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Monkey’s big adventure                                                                                                 Flyers quiz time



               It’s Monkey’s turn to go out on an adventure. Look at the pictures. Read the story and write the                       It’s Flyers quiz time. There are three rounds. The questions are about measuring, time and
               missing words. Write one or two words from the Word bank in each gap. There is one example.                            numbers. Our friends are not alone. You can help them!















               Not so long       ago          , Monkey        Soon, Monkey was far away from home.
               felt a (1)                  bored so he        ‘This is (3)                   fun!’ Monkey

               decided to put (2)                things in    thought to (4)                    .
               a backpack and go on an adventure.









                                                                                                                                      Round one: Measuring – How wide?

                                                                                                                                      How tall? How long? How far?


               It was very hot. ‘I must                       Suddenly, Monkey heard shouting. Two
               (5)                                            teams of (7)                     were                                   Units of measurement:

               myself,’ thought Monkey. I will                having a game of  (8)                     .                             metre                          kilometre                      centimetre
               (6)                                            Monkey joined in.                                                       (US meter)                     (US kilometer)                 (US centimeter)

               in the shade until it gets cooler.
                                                                                                                                      Look at each picture. How would you describe what you’re measuring? Which unit of

                                                                       fetch        so much     look after                            measurement would you use? There is one example.
                                                                   Word bank  bit   send        players                               How      tall   ?      1. How             ?  2. How              ? 3. How               ?
                                                                       ago
                                                                                                lie down
                                                                                    since

                                                                                    itself
                                                                       a few

                                                                                    volleyball
                                                                       himself
               That made Monkey remember  his                 Choose from these words to complete the

               friends. ‘It’s a long time                     story. You will not need to use all the words.
               (9)                   I left home,’ he         The answers are on page 38. Now cover up
               thought. I will (10)                  a        the writing. Look at the pictures and tell the                           metre

               message to say I’m coming back!                story. It’s called Monkey’s big adventure.



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