The document is an activity worksheet and progress test for a reading comprehension workbook about an African safari. It includes exercises like matching words, filling in blanks, rearranging letters to make words, answering questions, and identifying right/wrong word choices. The passages are about characters like Lily, Adam, and Anne going on a safari tour and learning about wildlife like elephants and the Maasai people.

1. Activity Worksheets LEVEL 1
African Safari
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While reading
Pages 1–5
1 Put a word or words on the left with a word
or words on the right.
early night
small slow
quiet short
quick noisy
behind late
start big
day finish
tall in front of
2 Underline the wrong word and put the
right one.
a Joseph is Adam’s brother.
b Lily and Adam go to the Maasai Mara by
car.
c There are four Americans in Joseph’s jeep.
d Lily has got a book about the Big Five.
e Lily sends Zoe some books.
f Lions and leopards usually hunt in the day.
g Buffaloes like to be near trees.
h Elephants don’t eat plants.
Pages 8–11
3 Finish the sentences with the right words.
going slowly was orphanage loved
away rain are
a Where ………… the elephants?
b We’re ………… to find the elephants.
c It started to ………… .
d The elephant’s mother ………… behind
him.
e Shukuru arrived at the ………… in 2009.
f The visitors ………… Tsavo Game
Reserve.
g The young elephant walked …………
behind his mother.
h The mother elephant didn’t want to go
………… from her son.
4 Put the words in the right place to make a
sentence.
a lives Ruth London in Street
…………………………………………
b mouth Look that at
…………………………………………
c going It’s rain to
…………………………………………
d wants elephant to Lily an adopt
…………………………………………
e was days Shukuru only three old
…………………………………………
f keepers the elephants The give food their
…………………………………………
g back The into the elephants go wild
…………………………………………
h visitors a elephants The watched of family
…………………………………………
Pages 14–19
5 Put the underlined letters in the right place
to make a word.
a Anne wasn’t at rkstfaaeb ………… in the
morning.
b Jeff limses ………… for the photo.
c They are going to see Maasai cnganid
………… in the evening.
d Anne’s nhgsit ………… are not in her
room.
e There is very little rsgas ………… in the
Maasai Mara.
f The Maasai women iudlb ………… new
homes in new places.
g Many Maasai families haven’t got a lot of
oymen ………… .
h Many Maasai people live in wsont
………… now.
6 Answer the questions.
a What are the visitors going to do in the
evening?
……………………………………………..
b Where do Lily and Adam look for Anne?
……………………………………………..

2. Activity Worksheets LEVEL 1
African Safari
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c What do the Maasai men and boys hunt?
……………………………………………..
d Where do the Maasai people sometimes
sing and dance?
……………………………………………..
e What is a big problem for the Maasai
people?
……………………………………………..
f Who does Anne go away from the hotel
with?
……………………………………………..
g Who telephoned the police about Anne?
……………………………………………..
h What are the visitors going to do
tomorrow?
……………………………………………..
7 Answer the questions in your notebook.
a Did you like the book? Why (not)?
b Which animals are interesting?
c Do you want to go on a safari? Why (not)?

3. Progress Test LEVEL 1
African Safari
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1 What is first in the book? Number the
sentences.
a Zoe writes to Lily about Ruth Street. [ ]
b Lily sends some photos to her friend Zoe in
London. [ ]
c Anne doesn’t have breakfast with the other
visitors. [ ]
d Lily and Adam look in Anne’s room but
she isn’t there. [ ]
e Lily and Adam arrive at the airport in the
Maasai Mara. [ ]
f The visitors see hippos and buffaloes. [ ]
g Jeff takes a photo of Tom with some rhinos.
[ ]
h The police arrive at the hotel and take Ruth
away. [ ]
i Lily meets an American woman and she
knows her face. [ ]
j It starts to rain and Joseph stops the jeep. [ ]
2 Put the right answers with the questions.
a Who is Joseph meeting at the airport? [ ]
b What is Tom’s book about? [ ]
c Where is Lily’s friend Zoe? [ ]
d What do leopards do to small animals?[ ]
e Who is looking for Ruth Street? [ ]
f What does Lily want to do? [ ]
g Where do the elephants go after the
orphanage? [ ]
h How do the Maasai people dress? [ ]
i What do the Maasai women build? [ ]
j What is Ruth Street waiting for at the hotel?
[ ]
1 The police.
2 Houses for their families.
3 The Big Five.
4 They kill them and eat them.
5 Lily, Adam and some American visitors.
6 In beautiful colours.
7 At home in London.
8 A taxi.
9 Back into the wild.
10 Adopt an elephant.
3 Circle the wrong word in the sentences.
a Adam and Lily is are going on safari.
b Joseph is stand standing near his jeep.
c The American woman don’t doesn’t smile.
d Buffaloes only live for about of seventeen
years.
e The rhino wants to eat eating Lily’s bag.
f A lot of people visits visit the orphanage.
g The elephant walked slow slowly behind
his mother.
h Anne didn’t wasn’t at breakfast.
i The keepers are always near a the rhinos.
j The Massai people get up in very early.
4 Circle the right word or words.
a Adam and Lily arrive in the Maasai Mara in
the morning / in the afternoon / at night.
b Joseph is waiting at the airport with his
brother / cow / jeep.
c Lions hunt and kill small / big / brown
animals.
d Ruth Street lives in Kenya / America /
England.
e Shukuru is always going to live with her
mother / in the orphanage / in Africa.
f The visitors / The keepers / The police give
the elephants their food at the orphanage.
g The Maasai men and women are short / fat /
tall.
h The Maasai women bring water and hunt /
make food / drive.
i Many Maasai families haven’t got a lot of
children / money / friends.
j Lily / Joseph / Zoe telephoned the police
about Ruth Street.
5 Finish the sentences with the right word.
knows come for newspapers give
trees school cows first waiting
a Joseph is ………… for Lily and Adam at
the airport.
b Lily ………… the American woman’s face.
c Visitors in the Maasai Mara see the giraffes
in the ………… .
d People ………… a lot of money for rhino
horns in some countries.

4. Progress Test LEVEL 1
African Safari
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e Ruth’s photo was in the …………
yesterday.
f The elephants ………… out with their
keepers in the morning.
g Samson was the ………… elephant in the
orphanage.
h The police are looking ………… Ruth
Street.
i The Maasai people walk across the country
with their ………… and goats.
j Not all Maasai children go to ………… .