Missing Eggs e8 practice

Missing Easter Eggs

e8 practice

Chapter 1

The Easter Bunny is very busy. He has already painted hundreds of wrappers for chocolate eggs. But today, something strange has happened. All the eggs have disappeared! The Bunny calls his best friends: a little lamb and a yellow chick. 'We must find the eggs!' he says. The chick has found some footprints in the garden. They follow the footprints, and they lead to the forest...

Choose a,b or c.

1. Which of the following best explains why the Easter Bunny is worried? a) He hasn’t finished painting the eggs yet. b) All the chocolate eggs have suddenly disappeared. c) The lamb and the chick are not helping him enough. 2. What is the purpose of following the footprints into the forest? a) To find new eggs b) To discover who took the eggs c) To go on an adventure with friends 3. The Easter Bunny says: 'We must find the eggs!' a) To inform his friends about his adventure b) To ask his friends for their opinion c) To tell his friends what to do

ANSWERS

Chapter 1I

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. (three of them are useless)

has / so / enough / have / too / because

The animals walk deeper into the forest. They find a small, strange house. The door is open, 1. ___ they go inside. There are chocolate wrappers everywhere. 'Someone 2. ___ eaten the eggs!' the chick cries. Suddenly, they hear a noise from the kitchen. A squirrel appears. He looks very guilty and says, 'I’m sorry… I was hungry! But I must say, they weren’t spicy 3. ___ for me. It wasn’t the best snack I’ve had, to be honest.'

ANSWERS

Chapter 1II

Fill in the blanks with correct phrasal verbs to make the chapter logical. Use the words from brackets but DO NOT change them.

The squirrel says he didn’t know the eggs were for Easter. He says, 'I was very hungry… and they looked so tasty!' The Bunny is very angry and says, 'I have 1. (put) ___ many things, but not this!' The chick shouts, 'Let’s 2. (get) ___ the squirrel!' But the lamb says, 'We can’t 3. (give) ___ now. We still have time before Easter.' The Bunny is told by friends that there is only one way — they must go to the chocolate factory.

ANSWERS

Chapter IV

Complete the text with the sentences from the box. (one is useless)

The Bunny, the lamb, the chick, and the squirrel go to the chocolate factory. The Bunny says, 'We must make 100 chocolate eggs today!'. 1. ___ The lamb mixes the chocolate. The chick puts the eggs in shiny paper. The squirrel helps too. 2. ___ 'This will be the best Easter ever!' says the Bunny. 3. ___ The new eggs are almost ready!

A. However, he looks very sneaky. B. On the other hand, he doesn't look suspicious. C. The big bowl of chocolate is almost full. D. Everyone starts working.

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Chapter V

Choose a,b or c to fill in the blanks.

All the eggs are ready and packed in boxes. But when the Bunny tastes one, he starts screaming, 'It’s hot! It’s super hot!' It turns out that the cunning squirrel 1. ___ put chilli into the big bowl of chocolate. Now the eggs 2. ___ be eaten by children! The chick starts crying. The Bunny sits 3. ___ and says, 'What should I do now?' The lamb says 4. ___, 'Maybe next time, don’t trust a hungry squirrel…'

4. a) quiet b) quietly c) quite

3. a) up b) off c) down

2. a) must b) can't c) should

1. a) has b) have c) hasn't

ANSWERS

WELL DONE!

1. b 2. b 3. c

1. so 2. has 3. enough

1. put up with 2. get rid of 3. give up

1. D 2. A 3. C

1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b