Blue Fins

It's hot. The sun

is shining

(shine). The sky is blue.

Jen ²³______________ (live) in Australia.

Jen is on the beach. She ²⁴_________________ (stand) on the hot sand.

Rick and Jen's friends are in the sea. They ²⁵__________________ (swim) and ²⁶_______________ (surf)

Rick is very happy. He ²⁷_______________ (have) a new surfboard.

Jen ²⁸_______ (take) a deep breath. She ²⁹_________________ (dive) under the water.

Jen sees a sea-urchin. She ³⁰________________ (not touch) the sea-urchin.

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Total: __/ 30

Test-Answer-Key

Put the events in the order they happen in the story.

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, 7, 4, 1, 6, 3, 2, 5

Match the words in the box to the pictures.

8 rock

9 net

10 snorkel

11 fin

12 dolphin

13 surfboard

14 shark

15 sea-urchin

Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

16 happy

17 loudly

18 quickly

19 beautiful

20 dangerous

21 slowly

22 strong

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

23 lives

24 is standing

25 are swimming

26 (are) surfing

27 has

28 takes

29 dives

30 doesn't touch

WS1

A Before Reading

1 What kind of animal is on the cover:

YES/NO

(a) a whale? ............

(b) a shark? ............

(c) a dolphin? ............

B While Reading

 2 Start reading. Read to the end of page 5. Look at these pictures of Jen and Rick. Complete the sentences.

3 Read to the end of page 11. Write four things Jen sees under the water. Look at pages 6 and 7.

(a) ....................................................

(b) ....................................................

(c) ....................................................

(d) ....................................................

4 Put these sentences in the correct order.

The dolphin moves its fins slowly.

1 Jen dives down under the water again.

The dolphin cannot swim up to get air.