It was a cold winter day. Helen, Richard, David, Betty and William dressed up in their warm clothes and
went outside to play in the snow. Betty and William were soon busy making a snowman.
They used a carrot for his nose and they gave him a hat and a striped scarf. They decided to call
their snowman Mr Nothing because they knew that when the weather got warmer their fine snowman
would turn to nothing! Helen, Richard and David said they would also make a snowman. Richard and
David began to make a big snowball for their snowman’s body. Helen’s snowball was going to be the
snowman’s head but before it was big enough, she thought it would be fun to throw the snowball at
David. The snowball hit his hat. So David and Richard threw their snowball at Betty.
Perhaps you can guess what happened next. Everyone started to throw snowballs at each other
and Helen, Richard and David never did make their snowman. So they, also, had Mr Nothing!
Example
It was a cold .
Questions
1. Helen, Richard, David, Betty and William were wearing .
2. Betty and William decided to make a .
3. Richard and David started to make .
4. Helen threw her snowball at David and it hit .
5. Helen, Richard and David did not

Read the story. Choose a word from the Word bank. Write the correct word next to numbers 1–5.
There is one example.
The friendly Flyers are very . Today they will have their college
(1) . Everyone has been (2) . There will be lots of
(3) food to eat and there will be (4) music for those
who like to dance. It will be an evening to (5) , for sure.

Now choose the best name for the story. Tick one box.
The party
An evening to forget
A noisy day
Activity (b)