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2 A rnan lcli liis kcys in the lock of'his car.

3 The rild lady gave the kcys to the man.

4 S o m e o n c s t o l e t h e m a n ' s c a r

6 l V h c n t h e m a n w e n t a w a y , h e d i d n o t t a k c a ¡ r y r n ( ) n e y

2 W h a t d i d t h e o l d l a d y s e e in t h c c a r ?

3 \\'hat did she do then?

4 W h a t d i d t h e m a n d o i n t h c - b a n k ?

5 W h a t d i d t h e o l d l a d v d o ? ( i \ \ ' h a t d i d s l l e s a \ t ( ) tl r t ' r , r r r r r q r r r a r r '

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A Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are(F)? Write T or F in the boxes.

l N{arv wcr)t to an I'lnglis}r st-hool

2 S h c d i d n o t l i k e h e r s c h o o l

3 He¡r mother took her to s<'hool

'1 'l-he new girl in N{ary's class was I'lnslish

51 'l'he new girl in Nf ary's cl¿rss was (]e rman

6 'l'he new girl l¿ruehcd liker an I'inglish girl

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l \ \ ' h e rc d i d N l a r y l i v c ?

2 W h a t d i d h e r m o t h e r s a y to h e r w h c n s h c w a s s i x '

3 What dicl Nfary ask?

' 1 What did her mother say?

5 How did Mary like hcr sc'hool?

6 W h a t d i d s h e s a y to h e r m o t h e r r l a s t M o n c l a y ?

7 W h a t d i d h e r m o t h e r a s k ?

U W h a t d i d N I a n s a v th e n ?

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o l d n o w , N { a r i ' ?nd vou'rer going to bcsin going to a school

h e r e Y o u ' r e r g s i ¡ 1 g to likc it r.'ery much, lret'auser i t ' s a nice

N { a r y w c r } t to the school, and cnjovecl ht'r lcssons Her

m o t h e r a l w a v s took her to school in the rrror.rrins a r r c l b r o t ¡ s h t

h c r h o m e in the af ternoon Last Nfond¿rv lrt.r mothcr wcnt to

t h c s c h o o l a t 4 o'clock, and Mary ran out <lf'hcr c'lass

' \ \ ' e ' \ ' e got a new girl in clur class todat., \lurnml',' shc said

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d i d n o t g o t o sc'hrxrl, a d t h e n their mothcr ¿rlwal s s a i d , ' p l e a s c

c u t t h c g r a s s in thc gardcn this altcrnoon, lrol's."I'he bovs clid

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t o t h c r n , ' [ , o o k , t h ¿ r t w o m a n ' s sitting on thc lawn-ntower ancl

c l l ' i v i n e it a l l d t ' u t t i n g the grass \\'t'rv:rnt onc of'those '

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3 ' l ' h c b o y s d i d n o t l i k e t ' u t t i n g t h e g r a s s

(i r\ woman cuts thc grass every weck.

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l W h a t d i d M r s J o n e s s a y t o h e r s o l l s o l t S a t u r d a l ' s ?

2 \ V h v d i d t h c v n o t l i k e t h ¿ r t w o r k ?

3 \\'hat did onc ol-thc bo1 s sce irr a rnasazillt'?

' 1 \\'hat was tllere on the lawtr-mowcr?

5 W h a t d i d t h e b o v s ¿ r l ' t o h i s r n o t h t ' r a r l c l lr r o l l t t ' r ? ( i \\'hat did his mother s¿lr'?

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l r o o t s ¿ u l c l s l r o c s fi r r n l v f b c t , ' h c said to his fricnd Dick

r n a n ! I s a i d , " N f akc onc shoc óiqter than thc otht'r," lrr¡t voLl'r'e

rrr¿rdc onr' rmaller than the othe r!'

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B Answer these questions.

I \\¡hat did.Joe 's láther say' rvhcn.f oe finished schcxrl?

2 \ \ ' h e r e d i d Joe go a lew davs later?

q u e s t i o n s o t t a p i e c e o f ' p z r p e r Joe wrote his answers on the

paper, and then he gar''e them to thc m¿rn

e v e r y 1,ear, sir,'.Joe said

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ir \\'hat clocs Frecl do thcn?

( j Is F rt'cl a big nran, or a snlall rnan?

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3 FIe docs not drir.c : hc clrivcs fást.

' 1 FIc clocs not llu'r' ('urs: hc llrrts snurll ones.

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3 Fred buys a nc\\' c¿rr cverv vcar

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s a i d t o nte, "Has your firthcr got :lr)\ rrtont.t.?', '

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c h i l d r e n i n h c r c l a s s ' l ' h e y w c r c n i c c childrcn, and NIiss

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w i n t e r , a l l d the wcathcr was vcry cold ' l ' h e c h i l d r c n ' s n r o t h e r s

always sernt thcrn to school with rv¿rrnt ('o¿tts and hats ancl

g l o r es ' f h e r c h i l c l r e n c a n ) c i n t o thc t'lassroolll in the rnornintr

5 She firund the sloves i¡r the mornins

6 The sloves were Dick's

Oulside the 750 headwords: Iosc/lost

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2 D i d s h e h a v c b i g , o r s n r a l l c h i l d r c n in h e r c l ¿ r s s ?

3 What did they oftcn do?

4 \A'h¿rt did shc find on the floor in thc c'n'cning?

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l W h i t e b r i d g e w a s a b i g v i l l a g e '

2 ' \ l t ¡ t o f ' o l d p e o p l c l i r , e d i n W h i t c b r i d g e

3 They put out their furniture every Sunday

,t 'l'hc bear's head was very ugly

5 Nobody wanted the bear's head

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l Why did crld peoplc in Whitcbridge often sell their oldfürniture?

2 W h e r e d i d t h e v p u t i t ?

T h e y d i d n o t s e l l t h c i r f i ¡ r r t i t u r e : t h e y s o l d t h e i r o l d furniture.

'I'hey did n<lt live itt houscs llow: thcy lived in small ones The bear's head was rl()t : it was very uglv.

Mr and NIrs Morton did not come honle in the ' : they came home in the evenins.

The two bears' heads were not Mr and Mrs Morton's house: they we re in front of it.

8 They did Irot see piccc of'paper: they saw two.

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r r t ' n t l i r r ¿ r r r ¿ r l k a t t h e s i d c o f ' t h c r i v c r ' ' l ' h c s u n s h o n e t h e

rvt'¿rtllt'r \\'¿ls \\'arm, thcrc were ¿r lot ol'llor,r'crs cvcr\.where and

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o l ' t h e n r s a i c l to t h c o t h c r , " l ' h a t ' s ¿ r \ ( ' r v b c a u t i l i r l s i r l '

' \ \ ' h c r c (':rn \'ou scc ¿r l)cautifirl eirl?'saicl tlrt'other.'l can't

s c c o n t ¡ ¿ u r v w , h e r c I c a n sere t w o voung nrt'rr.'l'llt'r,'rc walki¡ls

t < l l v ¿ r r d s r r s '

" l ' h c e i r l ' s w : r l k i n g b c h i n d u s , ' s a i c l th c l i r s t n u t n c ¡ u i c t l l

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v o u s c e h e r t h e n ? ' a s k c d h i s f i i r r l r l ' l ' h c

l i r s t l n ¿ r n s m i l e c l ¿ r ¡ r d s a i d , ' l r ' ¿ r n ' t s c t ' h c r b u t I c a n s c e

t h e v ' r ¡ u t r q m c t t s c),cs.'

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l \\'hcrc did thc tvvo old sentlerncn li\"e?

2 Wh¿Lt did they ofien do together?

3 W h e r e d i d t h e y w a l k l a s t S a t u r d a y ?

- 1 What dicl one o[them say to thc othcr alter half'a¡r hour?

6 W h a t c l i d t h e f i r s t o n e s a y t h c n ?

7 W h a t d i d t h e s e c o n d r n a n a s k ?

ti What was the first man's ¿rnswer?

Put the right sentences under the right pictures.

l He rans the bell of'his ne ishtrc¡ur's house

2 O n e o l d e c n t l c m a n c a n t e o u t o f ' h i s h o u s c

3 T h e n e i g h b o u r c a m c o u t

4 ' I h e r e w a s a b e a u t i f u l e i r l b e h i n d t h e m

5 There were flowers evt:rywhere.

6 They came to the river.

7 They walked alons the streer.

8 Two young men came towards them with shining eyes.

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l ' l ' h c s o l d i e r s w e r c f i c c o n S u n d a y s n

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5 F { i s l l t x r t s n ' t ' t ' < ' t l ( ) t : t l t t ' t u t ' r t ' t ' l t ' ¿ t l t ( i ' l ' l r c o f l i t ' t ' r ' r l i t l r t o t s r t t ' \ ' t ¡ t t l ' l l o o t s ¿ t l ' t ' ' \ ' < ¡ u r

l t o o t s ¿ t ¡ ' t ' l ¡ t ' t t t ' r ' I t t ¡ t '

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2 Gcofl'lvent to livc in (irccnse¿r.

3 Geofl-got less rnotrcf itt Grct'nsca.

,1 ()eofl'had a phonc.

5 flcoffs mother had a phonc.

6 Geofl'ncvcr phoned his r-nothcr.

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2 \ \ ' h y d i d h t ' s o t ( ) () t l t ' a l i e r ' ' - , 1 , 1 , 1 1 , , , '

3 \ \ ' h a t c l i c l th t i c l e r r t i s t ¿ , r ¡ 9 ' o ,r , s k ' r r ' ' i r ,

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l J N I r R o b i ¡ r s o n p a i c l t h e t n ( ) I ) e y c ¡ u i c k l y

l N l r R o b i n s o n p h o r r e d th c d e r n t i s t ¿ r l i c r ¿ r ¡ n o t r t h

5 N I o s t p e o p l c p a i d t h c d e n t i s t q u i c k l , v { i ' l ' h c c l c n t i s t w a i t e d l o r t h e m o n e y f i r r t h r e e r n o n t h s

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l B i l l p l a y s in fbotball nratcht's i n o u r tow¡r

2 H c s i t s in t h c c h e a p e r s e a t s

3 H i s f i i e n d s s i t i n the expensive s c a r s

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4 Last Saturday the weather was very hot, and then itwas very cold and cloudy

6 A fat man's coat lbll on Bill's head

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l Where does Bill go on Saturdays?

3 'I'he best seats

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