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Level 4 · Magic e · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Five Candles

  1. Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. Mike says it is the best cake!

  1. 1. What did Rose and Dad bake?

    • cake
    • bread
    • biscuit

  2. 2. What did Rose set on the cake?

    • candles
    • flower
    • star

  3. 3. Who was the cake for?

    • baby
    • dog
    • Mike
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Five Candles

  1. Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. Mike says it is the best cake!

  1. 1. How many candles did Rose set on the cake?

    • five
    • two
    • nine

  2. 2. Where did they hide the cake?

    • in the bath
    • in a bag
    • on a shelf
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Five Candles

  1. 1Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. 2Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. 3They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. 4Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. 5Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. 6Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. 7Mike says it is the best cake!

  1. 1. How do you know Mike liked the cake?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Five Candles

  1. Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. Mike says it is the best cake!

  1. 1. What did Mike do before he puffed out the candles?

  2. 2. Who sang to Mike?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

Five Candles

  1. Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. Mike says it is the best cake!
  • Rose adds five candles
  • Mike puffs out the candles
  • Rose and Dad bake a cake

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Five Candles

  1. Rose and Dad bake a cake for Mike.
  2. Mike is five, so Rose sets five candles on it.
  3. They hide the cake on a shelf.
  4. Mike comes home with Mum.
  5. Rose and Dad sing to Mike.
  6. Mike makes a wish and puffs out the candles.
  7. Mike says it is the best cake!

Draw Mike's cake with five candles on top.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Five Candles · Level 4 (Magic e) · focus words: bake, cake, five, Mike, hide, home · tricky words: they, the, to, for, out, says, comes

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Rose and Dad baked a cake.
  2. Yes — Rose set five candles on the cake.
  3. Yes! The cake was for Mike.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! Rose set five candles on the cake.
  2. Yes — they hid the cake on a shelf.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 7. Mike says it is the best cake, so he liked it.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. Mike made a wish.
  2. Rose and Dad sang to Mike.

5. Put it in order

1. Rose and Dad bake a cake · 2. Rose adds five candles · 3. Mike puffs out the candles

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.