Internado Nacional Barros Arana

English Department
“A Selfish Giant” Reading Test
Name: Manuel Guzman Rodriguez___ class: 1º H_____Nº 14

A. Esperado: Comprensión lectora

I.- Describe these characters (6 points)

Children

The children were so happy that the trees were happy with them.

Selfish Giant

Was very selfish that spring did not come to your garden.

The little boy

He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree.

II.- Write True or False. Justify false ( 8 points)

F 1. The village children played in the Giant’s garden once a week. / Every day
after school.
F 2. The Giant built a small wall around his garden. / Built a high wall.
F 3. The Giant wrote ‘No Children’ on the wall. / TRESPASSERS WILL BE
PROSECUTED.
F 4. The children climbed over the wall into the garden. /Through a little hole in
the wall the children had crept.
F 5. The Giant asked the children to come back into the garden. /The children
came alone.
F 6. The Giant did not have any friends until he met the little boy. / Had a friend
ogre.
F 7. The little boy cried when the Giant placed him in the tree. / The little boy
stretched his arms and flung them round the neck of the giant, and kissed him.
T 8. The little boy was responsible for the death of the Giant.

III.- Who said the following expression? (6 points)

1. The children "How happy we are here!"

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2. The selfish giant "What are you doing here?"

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3. The giant "My own garden is my own garden,"

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4. Snow and Glitter "Spring has forgotten this garden,"

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5. The selfish giant "I hope there will be a change in the weather."

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6. The children "he has gone away."

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IV.- Oral Questions in Class