Comprehension
1. What position did Kevin ‘Panic’ Taylor play? Pg 3
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2. Why was Coxley Colts’ goalkeeper bored? Pg 4
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3. What happened to Kevin as he tried to score? Pg 6
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4. What was the score at the end of the match? Pg 8
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5. What had Mr Turnbull been doing during most of the match? Pg 9
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6. Why did Slack retreat in a hail of football boots and shin pads? Pg 13
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Spelling and Grammar
7. Correct the spelling mistakes and the grammatical errors by
writing in the corrections above the underlined mistakes.
kevin booted a stone in to the guter. what had he done.
Hed
just bet that rovers wood win on Saturday. He mite as
well have
bet that hed be the furst man on mars. It was imposible
and
hopeless. he cood picture the momment after the match.
eastley
dynamos wood be slapin each other on the back. Rovers
would be
trailin of the pitch, heads down. Slack wood step
fourward with
a bige smirke on his faces.
8. Circle the words that have an ‘ee’ sound (as in meet)
cheat
flight
trim
about
chat
he
cry
mummy
sweet
tell
seen
well
meet
small
week
meat
Pete
walk
fly