The Day the Pizza Flew
One Sunny Tuesday, Tommy decided to 1. [A) cook / B) cooked / C) cooking] a giant pizza for his family. He went into the 2. [A) kitchen / B) bathroom / C) garden] and put on a ridiculous chef’s hat. First, he mixed the flour, water, and yeast to make the 3. [A) soup / B) dough / C) juice]. Everything was going smoothly until he decided to toss the pizza base high into the 4. [A) water / B) ground / C) air] like a real Italian chef. Unfortunately, Tommy tossed it a little too 5. [A) hard / B) soft / C) slowly], and the dough stuck firmly to the high ceiling!
Tommy’s little sister, Lily, walked in and started to 6. [A) cry / B) laugh / C) sleep] uncontrollably. "Look! It's an 7. [A) Unidentified Flying Object / B) Unidentified Flying Doughnut / C) Unidentified Flying Pizza]!" she shouted. Tommy took a long wooden 8. [A) broom / B) pencil / C) spoon] and tried to poke the dough down. Instead of falling down, the heavy dough 9. [A) dropped / B) slipped / C) flew] off the stick and landed right on his dog’s 10. [A) tail / B) head / C) paw]. The dog, named Buster, looked like a silly wizard wearing a floppy white 11. [A) shoe / B) shirt / C) hat]. Buster sneezed loudly and ran across the living 12. [A) room / B) yard / C) roof]!
Suddenly, the family cat jumped off the 13. [A) tree / B) sofa / C) fridge] to chase the running dog. The cat tripped over a basket of 14. [A) toys / B) stones / C) books], which hit a heavy bottle of red tomato sauce. The sauce bottle opened and 15. [A) splashed / B) jumped / C) walked] all over Tommy’s white shirt! Tommy looked like he had just 16. [A) won / B) lost / C) started] a very messy ketchup war. Lily was so amused that she 17. [A) dropped / B) threw / C) caught] her glass of milk onto the rug, making an even bigger 18. [A) clean / B) mess / C) art].
At that exact moment, their mother opened the front 19. [A) window / B) door / C) gate] after a long day at work. She stopped, looked at the red sauce on the wall, the dough on the dog, and the milk on the floor. Tommy smiled 20. [A) nervously / B) angrily / C) proudly] and said, "Welcome home! Dinner is... almost 21. [A) raw / B) ready / C) cold]!" His mother could not stay angry for long; she began to 22. [A) scream / B) giggle / C) run] at the chaotic scene. In the end, they decided to 23. [A) order / B) cook / C) buy] a warm pizza from the nearby restaurant. It was definitely the most 24. [A) boring / B) memorable / C) scary] Tuesday night they ever 25. [A) had / B) have / C) having]!
