Ingles 5to Ano

Read the following passage and answer all the questions.
Shrek the Sheep
In New Zealand, sheep are very important. In fact, there are ten times as many sheep as there are
people. Every year in March the sheep farmers go into the hills to collect their sheep. They
bring them down to the farms to cut off their wool. This is called ‘shearing’ and the people who
do the shearing are called ‘shearers’.
This year, however, when Ann Scanlon looked through her binoculars to find sheep, she was
amazed. High above her on the hill was a large, and very strange monster. This was a kind of
animal she had never seen before.
Quickly climbing towards it, Ann Scanlon suddenly realised what it was. It wasn’t a monster at
all, but a sheep, with the biggest coat of wool she had ever seen.
Two weeks later, the 10-year-old sheep, nicknamed Shrek after the friendly giant in the film, lay
quietly on its back as world champion shearer Peter Casserly clipped its wool. They had a local
audience of 250 people and a worldwide television audience of millions. The sheep had become a
star.
Shrek had hidden in rock caves in the hills and escaped the shearers for six years. This kind of
sheep usually has a coat of wool weighing about 5kgs. Shrek’s coat weighed 27kg. It was so large
that it could provide enough wool to make more than 20 suits. Although it was dirty brown and
grey on the outside, the inner layers of wool were still soft and pure white.
For questions 1 – 3 please answer in complete sentences
1 When do the sheep farmers bring their sheep down from the hills?
2 What do the shearers do to the sheep?
3 How heavy was Shrek’s coat?

For questions 4-8 (_) the box.
4 There are more sheep than people in New Zealand.
True False

5 Shrek hid in a forest.
True False

6 How did Ann Scanlon feel when she first saw Shrek?

A very surprised
B completely terrified
C extremely sad

7 How many years was Shrek alone in the hills?

A two
B six
C ten

8 What colour was Shrek’s wool underneath?

A brown
B white
C grey


9 Find the word in the passage which means the OPPOSITE of:
noisily (paragraph 4)
10 Find the word in the passage which means the SAME as:
normally (paragraph 5)

Choose the correct answer and write it on the line.
Example:
I love …………….watching…………… tennis on T.V.
A watch B watching C watch D have watched

1 His parents never let him ………………………… his music loudly.
A play B playing C to play D plays

2 France uses the Euro and ………………………… do Germany and Holland.
A as B so C also D too

3 He isn’t ………………………… enough at football to be in the first team.
A better B best C well D good

4 The policeman made me ………………………… up my rubbish.
A picking B to pick C picked D pick

5 If he ………………………… to school, he would be healthier.
A walks B has walked C will walk D walked

6 Our plane took ………………………… only 5 minutes late.
A off B over C up D after

7 If I had £1 million, I ………………………… give you half of it
A would B can C am D will

8 Tutankhamen’s tomb ………………………… by Howard Carter in 1922.
A would find B has found C is finding D was found

9 The shopping list was ………………………… long for me to remember.
A enough B much C such D too

10 The first song on this CD ………………………… by Elton John.
A sings B is sung C can sing D is singing

11 She has put ………………………… going to the dentist until next week.
A up B to C off D by

12 Neither my mother ………………………… my father can speak English.
A not B neither C nor D no

13 ………………………… ring you when I get home.
A I’ll B I’d C I’m D I’ve

14 We had ………………………… go inside until the rain stops.
A better B must C should D want to

15 John has gone to college ………………………… study tourism.
A for B from C of D to

Rewrite these sentences. Put the words in brackets in their correct place
Example:
I travel by car. (always)
I always travel by car
1 David does the washing up. (never)
2 She’s got that CD. (already)
3 Have you been to Madrid? (ever)
4 There are two cows in the field. (only)
5 Is the bathroom free? (yet)

Choose the correct word to put in the space provided.
1. This book is very __________________________.
A. interest B. interesting C. interested

2. It began to rain but ___________________________ I had my umbrella with me.
A. luck B. lucky C. luckily

3. He’s a very ________________________ boy.
A. noisy B. noise C. noisily
4. The children are very _____________________ because they are going to Disneyland.
A. excitement B. excited C. exciting