Practice English Reading Exercises for A1 – Health, Food & The Body
Reading 1
Read the story. Write words to complete the sentences about the story.
You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.
The Healthy Salad
Last Saturday morning, Lucy and her dad went to the famous town market. They wanted to make a big, healthy salad for their dinner. The market was very busy and noisy, but they loved shopping there. Lucy carried a new yellow bag for the food.
Examples
Lucy and her dad visited the ………town market……… last Saturday.
They wanted to make a healthy ………salad……… for their dinner.
Questions
1 The market was very ………………………… .
2 Lucy and her dad ………………………… at the market.
3 Lucy took a ………………………… for the food.
First, they stopped at a big stall. Dad bought some red tomatoes and a long green cucumber. Then, Lucy saw some dirty carrots. “Can we get these?” she asked. Carrots are her favourite vegetable. Dad said yes, and he bought some sweet onions, too. He put all the fresh vegetables carefully into Lucy’s bag.
4 Dad bought some tomatoes and a ………………………… at a big stall.
5 Lucy wanted to buy some carrots because they are her ………………………… .
6 Dad also bought some ………………………… at the market.
7 Dad put all the ………………………… into Lucy’s bag.
The bag was very heavy, so they took a fast bus home. In the kitchen, Lucy washed the vegetables in cold water. Dad cut them into small pieces and put them in a beautiful blue bowl. At dinner time, the whole family ate the salad with some chicken. It was a delicious meal!
8 Lucy and her dad went home on a ………………………… because the bag was heavy.
9 Lucy used ………………………… to wash the vegetables in the kitchen.
10 The family ate the salad and some ………………………… for their dinner.
ANSWER KEY
1 busy and noisy 2 loved shopping 3 new yellow bag
4 long green cucumber 5 favourite vegetable 6 sweet onions 7 fresh vegetables
8 fast bus 9 cold water 10 chicken
Reading 2
Read the story. Write words to complete the sentences about the story.
You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.
The football game
Last Saturday afternoon, Peter went to the big park with his friends, Tom and Jack. The weather was very sunny and hot. The three boys wanted to play football. Peter carried his new football in his bag. They found a nice place on the green grass.
Examples
Peter went to the big park with his friends last ………Saturday afternoon……… .
The weather was very ………sunny and hot……… on that day.
Questions
1 The three boys wanted to play ………………………… in the park.
2 Peter carried his ………………………… inside his bag.
3 The boys found a good place on the ………………………… .
The boys started their game. They ran very quickly and kicked the ball. It was a very fast game. Suddenly, Peter tried to kick the ball to Jack, but he fell on the grass. “Ouch!” Peter shouted. He couldn’t stand up. He hurt his left leg and his knee. His friends stopped the game and ran to help him.
4 The boys ran quickly because it was a very ………………………… .
5 Peter fell down when he tried to kick the ball to ………………………… .
6 Peter couldn’t ………………………… because he was hurt.
7 Peter hurt his knee and his ………………………… .
Jack called Peter’s dad on his phone. Dad drove to the park in his red car and took the boys home. At home, Dad washed Peter’s dirty knee carefully. Peter sat on the sofa and drank some cold milk. He felt much better. “No more football today!” Dad smiled.
8 Jack used his phone and called ………………………… .
9 Dad cleaned Peter’s ………………………… carefully at home.
10 Peter had some ………………………… to drink while sitting on the sofa.
ANSWER KEY
1 football 2 new football 3 green grass
4 fast game 5 Jack 6 stand up 7 left leg
8 Peter’s dad 9 dirty knee 10 cold milk
Reading 3
Read the story. Write words to complete the sentences about the story.
You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.
Charlie goes to the doctor
On Monday morning, Charlie woke up and felt very terrible. His face was red and he had a very high temperature. His mother touched his head. “You are very hot, Charlie,” she said. “You cannot go to school today. We must go to the doctor this morning.”
Examples
Charlie felt ………very terrible……… when he woke up on Monday morning.
Charlie had a red face and a very ………high temperature……… .
Questions
1 Charlie’s mother touched …………………… .
2 Charlie couldn’t go to …………………… that day.
3 Charlie and his mother needed to visit …………………… that morning.
Charlie’s mother didn’t have a car, so she phoned for a taxi. A big yellow taxi arrived outside their house very quickly. Charlie and his mother sat in the back of it. Charlie wore a thick scarf because he was cold, but his head was very hot. The taxi drove fast through the busy town to the hospital.
4 Charlie’s mother …………………… for a taxi because she didn’t have a car.
5 A …………………… arrived quickly outside the house.
6 Charlie put on a …………………… because he felt cold.
7 The taxi travelled fast through the …………………… to get to the hospital.
Inside the hospital, a nice doctor looked at Charlie’s throat and his ears. “You need to drink lots of water and sleep,” the nice doctor said. He gave Charlie some pink medicine to take. Charlie went home and slept in his bed. The next morning, Charlie woke up and felt much better!
8 The nice doctor looked at Charlie’s throat and …………………… .
9 The doctor gave Charlie some …………………… to take.
10 When Charlie woke up the next morning, he felt …………………… .
ANSWER KEY
1 his head
2 school
3 the doctor
4 phoned
5 big yellow taxi
6 thick scarf
7 busy town
8 his ears
9 pink medicine
10 much better