Reading Comprehension Test
9 form
Mmm ... did someone say pancakes?! Read
about Pancake Day and learn how to make this delicious treat for yourself.
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is a special day celebrated in many countries
around the world. It is celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK,
Ireland, Australia and Canada. In some countries, like France and the USA, it
is called 'Mardi Gras' or 'Fat Tuesday'. In other countries, like Spain, Italy
or Brazil, Shrove Tuesday is at the end of Carnival. On this day many people
eat pancakes, a thin, flat cake made in a pan. Pancake Day is always on a
Tuesday in February or March. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of
Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter when people often give up or
stop eating things that are bad for them like chocolate or fast food. At the
end of Lent is Easter. Easter takes place on a different date each year because
it depends on the moon. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full
moon of spring. Traditionally, during Lent, people didn’t eat rich foods like
butter and eggs, so they made pancakes from these ingredients on Shrove
Tuesday. Another tradition on Pancake Day in the UK is pancake racing. People
run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss the
pancake (throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan) several times.
In some pancake races people dress up in fancy dress costumes. The most famous
pancake race takes place in a town called Olney, in the middle of England.
People say that Olney has been celebrating pancake races since 1445! Pancakes
are very easy to make.
Try our recipe. Ingredients:
One cup of flour
One cup of milk
One large egg
Some salt
Some butter or oil
Lemon juice
Some sugar
Instructions: Fill one cup
with flour and put into a bowl. Fill another cup with milk and pour into the
bowl. Crack the egg into the bowl and whisk the flour, milk and egg until the
mixture is smooth. Put a very small amount of butter or oil in a pan, and when
it is hot, put some mixture in the pan and move the pan to make a thin pancake.
After one minute hold the pan carefully and throw or toss the pancake in the
air to turn it over. Now cook the pancake on the other side. When the pancake
is ready, squeeze some lemon juice and put some sugar on it and eat it
immediately. If you don’t like lemon juice, eat them with jam, chocolate sauce
or ice cream. Mmm, delicious!
*
1. Check your understanding: multiple
choice Circle the best answer to these questions.
1. Pancake Day is celebrated
in ...
a. the
UK and Ireland only. b. many countries around the world. c.English-speaking
countries only.
2. Another name for Pancake
Day is ...
a. Mardi
Gras. b. Lent. c. Easter Sunday.
3. Traditionally, Lent is a
period of 40 days when people ...
a. eat
a lot of pancakes. b. eat rich foods like butter and eggs. c.
don’t eat rich food or food that is bad for you.
4. Easter Sunday is always
...
a. on
the same day every year. b. in spring. c. on a day
with a full moon.
5. In a pancake race
everyone ...
a.
throws and catches a pancake in a pan. b. wears a fancy dress
costume. c. eats pancakes before the race.
6. Before you cook the
pancake, mix ...
a. milk,
butter and sugar. b. milk, flour and an egg. c.
milk, butter and an egg.
7. Cook the pancake for ...
a. 10-15
minutes. b. 3-4 minutes. c. 1-2 minutes.
8. The 'classic' pancake
topping is ...
a. sugar
and lemon juice. b. sugar and chocolate. c. lemon
juice and salt.
2. Check your vocabulary:
gap fill Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
сrack pour
fill whisk eat throw move squeeze
1. _______________ one cup with flour
and put it into a bowl.
2. Fill another cup with milk and
_______________ it into the bowl.
3. _______________ the egg into the bowl.
4. _______________ the flour, milk and
egg until the mixture is smooth.
5. Put some mixture in the pan and
_______________ the pan to make a thin pancake.
6. After one minute, hold the pan
carefully and _______________ the pancake in the air to turn it over.
7. When the pancake is ready,
_______________ some lemon juice and put some sugar on it.
8. _______________ it immediately.
3. Check your grammar: gap fill
Write the words to fill the gaps.
1. Pancake day or Shrove Tuesday is a
special day celebrated __________ many countries around the world.
2. In countries like Spain, Italy or
Brazil, Shrove Tuesday is __________ the end of Carnival.
3. Pancake Day is always __________ a
Tuesday __________ February or March.
4. Lent is a period of 40 days before
Easter when people often give __________ things that are bad for them.
5. In some pancake races people dress
__________ in fancy costumes.
6. At the end __________ Lent is Easter.
7. Easter takes place on a different
date each year because it depends __________ the moon.
8. Pancakes are very easy __________
make
* 1. Check your understanding: multiple
choice
* 1. b
* 2. a
* 3. c
* 4. b
* 5. a
* 6. b
* 7. c
* 8. a
* 2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill
* 1. Fill
* 2. pour
* 3. Crack
* 4. Whisk
* 5. move
* 6. throw
* 7. squeeze
* 8. Eat
* 3. Check your grammar: gap fill
* 1. in
* 2. at
* 3. on | in
* 4. up
* 5. up
* 6. of
* 7. on
* 8. to
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