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Colours and School Things: A1 English Worksheet with Answers

This page is about colours, the things in a classroom, the articles a and an, the words this, that, these and those, and plural nouns. All questions on this page come from our printable A1 test. The answers are under each question.

Colours & School Things: page 1 of the printable A1 test

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Colours and school things: word list

These 30 words are in Part A (vocabulary) of the three tests.

  • pencil
  • ruler
  • scissors
  • schoolbag
  • book
  • computer
  • chair
  • clock
  • map
  • bin
  • pen
  • notebook
  • globe
  • laptop
  • calendar
  • door
  • window
  • plant
  • paint
  • glasses
  • teacher
  • school
  • picture
  • light bulb
  • mobile phone
  • letter
  • umbrella
  • T-shirt
  • trainers
  • cap

Pictures: Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT licence).

Practice: 8 multiple choice questions

These questions are Part C (grammar) of Test 2. Select an answer, then open “Answer” to check it.

  1. 1.She has ___ orange bag.

    • Athese
    • Ban
    • Ca
    • Dtwo
    Answer

    B: an

  2. 2.___ is my new ruler. Look, here it is!

    • AThose
    • BThey
    • CThis
    • DThese
    Answer

    C: This

  3. 3.One bus, two ___ .

    • Abuss
    • Bbus
    • Cbusies
    • Dbuses
    Answer

    D: buses

  4. 4.Look at the birds over there! ___ birds are very small.

    • AThose
    • BThis
    • CThat
    • DThese
    Answer

    A: Those

  5. 5.Grass is ___ .

    • Awhite
    • Bgreen
    • Cred
    • Dpurple
    Answer

    B: green

  6. 6.I need ___ eraser, please.

    • Atwo
    • Bthese
    • Can
    • Da
    Answer

    C: an

  7. 7.___ book on the shelf over there is my sister's.

    • AThese
    • BThose
    • CThis
    • DThat
    Answer

    D: That

  8. 8.Mix black and white, and you get ___ .

    • Agrey
    • Bbrown
    • Cpink
    • Dgreen
    Answer

    A: grey

Reading text: Our classroom

This text is Part E (reading) of Test 2. Read the text, then answer the questions.

This is our classroom at Sunrise School in Sydney. It is big and it has four windows. The walls are yellow. There are twenty desks and twenty chairs. Our teacher's desk is brown. On her desk there is a computer and a big globe. There is a map of the world on the wall, and it is very colourful. We have a class pet, too. It is a white rabbit, and its name is Snow. My name is Ravi. My desk is next to the window. I love our classroom!

Questions

  1. 1.Where is Sunrise School?
    Answer

    It is in Sydney.

  2. 2.How many windows does the classroom have?
    Answer

    It has four windows.

  3. 3.What colour are the walls?
    Answer

    They are yellow.

  4. 4.What is on the teacher's desk?
    Answer

    There is a computer and a big globe (on her desk).

  5. 5.What is the class pet?
    Answer

    It is a white rabbit (Snow).

True or false?

  1. 1.There are twenty chairs in the classroom.
    Answer

    True

  2. 2.The teacher's desk is black.
    Answer

    False

  3. 3.The map is on the wall.
    Answer

    True

  4. 4.The rabbit is brown.
    Answer

    False

  5. 5.Ravi's desk is next to the door.
    Answer

    False

The three tests for this topic

The three versions test the same grammar with different sentences: a / an, this / that / these / those, plurals. Use one version for the test, one for a retake and one for a review lesson.

  1. Test 1Colours and school things · a / an, this / that / these / those, plurals
  2. Test 2Colours and school things · a / an, this / that / these / those, plurals
  3. Test 3Colours and school things · a / an, this / that / these / those, plurals

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