Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 1 Complete the titles of these novels by Charles Dickens: Example questions... 1. B_______________ H _______________ 2. B _______________ R _______________ 3. D _______________ C _______________ 4. N _______________ N _______________ The worksheet also has an answer page.

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 2 These titles of Dickens’ novels have got a little mixed up! See if you can untangle them. . . Example questions... BLEAK EDWIN OLIVER COPPERFIELD THE PICKWICK CITIES HARD EXPECTATIONS NICKLEBY AND SON The worksheet also includes the answers.

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 1 Match the city with the year to show when and where the summer Olympic Games have been held, then write out the list in chronological order:

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 2 All these cities have hosted the summer Olympic Games – some more than once. Which countries are they in? The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 2 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Erasure b) Westlife ___________________________________ 2. a) Take That b) Boyzone ___________________________________ 3. a) John Lennon (solo) b) Paul McCartney (solo & Wings) ___________________________________ This worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 1 Some example music questions For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* 1. a) ABBA b) The Bee Gees ___________________________________ 2. a) Ant & Dec b) Pulp ___________________________________ 3. a) Pet Shop Boys b) Status Quo ___________________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Twenty Great Woody Allen Films Example questions... Complete the titles of these great Woody Allen films: 1. Love and ______________ 2. Bullets ______________ Broadway 3. Everyone Says ____________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer page.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 3 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Queen b) The Shadows ___________________________________ 2. a) Prince b) Phil Collins (solo) ___________________________________ 3. a) The Beatles b) The Rolling Stones ___________________________________ The question sheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 4 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Cliff Richard b) Elton John ___________________________________ 2. a) Simply Red b) Steps ___________________________________ 3. a) Spice Girls b) Take That ___________________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

City Quiz Series Victoria Shopping Centre, Nottingham, UK – Quiz 1 Example questions... 1. What is the name of the fastest bus from Derby to Nottingham? 2. What was the registration number of the bus you took? 3. How much is a day return ticket from Derby to Nottingham? The worksheet also contains an answer sheet.

City Quiz Series Victoria Shopping Centre, Nottingham, UK – Quiz 2 Example questions... 1. How much is the cheapest bottle of Vitamin C tablets at Boots the Chemist? 2. What is the name of the large fish tank located in the middle of the Victoria Centre? 3. Write down the names of any of the fish that live in the tank. The worksheet contains an answer sheet for the teacher.

Test Your Research Skills Watching TV in the UK 1 There are five terrestrial television channels in the UK: BBC1 BBC2 ITV 1 Channel 4 Five Example questions... Write the name of the channel that shows each of these programmes: 1. Eastenders _____________________________ 2. The Simpsons _____________________________ 3. Brookside _____________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Watching TV in the UK 2 There are five terrestrial television channels in the UK: BBC1 BBC2 ITV 1 Channel 4 Five Write the name of the channel that shows each of these programmes: Examples of questions... 1. Stars In Their Eyes _____________________________ 2. Blue Peter _____________________________ 3. Home and Away _____________________________ This worksheet also includes the answers.

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story Write a story of around 600 words, starting with the following sentence: Story Title: _________________________________ “It’s enormous!”....

Test Your Reading Skills Advanced Homophones 1 Example questions... Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. heard ___________________________ 2. knit ___________________________ 3. carrot ___________________________ 4. air ___________________________ Comes with an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension Look at the data showing when these famous Britons were alive and how long they lived for, then answer the questions on the next page: Examples Famous Briton Dates: Age when they died: Sir Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727 85 years old Alfred the Great 849 – 899 50 years old Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1340 – 1400 c. 60 years old 1. Who was born in 849? 2. Who was born in the fourteenth century? 3. Who died in 1922? 4. Who died in the seventeenth century? 5. Who was born in 1642? Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 5 Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. leak ___________________________ 2. dear ___________________________ 3. cheque ___________________________ 4. bore ___________________________

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels – Around Derby, UK Examples Fill in the gaps to spell twenty different suburbs and villages around Derby: 1. _ i _ _ _ e o _ e r 2. _ a _ _ e y A _ _ e _ 3. _ u _ _ _ _ i _ _ 4. _ _ a _ _ e _ _ e _ Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Reading Skills Is It Hot, Or Not? Look at the sentences below and say whether they are true or false. Tip: back up your answers with evidence, for example, the average temperature in °F or °C for each world city: 1. In January it is normally hotter in Jakarta than in Dublin. 2. In March it is normally hotter in Berlin than in Canberra. 3. In July it is normally colder in Buenos Aires than in London. Complete with answers