Title
Sally’s Phone
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The story starts on a Sunday.
COMPREHENSION
b Sally has a brother.
c Sally goes to work by bus.
d Sally goes to the shops at lunchtime.
e Sally buys some new shoes.
TEST
f Paul phones Sally’s mother.
g Paul and Sally meet after work.
h Paul and Sally meet in a Bar Bogart.
i Paul and Sally go to Blue Moon.
j Sally and Andrew go to Katharine’s party.
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2 Who says this? Who do they say it to? Claire, andrew,
Paul, sally, sally’s mother
a ‘Wear your blue skirt. I like that skirt.’
......................... says this to .........................
b ‘Let’s go out at lunchtime.’ ......................... says
this to .........................
c ‘It’s beutiful, but I never wear red.’
......................... says this to .........................
d ‘I’m very sorry. It’s the wrong number.’
......................... says this to .........................
e ‘Have you got a book in your hand?’
......................... says this to .........................
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3 Match a word form A with a definition from B.
A
1 bar
2 button
3 party
4 press
5 ring
B
a to push with your finger
b a place where you can have a drink
c you push thing on your phone to make a call
d a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk and
dance
e to make a noise like a bell
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Christine Author
Lindop
4 Put these events in the story in order. Number them
1 to 10.
a Paul and Sally meet near the trees.
b Sally goes to work.
c Katharine phones Sally.
d Sally has breakfast.
e Paul and Sally go to the party.
f Sally goes shopping.
g Sally picks up Paul’s phone in a café.
h Paul phones Sally.
i Sally is in bed.
j Sally puts on her red skirt.
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5 Fill in the gaps using: phone, skirt, coffee, party,
change, rings, lunchtime, brother, drink, birthday
Sally wakes up in the morning when her phone
......................... . She has breakfast with her
mother and her ......................... , and then goes to
work by ......................... . At ......................... she
goes shopping and buys a new ......................... .
Then she goes to a café and has a .........................
. But when she gets back to work she has Paul’s
......................... and Paul has hers. Paul phones
her and they agree to ......................... phones in
the evening. They meet in Queen’s Square and
then they go for a ......................... . It’s Paul’s
sister’s ......................... today and she is having a
......................... . Sally agrees to go with Paul.
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Setting 16 At one o’clock _____ is looking at skirts in the

shops.
Choose the best answer.
a F Michael b F Katherine c F Sally
1 It is _____ morning. d F Jack
a F Monday b F Tuesday c F Thursday 17 Sally phones her _____ in the café.
d F Saturday a F mother b F brother c F friend
2 Sally looks in her _____ for her phone. d F sister
a F skirt b F bag c F train d F car 18 _____ thinks Sally has a nice smile.
3 Sally finds her phone behind the _____. a F Paul b F Jack c F Andrew
a F bed b F bag c F skirt d F door d F Michael
4 _____ is Sally’s boyfriend. 19 _____ wants to say sorry to Sally.
a F Paul b F Michael c F Andrew a F Jack b F Michael c F Paul
d F Jack d F Andrew
5 He wants Sally to wear a _____ skirt. 20 Katherine is Paul’s _____.
a F blue b F red c F black d F white a F mother b F sister c F brother
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E

6 _____ is Sally’s brother. d F friend

a F James b F Jack c F John
d F Andrew 20 marks
7 Sally has breakfast with her _____.
TEST

a F friend b F boss c F sister d F mother

8 There are a lot of _____ on the train. Dialogue
a F cars b F people c F dogs d F trees
Who says this?
9 Sally is listening to _____ on the train.
21 ‘Don’t forget, Sally – we’re meeting Michael
a F John b F Mary c F Andrew
tonight.’
d F Graham
a F Paul b F Louise c F Jack
10 Sally is talking to her friends _____ at work.
d F Andrew
a F Mark and Louise b F Claire and
22 ‘Let’s go out at lunchtime. We can find a new
Louise c F John and Graham d F Claire
skirt. You can wear it tonight.’
and John
a F Sally b F Claire c F Katherine
20 marks d F Paul
23 ‘What colour is it?’
a F Sally b F Sally’s mother c F Louise
Characters d F Claire
24 ‘Paul? Paul who? Where’s Sally?’
Choose the best answer.
a F Michael b F Paul c F Jack
11 Andrew is _____ boyfriend. d F Andrew
a F Claire’s b F Louise’s c F Sally’s 25 ‘I’ve got a message for Paul – but who’s Paul?’
d F Katherine’s a F Louise b F Sally c F Claire
12 _____ is Andrew’s new boss. d F Sally’s mum
a F Sally b F Paul c F Louise 26 ‘Mum, what’s the number of my phone?’
c F Michael a F Jack b F Paul c F Michael
13 _____ wants a sandwich for breakfast. d F Louise
a F Sally b F Jack c F Andrew d F Paul 27 ‘Let’s meet in Queen’s Square at a quarter to
14 Sally listens to _____ on the train. six.’
a F Andrew b F Claire c F Paul a F Paul b F Andrew c F Sally
d F her mother d F Katherine
15 _____ and Louise have coffee with Sally at 28 ‘Have you got a book in your hand?’
work. a F Paul b F Andrew c F Sally
a F Paul b F Claire c F Michael d F Katherine
d F Katherine

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29 ‘She says it’s her birthday today, and there’s a 42 Paul phones his _____ to ask for his phone
party at her house.’ number.
a F Andrew b F Sally c F Paul a F mother b F sister c F father
d F Katherine d F brother
30 ‘I don’t want the message.’ 43 Paul has Sally’s _____.
a F Sally b F Andrew c F Paul a F bag b F phone c F coffee d F skirt
d F Claire 44 Sally works in _____ Street.
a F London b F Oxford c F Cambridge
20 marks d F Manchester
45 Paul thinks Sally is _____.
a F beautiful b F old c F sorry d F quiet
Vocabulary 46 Sally sees Paul near the _____.
Choose the best answer. a F cars b F party c F phones d F trees
31 a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk, dance 47 Paul and Sally are at the _____.
etc. a F Red Moon b F Green Moon

M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a F lunchtime b F bar c F party c F Blue Moon d F White Moon
d F coffee 48 Paul says _____ always has good parties.
32 to stop something working a F Sally b F Katherine c F John
a F press b F turn off c F sell d F ring d F Andrew

TEST
33 to make a sound like a bell 49 Sally wants to go to the party with _____.
a F message b F call c F phone d F ring a F Claire b F Andrew c F Paul
34 a hot drink d F Louise
a F coffee b F birthday c F party 50 Paul likes _____.
d F lunchtime a F blue b F green c F black d F red
35 you speak and sing with it
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a F message b F ring c F voice d F boss
36 a man or a boy that a girl likes and goes out
with Total marks
a F boyfriend b F office c F button
d F press
37 to push with your finger
a F turn off b F boss c F bar d F press
38 a place where people can buy and have drinks
a F button b F birthday c F boss d F bar
39 when people stop work to have something to eat
a F morning b F breakfast c F evening
d F lunchtime
40 the person that you work for
a F friend b F mother c F brother
d F boss

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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Paul sits next to Sally in the _____.
a F train b F office c F café d F shop

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