Year: 2023

SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY

7 o’clock SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Flies hovered around the kitchen, looking for a suitable place to land.

Mrs Stevens carefully opened the hot oven and took out the two dozen small cakes inside. They were to be part of a surprise birthday party for her son, who would be home soon from school. After cooling the cakes by the open window, she began to decorate them with icing, cream and ‘hundreds and thousands’. Then she put them onto a large serving plate and took them to the dining table where she covered them with a brightly embroidered cloth over the cakes.

 

On the table were six cups and a similar number of knives, forks and serviettes. A birthday card with a picture on the front of a large cake with ten candles burning brightly sat at one end of the jarrah table.

 

Rain began to drip slowly down the drainpipe outside as Mrs Stevens removed her apron and hurried outside to the utility in the tin shed. Soon she was speeding down the rough and bumpy road to the bus stop. She was just in time to see a happy looking Shane waving goodbye to Mrs Johnson, the bus driver. Two minutes later he was even happier as he was joined by his unexpected guests at the dining table while Mrs Stevens began to make preparations in the kitchen for the evening meal.

 

1. The name of the boy celebrating his birthday was?

The boys name is Shane

 

2. Why do you think the boy’s mother placed a cloth over the cakes?

So the flies wouldn’t get at it 

 

3. This story took place at about (9, 11, 1, 4, 7) o’clock?

7 o,clock

4. How many surprise guests were at the party?

There were 6 guests at the birthday party

 

5. Why did Mrs Stevens open the oven carefully?

The heat of the oven 

 

6. How old was the boy turning on his birthday?

He was turning 10

 

7. lt was raining heavily on the boy’s birthday True OR False? 

Not true 

 

8. Mrs Stevens was late for the bus True OR False?

No she wasn’t late 

 

9. Write the words in the story which tell you the answer to question 8.

She was just in time to see happy shane waving goodbye 

 

10. What did Mrs Stevens use to cool the cakes?

She used the window 

 

11. Why did she have to cool the cakes?She had to put frosting and icing on it. 

 

12. How many seconds did it take to drive home from the bus stop? 

 

2 minutes.

 

old billy

OLD BILLY – (Answer each question in the space below)

  1. In which country did Billy live? Billy lived in New South wales.

 

  1. What word in the story tells us that Billy lived alone?An old man named Billy lived all alone in a dense forest.

 

  1. What was Billy’s cart made from?Billy’s cart was made out of wood.

 

  1. Tommy did not like to work in his garden. True OR False? I think it’s false 

 

  1. What word tells us that the path to Tommy’s house was not smooth? It says along the stony path. 

 

  1. How did Billy know if Tommy was home?Billy would always look up at the chimney so if it was smoking then Tommy is home but if it aint then he’s somewhere else.   

 

  1. This story took place about (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) years ago? I would say 60 years ago this story took place.

 

  1. How many times would Billy go to Piperidge with wood in a month? He would go once a week.

 

  1. Why couldn’t Billy take his horse and cart to Tommy’s house?Billy couldn’t because of a small creek. 

 

  1. Which word tells us that Billy lived close to the town of Piperidge’â Billy lived in a dense forest which is close to Piperidge a.