SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Flies hovered around the kitchen, looking for a suitable place to land.

Mrs Stevens carefully opened the hot oven and took out the two dozen small cakes inside. They were to be part of a surprise birthday party for her son, who would be home soon from school. After cooling the cakes by the open window, she began to decorate them with icing, cream and ‘hundreds and thousands’. Then she put them onto a large serving plate and took them to the dining table where she covered them with a brightly embroidered cloth over the cakes.

On the table were six cups and a similar number of knives, forks and serviettes. A birthday card with a picture on the front of a large cake with ten candles burning brightly sat at one end of the jarrah table.

Rain began to drip slowly down the drainpipe outside as Mrs Stevens removed her apron and hurried outside to the utility in the tin shed. Soon she was speeding down the rough and bumpy road to the bus stop. She was just in time to see a happy looking Shane waving goodbye to Mrs Johnson, the bus driver. Two minutes later he was even happier as he was joined by his unexpected guests at the dining table while Mrs Stevens began to make preparations in the kitchen for the evening meal.

1. The name of the boy celebrating his birthday was?

• Shane

2. Why do you think the boy’s mother placed a cloth over the cakes?

• So the flies don’t go on it

3. This story took place at about (9, 11, 1, 4, 7) o’clock?

• 4

4. How many surprise guests were at the party?

• 6 guests

5. Why did Mrs Stevens open the oven carefully?

• The oven was hot

6. How old was the boy turning on his birthday?

• 10

7. lt was raining heavily on the boy’s birthday True OR False? 

• TRUE

8. Mrs Stevens was late for the bus True OR False?

• FALSE

9. Write the words in the story which tell you the answer to question 8.

• She was speeding down the road to the bus stop .

10. What did Mrs Stevens use to cool the cakes?

• By using the open window 

11. Why did she have to cool the cakes?

• So that she can decorate the cake with the icing , cream and hundred thousands

12. How many seconds did it take to drive home from the bus stop?

• 2 minutes ( 120 secs )

WRITING ( Practise Test )

To be a great prime minister of New Zealand comes with great responsibility.  Leading the country comes with great respect for the people and having strength.  Today I will be talking about raising the minimum wage, lowering food prices and making public health care free.

Raising minimum wage;

Nowadays parents and workers aren’t being paid enough even if they are working, DAY AND NIGHT.  The minimum wage dropped down to $18 an hour which is a less amount of what people should be getting. Parents need money to support their kids in needing to pay for school fees, food and many more things. Some families are struggling to either pay for financial problems, food or even health care. Raising the minimum wage would be a great thing, families wouldn’t struggle to pay bills and have more money to spend on themselves. I think the minimum wage should be raised up to $35 because some workers are parents, they take time out of looking after their own kids just to put food on the table and provide the best for them.

Lower food prices : 

 In this generation , food prices have been rising more than expected . Big families struggle to pay for a lot of food, if supermarkets/shops were to lower food prices it’d have a great impact on families. Since food prices are very high some families aren’t even able to fill their trolley, or buy all their groceries that they need. It would help families when they are struggling with money and many more. If they were to lower food prices , families wouldn’t have to spend over $100-$150.

Public Health Care Free : 

Personal health needs are expensive nowadays, at the doctors people are having to pay for their health care from $30-$50. If public health care was to be free, our community would be full of healthy, living people. Health care should be free because some families struggle with the money they have to pay or have no money at all . Even if the health care prices did drop, it would be very helpful for families who can’t afford it.

So in conclusion, I explained some ways of being a great prime minister for New Zealand. My idea in being a great prime minister is making public health care free, lowering food prices, and raising minimum wage.