Starter Level Test Sheet

Lucky Number
John Milne

Put the events in the order they happen in the story. The first is 1.

1 A well-dressed man buys a lottery ticket. □

2 An old man walks past Charlie. □
3 Charlie catches the ticket. □
4 Charlie cleans the man’s shoes. □
5 Charlie dreams that a goat eats the lottery ticket. □
6 Charlie shows the ticket to his mother. □
▪ Charlie is sitting outside Café Colombo. 1

7 Charlie’s mother is in the lottery office with the ticket. □

8 The man gets into a taxi and the ticket falls out of his pocket. □
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Complete the sentences with the correct word. The first letter is given.

9 There are always people sitting at the tables. Café Colombo is very b_________.

10 Charlie’s clothes are old. He is not w_________-d_________.

11 The man’s shoes are d_________. Charlie cleans the man’s shoes.

12 An old man walks slowly along the p_________.

13 There is a n_________ on the board.

Macmillan Readers Lucky Number 1

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14 The old man is selling lottery t_________.

15 The man puts the ticket in his p_________.

16 Will it be their l_________ number?

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Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example

always / busy / Café Colombo / is / .

Café Colombo is always busy.

17 Café Colombo / Charlie / does / in / not / sit /.

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18 a / box / He / on / sits / small / wooden / .

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19 brown / He / shines / shoes / .

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20 are / dirty / man’s / shoes / The / .

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21 air / blows / into / the / the / The / ticket / wind / .

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22 Is / number / the / this / winning / ?

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Macmillan Readers Lucky Number 2

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Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.

at in into on out of outside to up

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Charlie sits __________ the pavement ___________ Café Colombo.

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He does not go __________ school.

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Charlie picks __________ his box.

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The man gets __________ the taxi.

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The ticket falls __________ his pocket.

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He has the ticket ___________ his hand.

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Café Colombo closes __________ midnight.

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Macmillan Readers Lucky Number 3

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