The Mysterious Circles

WORKSHEET 1: CHAPTERS 1–4

A. Look at the pictures and fill in the missing word in each sentence below.
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1. Danny writes everything in a blue ................................. .

2. There’s a poster of a UFO on the ................................. in Danny’s room.
3. Nick put his ................................. around Danny.
4. Nick read an interesting article in Danny’s ................................. .
5. Nick decided to cycle through Farmer Brown’s ................................. .
6. When Farmer Brown saw Nick, he was very ................................. .
7. Bricky pushed a stick across the ................................. .
8. Nick wore black ................................. when he left the house at 11.50 pm.

B. Match the sentences to the people below. There are two sentences about each person.
a b c d

...... 1. This person cycles with Nick around Cornridge.

...... 2. This person likes reading about alien mysteries.
...... 3. This person drives a tractor.
...... 4. This person went to the bedroom and closed the door.
...... 5. This person was sorry for Danny and wanted to help him.
...... 6. This person shouted at Nick.
...... 7. This person stood on a chair and opened a small door in the ceiling.
...... 8. This person met Jo at midnight.

C. Write T (True) or F (False) next to each sentence.

...... 1. There aren’t any discos or cinemas in Cornridge.
...... 2. Danny came home from school and he was very happy.
...... 3. Nick watched a TV programme about corn circles in America.
...... 4. Nick cycled to Jo’s house to tell her his fantastic idea.
...... 5. Jo went downstairs and found some rope and some sticks.
...... 6. Nick and Jo played on stilts when they were younger.
...... 7. Nick and Jo planned how to make a corn circle in Jo’s garden.
...... 8. Jo will hold one end of the rope and Nick will hold the other end.

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 The Mysterious Circles

WORKSHEET 2: CHAPTERS 5–8

A. Find the words in the puzzle. Then write the correct word under each picture.

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o r s m i l e
i t l a g l n
k i t c h e n
....................... ....................... ....................... .......................
d r j b t g w
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l d i r o a d

....................... ....................... ....................... .......................

B. Unscramble the letters in brackets to form verbs, then complete the sentences.
The pictures below are clues.
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1. Nick and Jo (kwalde) ................................. towards the centre of the field.

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2. Nick and Jo (aws) ................................. Farmer Brown’s tractor.
3. Suddenly, Farmer Brown (opsdetp) ................................. the tractor.
4. Finally, Nick and Jo (dishifen) ................................. the corn circles.
5. The next morning, Danny (koew) ................................. up and got out of bed.
6. Danny (wder) ................................. a picture in his notebook. 8

7. Danny (donhep) ................................. the magazine.

8. Danny (guhalde) ................................. because he was very happy.

C. Match A and B to make correct sentences.

A B
1. It was difficult ...... a. and ran downstairs.
2. Farmer Brown was on his way home ...... b. and left the cornfield.
3. There was a strange ...... c. aliens made the corn circles.
4. Nick and Jo climbed onto the stilts ...... d. creature in the cornfield.
5. Danny took his blue notebook ...... e. to walk on the stilts.
6. There was one big corn circle ...... f. looked out of the window.
7. Mrs Johnson got up and ...... g. from the village pub.
8. Danny is sure that ...... h. with four smaller circles around it.

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 The Mysterious Circles

WORKSHEET 3: CHAPTERS 9–11

A. Circle six words around the corn circle. Then use the words i torsang
to complete the sentences. is r

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1. The tall man had electronic ................................. in his hand.
2. “Farmer Brown doesn’t like people going in his field. I hope

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he won’t be ................................. ,” said Nick.

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3. A big white ................................. drove to the field and stopped. i ui
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4. “Be ................................. , Bricky!” Jo said. “Don’t make a noise.”
5. “There was a ................................. creature in the field last night,” Farmer Brown said.
6. Danny’s classmates were the first ................................. to the Cornridge UFO Experience.

B. Complete the puzzle and find the hidden word. The pictures are the clues.

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6
2 1. m __ h __ __ e s
2. r __ p __ __ __ r
3. i __ t __ v __ e __
4. __ o __ __ t __ __ r __ 7
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5. t __ __ l __ __
6. __ l __ __
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7. w __ __ o __
4
8. b __
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9. __ d __ __ __ s

The hidden word is: ................................. .

C. Put the sentences in the correct order. Then match each sentence to the
correct picture.
a
❏ Danny took his classmates to his bedroom.
❏ Bricky lay down in the centre of the corn circle and fell asleep.
❏ Farmer Brown’s tractor stopped next to the field.
❏ That night, everybody in Cornridge saw the corn circles on TV. b
❏ Danny was the guide for the Cornridge UFO Experience.
❏ Bricky saw a UFO above the corn circle.
❏ The cameraman filmed the corn circles.

c d e f g

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