Our Family’s Garden Plan
About this practice test
An A1 reading about a family’s Saturday garden plan, including planting, personal tasks, and work after lunch.
What you’ll practice
Finding detail
Locate specific information and evidence.
Interpreting ideas
Connect main points and inferences.
Evaluating arguments
Assess claims, evidence, and limitations.
What to expect:
2 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- A1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Cloze (dropdown)
How to approach this practice
Read the passage for its main idea, then return to the relevant sentence or paragraph for each question. Base answers on the passage.
Our Family’s Garden Plan
Every Saturday, Maya, her brother Leo, and their mother work in the small garden behind their flat. This week they will plant carrots, beans, and two tomato plants. Maya likes watering the flowers, but Leo likes digging the soil. Their mother says the garden is for fresh food and for fun. After lunch, they will put new labels on the pots and carry the old tools into the shed. In the evening, they will sit outside and look at their work.
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Question 1 · Cloze (dropdown)
Choose the correct option for each blank.
Complete the summary of the first part of the passage. Choose the correct answer for each gap. Keep the items in the same order as in the passage. Every Saturday, Maya, Leo, and their mother work in the garden. This week they will plant 1___, 2___, and two 3___. Maya likes watering the flowers, and Leo likes digging the soil.
Return to the passage, recording or visualChoices for blank 1
- carrots
- beans
- flowers
- tomato plants
Choices for blank 2
- carrots
- beans
- flowers
- tomato plants
Choices for blank 3
- carrots
- beans
- flowers
- tomato plants
Check answers and explanations
- Blank 1
- carrots
- Blank 2
- beans
- Blank 3
- tomato plants
Gap 1: carrots. The family will plant carrots, beans, and two tomato plants. Gap 2: beans. Beans are the second crop named in the planting plan. Gap 3: tomato plants. The passage says they will plant two tomato plants. The passage also states that Maya likes watering the flowers and Leo likes digging the soil.
This week they will plant carrots, beans, and two tomato plants
Maya likes watering the flowers, but Leo likes digging the soil
carrots: Correct: the passage names carrots first.
beans: Wrong for this gap. Beans come next in the list.
flowers: Wrong. The family waters flowers but does not plant them here.
tomato plants: Wrong for this gap. Tomato plants come later in the list.
carrots: Wrong for this gap. Carrots are first in the list.
beans: Correct: the passage says they will plant beans.
flowers: Wrong. The family waters flowers but does not plant them here.
tomato plants: Wrong for this gap. Tomato plants come after beans.
carrots: Wrong for this gap. Carrots come earlier in the list.
beans: Wrong for this gap. Beans come earlier in the list.
flowers: Wrong. The family waters flowers but does not plant them here.
tomato plants: Correct: the passage says they will plant two tomato plants.
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Question 2 · Cloze (dropdown)
Choose the correct option for each blank.
Complete the summary of the later part of the passage. Choose the correct word for each gap. The mother says the garden is for fresh food and for 1___. After lunch, the family will put new 2___ on the pots and carry the old tools into the 3___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualChoices for blank 1
- work
- fun
- sun
- food
Choices for blank 2
- pots
- labels
- flowers
- tools
Choices for blank 3
- lunch
- shed
- garden
- flat
Check answers and explanations
- Blank 1
- fun
- Blank 2
- labels
- Blank 3
- shed
Gap 1: fun. Their mother says the garden is for fresh food and for fun. Gap 2: labels. After lunch, the family will put new labels on the pots. Gap 3: shed. They will carry the old tools into the shed.
Their mother says the garden is for fresh food and for fun
After lunch, they will put new labels on the pots and carry the old tools into the shed
work: Wrong. Work happens in the garden, but it is not the missing word here.
fun: Correct: the mother says the garden is for fresh food and for fun.
sun: Wrong. Sun is not mentioned here.
food: Wrong. Fresh food is one reason, but the second reason is not food.
pots: Wrong. The labels go on the pots, so pots cannot fit here.
labels: Correct: they will put new labels on the pots.
flowers: Wrong. Flowers are watered earlier, not labelled.
tools: Wrong. The tools are carried away later.
lunch: Wrong. Lunch happens before this action, but it is not the place.
shed: Correct: the old tools go into the shed.
garden: Wrong. The garden is where they work, not where the tools are carried.
flat: Wrong. The family works behind their flat, but the tools go into the shed.
What to review next
Find the words that support each answer. For a mistake, compare the question with the evidence and identify the detail or inference you missed.
A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.
Before you practise: a worked example
Look for evidence in the text. Separate what the writer says from what you already know about the topic.
The library normally closes at six, but on Fridays it stays open until eight. When does it close on Friday?
The answer is eight. But introduces an exception to the normal closing time, so the first time mentioned is not the answer.
This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.