25738 practice 6th grade

PRACTICE FOR 6TH GRADE

I PART. LISTENING.
LISTEN TO THE TEACHER AS SHE MENTIONS THE DIFFERENT FOODS, WRITE THE
NUMBER IN THE CIRCLE NEXT TO THE CORRECT PICTURE.

II PART. READING COMPREHENSION. 10 POINTS.
A. Read carefully and choose the correct option, (A, B, C or D)by making an x on
the correct letter.
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THE CRYING WOMAN
La llorona is a popular Costa Rican folk tale. It tells the story of a beautiful girl called
Maria.
Maria lived in a small town near the Reventazon River. She falls in love with a good man.
One day, he has to go on an expedition into the mountains; and he never returns.
Maria discovers that she is pregnant, but keeps it a secret. When she has the baby, she
goes crazy and throws it in the river. Maria never returns to town.
Since that day, people who go near the river sometimes hear the cry of the woman, who
wants her baby back.

1. The girl of the story was:________.
A. Ugly
B.Sweet

C.beautiful

2. The girl is called: __________.
A. Maria
B. Luisa

C. Sonia

D. Berta

C. hot

D. cold

3. The town that she lived in is: _______.
A. Big
B. small
4. Maria falls in love with a ________ man.
A. Bad
B. handsome

D. fat

C. tall

D. good

5. The man has to go on an expedition into the ________.
A. River
B. mountains
C. hills
6. Maria discovers that she is __________.
A. Pregnant
B. happy

C. deppressed

D. lonely

7. Maria throws the baby in the __________.
A. Town
B. ocean
C. mountains
8.

Maria never returns to __________.
A. City
B. town

C. house

D. river
D. family

9. People who go near the river sometimes hear Maria_________.
A. Laughing
B. crying
C. singing
D.screaming
10. The woman wants her baby___________.
A. Smile
B. happy
C. back

D. talk

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