friends went to the Puppet ___. (example) → Club
Example 2: They met on Friday ___. → afternoon
26. The children met in a bright room at the community ___.
27. There were ___ children at the club.
28. The children brought their things in a ___ bag.
29. Mrs Lake asked them to make a short show for their ___.
30. Mia made a cat puppet from a white ___.
31. Tom used two blue buttons for the puppet's ___.
32. Ella saw the missing puppet beside one of the piano's ___.
33. The children used a small blue ___ as a stage.
34. Mrs Lake gave everyone an apple and some ___.
35. Next week, the friends planned to make a puppet about a ___.
Part 6 · 5 questions
Choose the correct words
Read the text. Choose the correct word for each space. There is one example.
A clean sock makes a simple puppet. First, children [36] two buttons on the sock for its eyes. They can [37] a small piece of cloth for a mouth. An adult helps them attach the buttons to [38] puppet. The sock goes [39] a hand. Its mouth opens and closes when the hand [40].
Example: A clean sock ___ a simple puppet. (example) → makes
A. make
B. makes ✓
C. making
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Answer reasons
- scissors — Scissors have two blades and are used for cutting paper.
- glue — Glue is the sticky liquid that joins the pieces of paper.
- paint — Paint is the coloured liquid that the brush puts on the puppet.
- brush / a brush — A brush has a handle and bristles and is used to spread paint.
- box / a box — A box is a container that can hold the puppet-making things.
- clock / a clock — A clock shows the time and can hang on a wall.
- yes — Ada is at the left side of the table, painting the red wooden puppet with a brush.
- yes — Leo is shown at the centre using scissors on yellow paper.
- no — The sock puppet on Zoe's hand is white, not yellow.
- no — Finn is sitting beside an open brown box, not standing by a closed blue one.
- yes — A brown dog puppet and a grey mouse puppet are visible inside the open brown box.
- no — The animal under the table is a black cat, not a dog.
- Max: In front of the blue curtain. — Beth asks for a place, and Max names where to put the stage.
- Max: Yes, please. I need one more. — Beth offers paper, and Max politely accepts because he needs another piece.
- Max: Because it is the king in our story. — Beth asks for a reason, and Max explains the puppet's part in the story.
- Max: Thanks. It's a little heavy. — Beth offers help with the box, and Max thanks her and gives a reason to accept.
- Max: It's beside the paint pots. — Beth cannot find an object, and Max tells her where it is.
- Max: I'm glad you enjoyed it. — Beth says she liked the show, and Max responds happily to her reaction.
- box — A box is the container the children used to keep their spare paper.
- paint — Paint supplies the blue colour Lara chose for the moon.
- brush — A brush can be dipped into paint and used to colour the moon.
- window — Opening the window lets fresh air into the warm room.
- clock — The round clock on the wall tells them when the show will start.
- chair — A chair is a seat, which is what the storyteller needed.
- Ready for the Puppet Show — The passage describes the children arranging their things and getting ready for the audience.
- hall — The story says the club met in a bright room at the community hall.
- four / 4 — The story names four children: Mia, Tom, Ella and Sam.
- blue — The first paragraph says they carried a blue bag.
- families — Mrs Lake asked for a show for the children's families.
- sock — Mia made the cat puppet from a white sock.
- eyes — The story states that the two blue buttons were used for its eyes.
- legs — Ella spotted it beside a piano leg.
- curtain — The story says their stage was a small blue curtain.
- water — The story says she gave everyone an apple and a glass of water.
- farmer — The club planned to make a farmer puppet the following week.
- put — Children is plural, and put is the present simple form used here.
- use — After the modal verb can, the main verb stays in its base form: use.
- their — Their is a possessive word used before the noun puppet; they and them cannot go before this noun.
- on — A sock puppet is worn on a hand, so on is the correct preposition.
- moves — Hand is singular, so the present simple verb takes -s: moves.
Teacher tip
Read the whole clue before choosing a word. In the picture task, find the exact colour, action or position. For the stories, point to the sentence that supports your answer and check that your words fit the completed sentence.