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IntroductionIn this series of practice books, Dr. Hill uses four levels, his intro-

ductory ( 75O-headword), elementary ( 1,000-headword), intermediate

(1,500-headword) and advanced (2,07s-headword) levels. This book

is at the l,S0O-headword level.

Each story is about 150 words long, and some of the stories contain

one or two words outside the grading. These are listed on the Pages on

which they appear, and can be looked up in a dictionary before work is

begun. All the levels are very carefully graded, and this covers not

only vocabular¡ but also idioms and grammar.

These four books are intended chiefly to help students read English

more easily and with more comPrehension, but they can also be used:

(i) for practice in understanding spoken English (with the student

listening to the teacher, or to the cassette);

(ii) for practice in writing English (by answering the questions in

English; by writing as much of the story as the student can remember;

and by doing the exercises); and

(iii) for improving the student's command of vocabulary' idioms

and grammar (again by doing certain of the exercises)'

If the student wishes to use the books only for practice in reading

comprehension, helshe should read a story and then answer questions

in his/ her mother-tongue.

HelShe can also try reading some (or all) of the questionsy'rs¿, and

then reading the story to find the answers to the questions before

answering them. To increase speed of reading, the student can time

himself/herself with a watch or clock, and try to read as fast as

possible, proaided that he/she can still understand.

If the student wants to use this book for Practice in understanding

spoken English, helshe can use the cassette in the following ways:

(i) HelShe can listen to the cassette one or more times (with his/her

book open or closed, as he/she wishes) and then read the story aloud

himself/herself, at first in chorus with the voice on the cassette, and

then alone. After his/her own reading alone, he/she can check his/her

performance by listening to the cassette again.

(ii) HelShe can listen to the cassette one or more times, with his/her book closed, and then write down as much of the story as helshecan remember, and/or answer the questions and do the exercises (all

without looking at the story). If helshe writes as much of the story ashe/she can remember, helshe can then look at the story in the book, orlisten to it again on the cassette, to compare what he/she has writtenwith the original.

Method (i) gives practice in speaking with a good pronunciation,including stress, rhythm and intonation.

Method (ii) gives practice in aural comprehension (listening andunderstanding).

Other books by Dr. L. A. Hill are:Stories for Reproduction, First series

4 levels (introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Stories for Reproduction, Second series4 levels (introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Anecdotes in American English3 levels (elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Best Funny Snries l-33 levels ( 750 headwords/l,OOO headwords/l,500 headwords)

Word Power3 levels (Word Power 1500, 3000, 4500)

Compreheruion Tbpics2 levels (elementary/intermediate)

Writing for a Purpose

Intermediate Stepsto Understanding

I

Mr and Mrs Taylor had one child. He was a boy, he was seven years

old, and his name was Pat. Now Mrs Taylor was expecting anottrcr

chi ld .

Pat had seen babies in other peoplc's houses and had not l ikcd

them very much, so he was not delightcd about the ncws that there

was soon going to be one in his house too.

Onc evening N{r and Nfrs Taylor were makins plans lbr the baby's

arrir, 'al. 'This house won't be big enough fbr us all when the baby

colnes. I supposc wc'l l have to l ind a larger house and movc to that, '

said Mr Taylor f inally.

Pat had been playing outside, but he came into the roorn.just then

and said, 'What are you talking about?''We were sayine that we'l l have to move to another house nt.rw,

because the new baby's coming,' his mother answered.' I t 's no use, ' sa id Pat hopelcss ly . 'He' l l lo l low us there. '

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?

Write T or F in the boxes.

l. Mr and Mrs Taylor had a son.'2. Pat was five years old.3. Mrs Taylor was going to have another baby.

4. Pat d id not l ike babies.5. Pat was not huppy about the new baby.6. Mr and Mrs Taylor l ived in a large house.

Answer these questions:

I . Did Pat have any brothe rs or sisters at the beginning of this story?

2. Why was he not happy to hear that his mother was expecting a

baby?3. What did his lather say one evening about the baby's arrival?

4. Where was Pat when his father said this?

5. What did he do?6. \\hat did he ask?7. What did his mother atrswer?B. \ \ 'hat d id Pat answer?

Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find

all the correct words in the story on Page 4.

Before Mr Taylor married, he l ived in a very small f lat, but when he

mar r i ed , i twasno . . . t r y i ng t o l i ve the rew i thaw i fe , sohehad to . . ' t o

a . . . f l a t . Hewas . . . t ohavea lo to f t r oub le f i nd ingone ' sohewas . . .

when hc found one easily. T'hen he had to make . . ' for moving his

furniture. He also ordered more from a shop in a town, but he had to

wait a month for its . . . , because it had to come from the north of

England. I . . . he was lucky to have to wait only one month. Some

people wait . . . month afte r month, and finally give up'

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ul) less hc lcarned somc hobbies and relaxed while hc was

do ing them. I' fhe

doctor advised him not to do anythimg exccpt his

work, or he would be dead in less than f ive years. trThc businessman startecl a hobby, but he did not rclax

while he was doing i t . n

B Answer these questions:

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Why did the businessman so to his doctor?What did the doctor tell him? (He told him that . . . .)What dicl the businessman answer?What did the doctor say was thc businessman's main trouble?What did he advise him to do?What did he say would happen if he did not fbllow his advice?What did the businessman ansu'er?lVhat did he tell the doctor the ncxt dav on the telephone?

An important br-rsinessman went to sec his doctor because he couldnot sleep at nieht. The doctor examined him carefully and then saidto hirn, 'Your trouble is that you need to learn to relax. Have you gotany hobbies?'

I 'he businessman thought fbr a fbw moments and then said, 'No,

doctor, I haven't. I don't have any time lbr hobbies.''Well, ' thc doctor answered, 'that is your main trouble, you see.

You don't har,'e time for anythins except your work. You must f indsome hobbies, and you must learn to relax with them, or you'l l bedcad in less than five years. Why don't you leanr to paint pictures?'

'A l l r ight , doctor , ' the businessman said. ' I ' l l t rv that . 'Thc next day l ie telcphcineci ihc doctor and said, "I-hat was a ver.y

good idea of yours, doctc¡r. ' l 'hank

\ 'ou vcry rnuch. I 'r,.e alreadypainted f i f - teen p ic tures s ince I saw you. '

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

I2

The businessman wapted t() sleep less at nieht. trThe businessman had trouble in sleepine at nisht becausehe did not relax enoush.

3. The businessman did not have any hobbies, because hewanted to relax when he was not busy.

4. ' l 'he

doctor said that he would be dead in l ivc years

Outside the 1 500 headwords: relax

C Hobbies. Make eight sentences out of this, and put each under the

correct picture:

' l 'h iss i r l 'sman'swoman's

a. catchinsb. c l imbingc. collcctingd. doingc. growl l lg

f. kcepingg. Pa l l ) t l I lg

h. pla,ving

i l lsh.

i i . f lc¡wers.

i r r . mounta ins .

i v . no th ins

v . p lc tu res .v i . rabb i ts

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vi i i . the trumpet.

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Mary's mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husbandwanted to give the old lady a nice birthday presenr. She likeddrinking tea) so Mary ordered an electric machine which made thetea and then woke you up in the morning. She wrapped it up in prerrypaper and brought it to her mother on her birthday. Then her motheropened the package. M.ry showed her how ro use it.

'Before you go to bed, put the tea in the pot and the water in thekettle,' she explained to the old lady, 'and don't lorget to switch theelectricity on. Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea wil lbe ready. '

After a few days, Mary's mother rang up and said, 'Perhaps I 'mbeing rather sil ly, but there's one thing I 'm confused about: why do Ihave to go to bed to make the tea?'


l . Mary 's mother was o ld.2. She did not l ike tea very much.

Outside the I 500 headwords: kettle

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Nf ar,v sent hcr motlter a tr i t 'e prcsetrt by post.' fhe

macl.r ine switched i tself on in the morning.

The kett le did not need e lectr ici ty.

N{ary's mothe r thought she could only make the tea when

she was in bed.


l. How old was \{ary's mother?2. What did Mary and her husband buy her mothcr?

3. lVhy did they choose this for her?4. What could the machine do?5. What happened when Mary brought her mother the present?

6. What did Mary tell her mother?7. lVhat did Mary's mother do a fbw days later?B. What did she tell Mary on the tclephone?

Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

L Her mother opened i t .2. In the morning, she woke up, atrd the tea was ready.3. Mary showed her how to use the machine.4. Mary's mother switched the clectricity on.5. Mary went to a shop and ordered a tea-rnaking machine .6. Then she took it to her mother.7.

' l lhen she went to bed.

8. \\rhen it came, she wrappcd it up.

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Mr Grey was the manaser of a small ofl ice in London. He lived in thecountry, and camc up to work by train. He liked walking from thestation to his ofl ice unless it was raini.g, because it save him somcexerclse.

One morning he was walking along the street when a strangerstopped him and said to him, 'You may not remember me, sir, butseven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. Istopped you in this street and asked you to lend me sorne money, andyou lent me five pounds, becausc you said that you were wil l ing totake a chance so as to give a man a start on the road to success.'

Mr Grey thought for a few moments and then said, ,yes, Iremember you. Go on with your story.'

'Well, ' answered the stranger, 'are you sti l l wil l ine to take achance?'

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

L \{r Grei- only walked to his ofl lce when thc wcather \\,asgood.

He walked because he was poor.

He had helped the stranger somc ) 'cars belorc.

He had been wil l ing to take a chance because he wanted to

help the man.

The stranger had been successful since then.

Now he wanted to give Mr Grey'his money back.


l. \Vhcre did Ntlr Grey work?2. Where d id he l ive?3. How did hc get from his hornc to his oll lce?4. \\¡hy didn't he go from the station tr¡ his ofi ice bl'bus e"cry dat?5. \\rhat happened to him one dav in the street?6. \\rhat did the strar.reer say'?7. What did Mr Grey answer?B. ,\nd lvhat did the stranser ask thcn?


L What did thc stranger say to \{r Grey? Begin )'our answer with thewords, 'The stranger told NIr Grey that he . . . . '\\hat did \{r Grev answcr? Begin ,vour answer with the words, '\Ir

G r e y s a i d t h a t . . . . '\\ hat did the stranger sav then? Besin vour answer with the '"vords,'The strangcr asked him whether . . . . '

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l l . Hc wanted to ¡p to Edinburgh by plane one day.'1. His scat was eivcn to sornebody else because hc lvas latc

5. ' l .he

important of l lccr went to l idinburgh to givt: a lecture .( i . ' l 'he

important of l icer arr ived in t ime for Nf r Browtr 's

lec tu re , bccause he wcnt by p lane .


l. Why did ordinary people find it dif l icult to go by plarrc durilre thcSecond World !\'ar?

2. lVhom did N{r Brown work fbr?ll. Was he in thc army?'1. What work did he do?ir. \\¡hy were only very fbw people allowcd to know horv irnpcirtant hc

wasi

\\ 'h,v did he ha,u'c to f ly somewhcrc one dav?

\\ 'hy didn't hc manage to get thcre?

\Vhat did t l .rc important of l icer f ind out when hc got to the city?

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Durine thc Second World lVar it was difl icult to travel by plane,

because thc scats were needed for important government and armv

people.

Mr Brown worked lor the government during the war. Hc was a

civil ian, and he was doing very secrct work, so nobody was allowcd to

know how irnportant he was except a very lcw people.

One day he had to fly to Edinburgh to give a lecture to a fbw top

pcople there , but an important army ofl icer came to the airport at the

last minute, and Mr Brown's seat was g iven to h im, so he was not

able to fly to the city to give his lecture.

It was not unti l he reached the city that the important olf icer

discovered that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose

lecture he had flown to the citv to hear.


I . I t was difl icult for sove rnment and army people to findseats on planes during the Second \\ 'orld War

2. Mr Brown was an important person.

Outside the I 500 headwords: civilian (n.\

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Do this puzzle:

Across:l . No t easy .(i. Put his loot.7. Not the samc.[3. (lorrect; right.

10 . ' \Vha t ha ts do i r npo r tan to f l i ce rs . . . ? ' ' They . . . ha t sl i k c t h i s :

t lI l . I [ ' . . thc passcngers had not

come to thc airport, Nlr

Brown could havc got a scat.' l 'here

was ¡r lcnty of room lor

thc offrcer's lcgs in the plane ,s o l r e . . . t l r t ' n r l i s h t , r u t i n

f i 'ont of-hirn.

Down:l . F i n d s .2. Not s ta lc

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' fhc arnry <lf l ic 'er was this,

and N{r Brown was to(r.

The ofl-rccr put his sccrct

papers . . . I l is seat i¡r thc

plane .' l - l r c

o f l l cc r [o th t ' t i t y .

b t r t N I r B r u w n d i d n o t

. . . o f ' thc passengers had a

ticket, btrt NIr Brorvn was

not al lowcd tr¡ use his.

This story is about thc

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3. A kit of ' tht 'other soldit ' rs w,cre bad ¿rt slrootirrg tor¡.1 . One o f 'Pc tc r ' s n ine bu l l t ' t s h i t the ta rs ( ' t .i l . T'he ol l i t t ' r was not plcasccl with hirn.( i . T'he ol l ice r thousht th¿rt l)cter had sht-¡t hirnsclf .

B Write these sentences. Choose the correct word in each:

I Petcr is looking at an cr)cnry, I l r i r n .

anc l t t \ i l l g to snoot (- [ I r i r r r s c l l .

Now Petcr is tn' ins to shtxtt

t him.I h i r ns t ' l l .

Peter 's e i r l - l i iend is s i t t ing in f ionro l 'hcr s is t t - r and n lak inq

1 hcrI hersc l f

-1. Peter 's e i r l -f i ier rd is s i t t ing in f ionto l 'hcr s is tcrand rrr¿rkirrg

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The whi tc donkev is in a f ie ld wi tha b lack c lorrker ' . and i t I ras hur t

I i t .

i i t se l l .' l 'he

whitc ckrnkev is in a flcld w.itha b l¿rck ont ' , and i t has hur t

I i .t i t s c l l .

The boys ha"'e brought their smallsistt 'rs to a shci¡r and borrght

f thcnr II thenrst :1. . , f

tn t t t t su ' te ts '

The boys have brought thcir smallsisters to a shop a¡rd borreht

f them II themsclres j

s'me s\{'eets

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Peter Judd joined the army when hc was eightecn, and for sevcral

months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in

er,'erything cxcept shootins. Onc day hc and his fricnds were practis-

ing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter.

After he had shot at the tarset nine times and had not hit it oncc, the

officer who was trying to teach the y'oung soldiers to shoot said,'You're

quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet too! Go

behind that wall and shoot yourself with it! '

Peter felt ashamed. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds

later the ofl icer and the other youne soldiers heard the sound of'a

shot .'Hcavens!' the officer said. 'Has that sil ly man really shot himself?'

He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all r isht. ' I 'm

sorrv. s i r . ' he said. 'but I missed asain. '

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

l . Peter was good at everything.2. Peter was not good at shooting.

Outside the I 500 headworls.' shot (2.), target

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and which are false (F)?

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NIr Richards worked in a small seaside town, and he and his wife had

a comlbrtable housc near the sca. During the winter they were quite

huppy there, but er' 'cry summer a lot of their relatives used to want to

come and stay with them, because it was a nice place lor a holiday,

and it was much cheaper than staying in a hotel.

Finally one.June Mr Richards complained to an intell igent friend

ol 'h is who l ived in the same place. 'One of 'my wi fb 's cousins in tends

to br ing her husband and chi ldren and spend ten days wi th us next

nronth again. How do you prevent allyur relatives coming to l ive

u, ' i th vou in the summer?'' ( )h, ' rhe l r iend answered, ' that isn ' t d i l l icu l t . I just borrow money

f iom all the rich ones. and lend it to all the Door ones. After that. none

of ' them come again. '


l. Mr and Mrs Richards did not have many relatives.2. Mr and Mrs Richards often wcnt to stay with thcir

relatives in the sumrncr3. Mrs Richards's cousin decided to visit them.4. Mr Richards was not at all happy about this.5. A l i iend of his told him how to stop vrsrtors.6. He borrowed money from his poor relatives, and lent

money to his rich ones.


l. lVhere did Mr and N{rs Richards l ive?2. What was their house like?3. Why were they happier in wintcr than in summer?4. Why did their relatives want to visit them?5. Who did Mr Richards ask fbr advice then?6. What did he say to him?7. And what did his friend answer?B. Why did the friend's relatives not want to visit him again?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the words inthe story on page 16.

George liked the sea) so he l ived in a house at the . . . . His parents and alot of his other . . . l ived near him. George's chairs were very hard, sotheywereno tve ry . . . t os i t on . . . . onedayh i smo the r . . . abou t th i s ,saying, 'I wish you had some softer chairs, George.' But his fátherlaughed and answered, 'Gcorge is an . man: he has hard chairsbecause he . . . t o . . . peop le . . . t oo longwhen they come tov i s i t h im !Whcn he wants a soft chair. he can . . . i t from our house.'

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N{rs Scot t bought a new house last year . The wal ls of ' thc rooms had

been pairtted a short t imc belbrc, and Mrs Scott l ikerd thc colours, but

thc pcrson wlio had sold hcr thc house had taken thc t 'urtains with

hi tn, so \ I rs Scot t had to buy 'ncw ones, and of-coursc she wanted to

buv c.l lcs whose colours would eo with the walls of'hcr rooms. She

discovcrccl th¿rt her comb was cxat't ly the same colour zrs these walls,

so shc always trxrk it with her wht:nc'n'er she wcnt tcl ltxlk fbr cloth lor

cu r ta l r l s .

Irt onc slrop she showed thc sh<lpkecper thc cornb ¿rnd thern looked

at r ' 'ar ious c loths fbr cur ta ins for hal l 'an hour wi th h i rn, unt i l he got

t i red and said to her , 'N, ladam, wouldn ' t i t be easier just to buy some

cloth you l ikc, and then f ind a nc\v comb to go wi th that? '


l. Wlte n N{rs Scott boueht hcr rrcrr,, housc, she did not ha,u'ethc wa l ls pa in ted .

2 . Shc kcp t the cur ta ins wh ich the las r owner had had.3. Shc l iked curtains whost: tolc¡ur w,as rathcr l ike thc u,al ls.4. She l iked curtains whosc colour was very dif lbrcnt l ionr

the wa l ls .

5 . Hcr cc in lb and thc c t ¡ r ta ins wcrc thc same co lour .

t i . Hcr comb and the walls wcrc the sar-nc colour' .

C Moui.ng into a neu house. Make sentences to say where to put things in

the house.

7 () l t t ' slro¡lkccpe r sttggt 'stt 'c l t l l¿rt slrt ' slrould gct a conrl l of a

c l i f l i ' r ' c r r t co lour ins te¿rd o f ' t ' l o t l l l i ke the comb.

B. ()¡rc shopkeeper suggestecl that she should buy some

clot l l w lr i t h was l ike the t 'onrb and then f ind anothcr

conrb u ' l l i ch she l i kcd .


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Why dicl Nfrs Scott not want tr i havc the walls of-her ncw house

oa in tcd?

!Vhv cl icl shc have to buy rtcw curtains?

\Vhat k ind o f ' cur ta ins d ic l s l l c want?

\\ 'h1' cl id she takc her t 'omb with her when she wcnt looking fbr

c lo th?

What happened irt onc sho¡t?

How cl id the shopkccpcr f t ' t ' l af tcr some t ime?

What cl id he s:ry to N'Irs Scott?

Whv couldn't N' lrs Scott l i r l low his advicc?

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

l. Helen and Mary were sisters.2. They were quite young.3. They were both married.4. Mary drove their car.5. A policeman tried to stop her one day.6. She did not stop, because she did not hear him blow his

whistle.


Where did Mary and Helen drive one day?What did they do in the town?What did the policeman do?And what did Mary do?What did the policeman do then?What did he say to Mary when he stopped her?And what did Mary answer?Had her mother really meant that she should not stop when a

ooliceman blew his whistle?

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Helen lived with her sister Mury.Both of them were about seventy-five years old, and neither of them had ever married. They had asmall, old car, and when they wanted to go somewhere, which theydid very rarely, Mary always drove, because her eyes were better.

One weekend they drove to a large town to look at some things

which they had read about in the newspaper. Neither of-them hadbeen to that town before.

They were driving along in a lot of traffic when they turned rightinto a street which cars were not allowed to go into. There was apoliceman there, and he blew his whistle, but Mary did not stop, sohe got on to his motor-cycle and followed them.

After he had ordered them to stop, he said, 'Didn't vou hear me

blow my whistle?''Yes,

we did,'admitted Mary politely, 'but Mummy told us never

to stop when men whistle at us.'

C Find words in the story on page 20 which mean about the sarne as:

l . a t any t ime2. b ig3. cars, buses, vans, etc.4. confbssed5. got husbands6. Mother7. not rudelyB. Saturday or Sunday9. seldom

10. to ldI l. went after

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In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed to drink in apublic bar.

Mr Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often, but henever took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tomhad his eighteenth birthday, Mr Thompson took him to his usual barfor the first time. They drank for halfan hour, and then Mr Thompsonsaid to his son, 'Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. Youmust always be careful not to drink too much. And how do you knowwhen you've had enough? Well, I ' l l tell you. Do you see those twolights at the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four,you've had enough and should go home.'

'But, Dad, 'said Tom,' I can only see one l ight at the end of thebar. '


l. When Tom was under eighteen, his lather took him to apubl ic bar. n

2. I t was the f irst t ime that he had taken him to his usualbar.

3. There was one light at the end of the bar

4. N{r Thompson wanted to teach 'I 'om not to drink too

much.5. Mr'I 'hompson thought he saw four l ights.

6. Tom only saw two.


L Who can drink in public bars in England?

2. Why did Mr Thompson not take Tom to his usual bar for a long

time?When /id he take him?What did they do there?What did Mr Thompson say then?And what did Tom answer?Who had had enough to drink, Tom or his father?How did Tom know this?

C Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

L But Tom could see only one.2. He thought he could see two lights.3. Mr Thompson used to go to a bar alone.4. Then Mr Thompson pointed to the light at the end of the bar.

5. Then, when Tom was eighteen, he took him to the bar too.

6. They drank beer.

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Mr a.d N{rs Da'is had lour children. onc Saturday Mrs Da'is saidto her husband, 'T'he children haven't got any lcss<¡ns today, andyou'rc free too. Therc's a fün-fair in the park. Let's all go.'

Her husband was doubt fu l about th is . ' l want to f in ish some work. 'he said.

'Oh, fbrget about it and come to the láir! ' his wifb said.So Mr and Mrs Da', ' is took thc children to the fun-fair. N{r Davis

was lbrty-five years old, but hc cnjoyed the fun-lbir more than rhcchildren. Hc hurried fiom one thine to another. ancl ate lots of sw,t'r 'rsand nu ts .

one of the chi ldre ¡ r sa id to her mother , 'Daddy's behavi 'g just l ik t .a smal l ch i ld , isn ' t he, N{ummy?'

Mrs Davis was quite tired of lollowins her husband around bynow, and she answercd, ' f le 's worse than a snla l l ch i ld , Mary,because he 's got h is own money! '


l . \ Ir D¿rr is ancl his t 'hi ldren r l icl lot rvr¡rk on Satr¡r.clars.2 . NI r I )a r is was c¿tscr to go to thc l i ¡n - l i r i r . , bu t h is w i lb w,as

not .

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ch i ldrcn cnjovcd the f i ¡n- la i r , but Nl r l )av is d ic l I rot .'1. He bchavecl l ike a snrzLll chilcl5. Mrs Dirvis got t ircd.( i . Nl r Davis c l id not l ikc the f un- f?r i r l ;ccausc he was a r ich

man and wanted sonrcth ing bct tcr than that .


1. How many chi ldren d id NIr and I \ I rs l )av is have?2. Where did Nf rs Davis suggest that thcy should takc the m?3. How did N{r Davis fl:el about this?.1. \\ 'hat did hc say?5. What dicl his wif-c answer?6. \\ 'hat did he do at thc lair?7. \ \ 'hat d id one o l ' thc r I l i ldren say about h i rn?B. \\ 'hat dicl N{rs l)avis answe r?

Choose the correct sentence for each picture:

a gate

2. Mrs l)ar' ' is is rvalking

a path.

l l . Mrs l)avis is sta¡rcl ins

\Iarl ¿rnd hcr l l rother.

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\f r.Jo.es b.ught s.me things from a big shop last month, and whenhe sot the bil l a few days aeo, he thought that therc was a mistake init, so he telephoned the shop and askccl to speak to the AccountsDepartment. ' \\ho

do you wa.t to spcak to i. the Accounts Depart-ment?' the telephone operator asked.

' l t doesn' t mat ter to me, ' MrJones answered. He d id not know thenames of any of'the peoplc who worked there. He hcard .othing fbr afbw seconds and then thc operator said, 'Hullo, you wantecr to speakto someone in the Accounts Department , d idn, t you?'

'Yes, that's rieht, ' N,fr.Jones answered.

'\\ 'ould you likc to speak to Mr Hankinson?' the operator said.

'Ycs, that ' l l bc a l l r ieht , ' Mr.Joncs said pat ient ly . . I t docsn' t

mat tcr who I speak to. '' I 'm

sorry, ' thc operator answercd, 'but Mr Hankinson isn ' t inlodav. '


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5. NIr Hankinson was not in thc A<'c 'ounts I )eoar tmentduy.

(i. ' I 'hc telcphone opcrator helpcd N{r.Jones a lot.


\\hy did Nf rJoncs telephone the big shop?What dicl the telephonc operator ask him?What did he answer?What happencd then?What d id N{rJor tes say?rvVhat did the operator ask him then?!Vhat did N{r.Joncs answer?And what did thc operator say?

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L N'lr.Jones wantcd to make art. . . to scc somcbody in thcAccounts Department .

7. Big town.B. In our country, most roof!

arc not f lat: thcy . . down onboth s idcs.

l l \ \ ' c o f i c n . . . t h e t e l c p h o n cto order things from shops.

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5. N{r Jor.rcs wanted an . . . of'the mistake in h is b i l l .

6 . NIr .Jones wanted . . speakto somconc in the .\ccountsI)epartmcnt

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\Ir Hodge was a chickc. lármer. He had hundreds of'chicke.s, andsold the cggs a'd the meat a.d sot quiter a lot of mo.cy lbr them, buthe l ived in a very hot part o1-the country, and he lbund that his henslaid hardly any es€is in the surnmer. So hc dec'ided t ' put air-conditioning into his chicken-house so that the hens would lav wella l l through the year and hc could q. r morc csss arrd i r r rhat wai car 'more money.

'-fhe ow'er of-thc .ompany which sold thc air-co'clit i ' . ing came t'

scc h im, and whcn he saw Nfr H<xlge 's house, he thought that hcmieht be able to persuade him t. buy sonr. air-co'dit ionine lor thattOO.

'Your wile would be rnuch happier and more comrbrtabre then,'hesaid to N{r Hodge. But Mr Hodge was nor interestcd.

'N,{y wi le doesn't lay cegs, 'he said.

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l . N' lr Hodgt: 's chickens laid a lot ol 'eggs when thc weatherwas ho t .

2. \ f r Hodgc wanted air-condit ioning lbr his chickens.3.

' l 'he owner of ' the air-t cinditronrng company sent a man

to see \ ' l r Hodge.

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owrrer ol ' the cornpanv u,anted to sel l as much air-condit ionine as possible .

5. Nf r Hodgc asrecd to h¿r." 'e ¿rir-condit ioning in his house too6. Air-condit ioning in his housc would not bring him more

money.


What work did Mr l{oclgc do?How did he earn his moncy'?Why did he not get so much money in the summer?Where did he decidc to put air-conditioning?Why dicl he decide thisJWhat did the owner of-the air-conditioning companv hope to do?\\ 'hat re¿rson clid hc give for having air-conditioning in the house?What did N{r Hodge answer?

Write these sentences. Choose the correct word or words to putin. The words are: could be earned, could earn, did not lay, put, sold,su,ggested, u,as put, was su{eesled, were laid, were sold.

l . Mr Hodge . . . eggs and meat in the market.2. Mr Hodge's eggs and meat . . . in the market.3 .

' l ' h e c l r i c k c n s . . . m a n \ t g g s i n s u m m e r .

-1 . Not manv eggs . . . in summcr .5. Nf r Hodge . . more moncv i f 'he hacl air-condit ioning.

6. More money . . . by pcople who had air-condit ioning.

7. ' l 'he

owncr of ' the compan,v . . . air-condit ionine fbr the house too.8. Air-condit ioning lbr the house too . . . by rhe owner o[ the

(ompanv.

9. Mr Hodgc only . . . air-condit ioning in his chicken-house.10. Air-condit ioning . . . onl ' , ' in \ Ir Hodge 's

chicken-house.

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George Banks was a clever journalist. He worked fbr a good news-paper, and he l iked arguing very much. He argued with anybody,and about anything. Sometimes the people whom he areued withwere as clever as he was, but often they were not.

He did not mind arguing with stupid people at all: he knew rhat hecould never persuade them to agree, because they could never reallyunderstand what he was saying; and the stupider they were, thc surerthey were that they were right; but he often found rhar srupid pcople

sa id ve ry amus ing t h i r r ss .

At the end of one argument which George had with one of theseless clever people , the man said something which George has alwaysremembered and which has always amused him. It was, '\\ ' 'el l, sir,you should never forget this: there are always three answcrs to cvcr.yquestion: your answer, my answer, and thc correct answer.'



l. ( ieorge onlv argued with people who were lcss c'lev'er tharr

hc was.2. Stupid peoplc undcrstood what hc said, because he

spokc verv clearly.:1. Stupid pcople bclieved that they were always rieht.

4. Gcorge was sometimes amused by stupid people .

5. T'he stupid nran thotrght that both he and ()eorge rvere

wrong.6. George soon fbrgot what this man had said.


I . \\¡hat was George's job?

2. What did he work lbr?3. What was his hobby?4. Why did he not mind arguing with stupid people?

5. How did stupid people argue?6. lVhy did he enjoy that?7. lVhat did one stupid persoll say to Ceorge?8. What did George think of this answer?

Find words in the story which mean about the same as:

l . correct2. funny3. in te l l igent4. less doubtful5. made (h im) laugh6. make (thcm) believe7. ought toB. person who writcs fbr a newspaper

9. talking asaitrst othcr PeoPle

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Pat came over fiorn Ireland to Flneland with his wilc one year to findwork. He got qui te a good job wi th a bui ld ing company, and as he d idnot dr ink or smoke, he saved up qui te a lo t of 'money.

His wi fe 's parents werer s t i l l in l re land, and one day she eot atelegram to say that hcr rnother was i l l , so Pat save hcr some nroneyand she went to I re land to see her .

Af ter a week, Pat wanted to wr i te a le t ter to her , but he could notread or wr i te very wel l , so he went to h is pr iest and asked h im to do i tfor h im. Pat to ld the pr iest what hc wanred ro say, and thc pr iestwrote i t down. Af ier a fbw minutes Pat s toppcd, and the pr iest sa id,'Do

vou want to say any more?''Only, "Please excuse thc bad wr i t ing and spel l inu" . ' Pat sa id.

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Pat brought his wifb to Fingland with him.He did not spend all his money.His mother-in-law came to Errgland too, because she wasi l t .Pat went to see his mother-in-law because she was il l

Pat wrote a letter to his wile after a week.He asked his wife to excuse the priest's bad writ ing ar.rd

spel l ing.


L Why did Pat come to England?2. How did he manage to save money?3. Why did his wife have to go to Ireland?4. What did Pat want to do a week later?5. Why didn't he write the letter?6. Who wrote it fbr him?7. What did the priest say af tcr Pat had finished?8. And what did Pat answer?

Draw lines from the words on the left to the correct words on the

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l . A building company2. Pat3. Pat's mother-in-law4. Pat's wife5. The priest

a. became il l .b. could not read or write .c. gave Pat ajob.d. went home to see her mother.e. wrote Pat's letter.

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N{ark went to a barber's shop and hacl his hair cut, but when he cameout, he was not huppy with the result, and when his friend Georgesaw him, he laughed and said, 'What 's happened to your hai r ,N,{ark?'

Mark said, 'I tr ied a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't atall satisfied with my old one, but this one seerns even worse.'

( )corge agreed. 'Yes, I th ink you' re r ight , Mark. Now I ' l l te l l youwhat to do next t ime you eo in to a barber 's shop: look at a l l thebarbe rs' hair, and then eo to thc o¡re whose own hair has been ct¡t theworst . '

'The one whose hair's been crut the worst?' Mark repeated. 'But

that would be foolish!''Oh, no, i t wouldn ' t , ' answered George. 'Who do you th ink cut

that man's hai r? He couldn ' t cut i t h imsel f , could he? Another of the

barbers cut it-and he must have been a worse barber than the one

whose hair he cut. '


l . N{ark 's hai r was cut badly.2. He had not been to that barber's shop before.3. It was better than the one he used to go to belbre.4. His friend George advised him to choosc the barber

whose hair looked the worst.

5. Barbers cut each other's hair.6. The barber whose hair is cut the worst cannot be the worst

barber.


l. How did N{ark fbel when he came out of the barber's shop?

2. What did his friend George do when he saw him?

11. And what did George say?4. What was Mark's answer?5. What did George suggest then?6. And what did Mark answer?7. What did George say then?f]. Which barber would have the best haircut?

Choose the right sentences for each picture:

l. a. Mark has cleaned his shoes. Ib. Mark has had his shoes

cleaned.

2.

Mark is clcaning his shocs.Mark is having his shoescleaned.

Mark has cleaned his shoes. 2Mark has had his shoescleaned.Mark is cleaning his shoes.Mark is having his shoescleaned.

a. Mark has cleaned his shoes. 3.b. Mark has had his shoes

cleaned.c. Mark is cleaning his shoes.d. Mark is having his shoes

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Mrs Harris's husband died when she was forty-five years old. Shehad a son, who was eighteen years old at that t ime.

Mrs Harris was not a widow for very long. She met a nice man whowas a few years. older than she was, and two years after her firsthusband had died, she married for the second time. Her son, peter,

was twenty years old then.

Mrs Harris had a nice, quiet wedding in the vil lage church, andafter that, they had the usual party ather house for her family and hernew husband's, and for some of their friends, but Peter was very latefor the party. At last he hurried in, kissed his mother, and said, ,I 'm

sorry I 'm late, Mum, but I 've been looking everywhere for a cardwhich says, "To my Mother, for her Wedding," and I haven't beenable to find one.'


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3. She married him at her house in the vil lagc.4. Peter was in a card shop when his mother's wedding party

started.5. He found the card he wanted in the last shop he went to.6. He did not f ind the card he wanted.


l. Why did Mrs Harris marry when she was forty-seven?2. Who was Peter?3. How old was he then?4. What kind of wedding did Mrs Harris have?5. What happened after the wedding?6. Why was Peter late?7. What had he been looking for?B. Whv hadn't he been able to find it?

Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

l. He had been looking in the shops for a card for his mother'swedding.

2. Mrs Harris married for the first time when she was young.3. Peter arrived very late.4. She had a son a year later, and she called him Peter.5. She married him in the vil lage church.6. Then she met a nice man.7. Then there was a party at her house.8. When she was forty-five, her husband died.

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A long time ago, when aeroplanes were not very big or strong yet, all

passengers had to be weighed with their luggage, so that planes did

not have to carry more than it was safe to carry. Then later, when

aeroplanes became bigger and stronger, only the luggage had to be

weighed; and now very often, the luggage has to be measured instead

of being weighed, because size is more important to the airl ines than

weight. Aeroplanes are so big and strong now, that they can carry

almost any weight.

But before a passenger can travel by Hawaiian Airl ines, he or she

sti l l has to be weighed. Once when one fat man was asked by the

airl ines' clerk how much he weighed, he thought for a few seconds

and then said to her:'With or without my clothes?''Well, sir, ' the girl answered, 'how are you planning to travel?'

A Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?


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3 . El'cn rrow, aeroplzrttcs : Ire not str() l tu crtough to ( arry

hc¿rr I wcights.

Harl 'ai iarr , \ i r l incs ortI l ' vveigh f:r t Passctrgers.One fa t man d id no t know whethcr the a i r l ines ' c le rk

wanterd his weight lvi th clothes or rvi thottt .

He wanted to travel without his clothcs.


Why did aeroplanc passe ngers havc to be weighed a long time ago?Why did they not havc to bc weighcd some years later?What happens to lussase now?Why is it treated in this way?What s t i l l happens at Hawai ian Ai r l incs?What did the airl ines' clcrk thcrc ask onc lat man?What did he answer?What did the clerk say then?

Do this puzzle:

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docs ¡ lot have to bc wcighecl

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2. 'Was thc fat man . th ink-ing ol' tra'u e l l ing without anvclothes?' 'No, of 'course not ! '

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When Dick was six years old, he went and stayed with his grand-parents in the country for a few weeks in the summer. He talked a lotwith his grandmother while he was there, and she told him a lot ofinteresting things about their family which he had nor known before.When he came home again to his own parents, he said to his father,'Is it true that I was born in London, Daddy?'

'Yes, it is, Dick,'his father answered.'And were you really born in Germany?'Dick asked.'Yes, that's right,' his father answered. 'I was.''And is it true that Mummy was born in Ireland?'Dick continued.His father said, 'Yes, it is, but why are you asking me all these

questions?'Dick answered, 'Because when Granny told me all those things

while I was with her, I couldn't understand how we had all met.'

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

(F)?

L Dick and his grandmother talked to each other a lot.2. Dick already knew a lot about his family.3. His grandmother told him a lot about it.4. Dick's parents had been born in the same country.5. Dick had been born in a different country.6. Dick had met his parents in Germanv.


Whom did Dick visit when he was six?How did Dick ñnd out a lot of interesting things about his family?Whom did he talk to about these things when he came home?Where had Dick been born?Where had his father been born?And where had his mother been born?What did his father say when he asked a lot of questions?And what did Dick answer?

Put what, which or who ineach empty space:

l. Dick's grandmother told him things . . . he had not known belbrc.2. She told him . . . he wanted to know.3. Dick had a father . . . had been born in Germany.4. It didn't matter . . . Dick asked: his grandmother knew the answer.5. '. . . a strange thingl' Dick thought. 'We were all born in different

places, but we all met.'6. ' . . . of those men is Dick's f,ather?' 'The tallest one.'7 . ' . . . is he?' 'He's a teacher.'B. '. . . is that woman?' 'She's Dick's mother.'

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\\ 'hen Dave Pt'rkins was vounf{, hc played a lot rif sames, ancl hc was

th in and st ror)g, but when hc was for ty- f ive, he began to sct fá t and

slow. Hc was not able to breathc as wel l as befbre, and when hervalked rather l i rs t , h is hear t beat painfu l ly .

He d ic l not do anvth ine about th is fbr a long t ime, but l ina l ly hc

l tcc¿rmc anxious and went to scc a doctor . ancl thc doctor sent h im tcr

hc lspi ta l . ; \notht ' r youns d<t t ' t r i r examined h im therc and said, ' I

( l ( )n ' t $ 'ant to rn is lcad ) 'ou, N{r Pt¡ rk ins. You' re v 'ery i l l , and I bel ievetlt¿rt votr ¿rrt ' trnlikt: ly to l ir, 'e nluch lonser. lVould you likc nre torurri ln{rc l irr anvbodl' to come a¡rd see you bcfbre you die?'

I )avc thor- rght fbr a lew ser 'o¡rds and thcn hc answered. ' l 'd l ike¿Illotl)cr dc¡ctor [o ('ome and ser: ¡ne . '



I Dave rvas lat ¿rnd slolv u¡rt i l hc w'as f irr t ' " ' - f i r 'e.' ) . ; \ s soon as D¿rv t 'had t r t ¡ub lc in b rca th ingand rva lk i r rg , he

\ \ ' ( ' l l t l o see a d (x t ( ) I .

3. Dar, 'e was afiaid l le was i l l ..1. ' l 'he

young doctor thought l)ar. 'c was going to die soon.

5r. He wanted Da"'e t<-¡ see anothcr doctor f i rst.( j . Davc did not trust the youns clot ' tr¡r.


l. \Vhat was Dave like when he was t 'ouIrs?2. \\ 'hat happencd to hirr when he was fbrty-fir 'e?11. \\ 'hat did hc dc¡ about it at f irst?.t. \\ 'hat did he do Iatcr?ir. What did his doctor do?6. What did the youne doctor in thc hospital say to Da'u'e?7. What d id he ask h im?t]. And what did l)av'e answer?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correctwords in the story on page 42.

When Dave was a very small boy, hc had troublc with his lungs.Son rc t imes ,a f t e r run r t i r t g ,hcwason l y . . . t o . . \ ' e r y . . . . H i smo the r ,of'course, was ver)' . . . about these pains. Shc took hinl to the doctor,a n d h e . . . h i m c a r e l ü l l y a r r d . . . s a i d , ' \ \ ' c l l , I . . t h a t i t i s . . . t o b eanyth ing ser ious, and that he wi l l grow ot¡ t o f i t , but I don' t want to . . .you if ' I arn wrong, so I wil l . . . for him to so into hospital for tests.' Thetests proved that the dot'tr¡r was cluite right.

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Joe was one of those people who love the sound of their own 'u'oice. He

never had anything interesting to say, but he talked and talked and

talked, and every story he told reminded him of another one, so thathe never stopped for a second to let anybody else say anythine.

One evening he was invited to a party by someone whom he had

met only a few days before and who did not know him very well yet.They had a good meal, and then they had some music and dancins.

Joe danccd once with a prett) ' sirl and then suegested that they

should s i t and ta lk . He ta lked and ta lkcd and ta lkcd, and was just

beginning, 'And that reminds me of the time . . , ' when the girl said,'The t ime? Yes, you' re qui te r ight ! ' She looked at her watch quick ly

and said, 'Look how late i t is . I must go. '


l. Joe l iked talking very much.2. People did not enjoy l istening to him.3. He stopped other people saying anything.4. He was invited to a party by an old friend5. .Joe wanted ro talk instead of dancing.6. .,\ sirl askedJoe to talk instead oldancins

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7 . . Joc was probab lv eo inq to sar , ' r \nd tha t r t ' rn i r l c ls n tc o I

the t ime that I was . . . , ' but ther gir l stopped him.

.Joc was probabl¡ 'going to sav, 'And th¿rt rernir lds nrc ol

t h e t i n l e . I t ' s l a t c . I m r t s t s o , ' b t r t t h e g i r l s t o p ¡ ; e d h i r n .


L What kind of'person wasJoe?2. What happened whcncver he l i¡und sotneone to talk to?

3. What happened onc cvcrlins?4. What didJoe and thc prettv girl do?5. What didJoe do then?6. What was lle sayirtg when thc girl stoppcd him?

7. What did she do?B. And what did sl 're: say?

Putforget, remsmber or remindinthe first empty place in each of these

sentences; and put taking or to take in the second emPty place in

each.

Mrs Smith alwavs has to . . . hcr son . . his coat tr-¡ school

his tnat to schrxrl y 'esterda,v? \ 'es, hc cl id.

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Matthew Hobbs was sixteen years old. He had been at the sameschool for f ive years, and he had always been a very bad pupil. Hewaslazy, he fought with other pupils, he was rude to the teachers,and he did not obey the rules of the school. His headmaster tried tomake him work and behave better, but he was never successful-andthe worst thing was that, as Matthew grew older, he was a badinfluence on the younger boys.

Then at last Matthew left school. He tricd to get a job with a bigcompany, and the manager wrote to the headmaster to find out whathe could say about Matthew.

f'he headmaster wanted to be honest, but he also did not wanr robe too hard, so he wrote, 'If you can get Matthew Hobbs to work loryou, you wil l be very lucky.'


l . Matthew had come to his school whe n he was ereven.2. He was always a eood boy.

3. ' l 'he

youtrqer Lroys learnt go<ld matltrers fiot-¡-r hirrt '

4. Matthew got a job with a big company.

5. His old headrr.r¿ster sot a letter lroln thc manager'

6. ' I 'he

headmastcr answcrcd thc lettcr clcverly'


l. How did Matthew behave at school?

2. What did his headmastcr do about it?

3. Did he succeed?4. What made things cvcn worsc?

5. What did N{atthew do whcn he lefi school?

6. lVhat did thc managcr of thc company do?

7. How did the headm¿rster fecl about this?

B. What did he write to the managcr?

Put the right sentences under the right pictures:

l. Hc did not obey the school rules.

2. Hc fbught wi th other puPi ls .3. He was a bad influen('c on the younser bt¡ys'

4. He was rude to the tc¿rche rs.

5. Nlatthcw was a lazy boy.6. The headmastcr wrote a clever answer.

7. ' l 'he

manager wrote to his headmaster.

B. 'I 'hen he left school and tricd to gct a job irt a cottrpanv.

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Harry came to his mother one morning while she was having herbreakfast, and said to her, 'No

one at my school l ikes me, Mother.The teachers don't, and the children don't. Even the cleaners and thebus drivers hate me.'

'Well, Harry,' his mother answered, 'perhaps you aren't very niceto them. lf afew people don't l ike a person, he or she may not beresponsible for that; but if a lot of people don't, there's usuallysomething wrong, and that person really needs to change.'

' I 'm too old to change,' Harry said. 'I don't want to go to school. '

'Don't be sil ly, Harry,' his mother said, going towards the garage

to get the car out. 'You have to go. You're quite well, and you sti l lhave a lot of things to learn. And besides that, you're the headmasrerof the school . '


L Harry was a schoolboy.2. He liked going to school.3. His mother wanted him to go to school too.4. His mother thoueht he should change, because a lot of

people dicl not l ike him.

Outside the I 500 headwords: cleaner

5. She thought he might be too i l l to go ro school that dar6. He was the headmaster.


l. What did Harry say to his mothe r?2. When did he say this?3. What did his mother answer?4. And what did Harry sa.v then?5. What was his mother's answer?6. And what d id she do whi lc shc was saying that?7. Whv d id she do th is , do you th ink?B. What did vou think Harrv rvas when lou startecl reading

storv?

Do this puzzle:

Across:l. A headmaster is . . . fbr see-

ing that everything goes wellin his school.

7. Aeroplanes land ar.rd take offhere.

B. Harry could not . . . whv hcshould go to school.

9 These people clean places.i 0. Harrv was the headmaster of

t h e . . . .12.

't 'hc teachers and the child-

ren did not l ike Harrv, andthe cleaners and bus

dri 'u'ers hated him.15. These people teach pupi ls .18. These people arc rhe rop

people in schools.

Down:L Harrv had scveral . . . lbr not

wanting to so to scl-rool.2. The pupi ls probablv d id not

l ike him because he was. . . w i t h t h e m .

3. These people drir. 'e pupils toschool. T7

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Some teachers are men, and

s o m e a r e . . . .\ \ 'hen the headmaster comes

in to a c lass , a l l the pup i ls . . .

up.Harrr' ' said to his mother,

"\l l the people at school

. . m e . 'r\ l l the pupils at that schoolhelp. . . o ther .'. . . afternoon' means 'to-

day, in the afternoon'.If-you want to shoot straight,you must . . . your gun care-fully.Because.

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Mrs Watson was a doctor's wife. She had a nice neighbour, Mrs

Potts. They often did each other's shopping.

One day, Mrs Potts had to go to Dr Watson because she was il l , so

Mrs Watson said, 'I ' l l do your shopping today, Beryl. ' Mrs Potts told

her that she only wanted a sheep's kidney.

NIrs lVatson went to the shops, and when she came back, she went

to Mrs Potts's house, but shc was not there, so she wcnt to her own

house. She looked in her husband's waiting-room, but Mrs Potts was

t tot there c i ther , so she wcnt in to her husband's of f ice. Her husband

told her that Mrs Potts had just left him and gone to the lavatory.

Mrs Watson ran out into the crowded waiting-roomjust in time to

catch Mrs Potts. She shouted, 'Here's your kidney!'and ran and gave

her the parcel.


l. Mrs Potts l ived near Mrs Watson.2. NlrsWatson was il l .3. NIrs \\atson did Mrs Potts's shopping..1. During this time, Mrs Potts went to the lavatory and then

to l)r \\ratson's oflice .

Outside the I 500 headwords.' kidney

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Mrs Watson stopped N{rs Potts as s}re was leaving.Dr Watson had cut N,Irs Potts's kidncv out.


l. What work did Mrs Watson's husband do?2. Who was Mrs Potts?3. How did she and Mrs Watson help each other?4. Why did Mrs Watson oller to do Mrs Potts's shopping one day?5. What did Mrs Potts ask her to get?6. Where did Nf rs \\ ' 'atson look fbr N{rs Potts u'hen she came back?7. \\ 'here was N{rs Potts?B. \\ 'hat did \{rs \\ 'atson shout to hcr whcn she lound her at last?

Write the sentences for each picture. Choose the correct words.

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l .I seeinq IMrs Potts came in {

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I t o s e e ,the doctor.

c , I lauehing.She came tn

i ,o láush.

She said, ' r can ' r r r . rp { luuf lh i " ;q ' }

I to laugh. II 've just heard a goodjoke. '

Dr Watson's nursc helped he r

J to walk.

I walk ing.

The doctor said, 'Are you wil l ing

I to wai t l .| . . ) a l e w m t n u l c s l( wal t lng ,

f mend ing . ,'Ihis machine needs {

I to nrend. '

t, t -

6. She answcred, 'No, I don' t mind

I to wai t '

l t ' , ,u don' r i lccc lI wa l t l ng . ,

I hurrying.'I to hurry.'

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Jim was intell igent, but he hated hard work. He said, 'You workhard, and earn a lot ofmoney, and then the government takes most ofit. I want easy work that gives me lots of'money and that thegovernment doesn't know about.'

So he became a thief-but he did not do the stealing: he got othersto do it. They were much less intell igent than he was, so he arransedeverything and told them what to do.

One day they were looking for rich families ro rob. and Jim sentone of them to a large beautiful house just outside the town.

It was evening, and when the man looked through one of thewindows, he saw a young man and a girl playing a duet on a piano.

When he went back toJim, he said, 'That family can't have muchmoney. Two people were playing on the same piano there.'

Outside the I 500 lteadwords.' duet. rob


l. Jim was clever, but lazy.2 . He d idn ' t l i ke pay i r rg t axes .

J. He always used clever people to steal for him.4. They tried to find rich families.5. One of his men played a duet on a piano with a girl.6. The girl 's family was poor.

Answer üese questions:

l. Why didJim become a thieP2. How did he steal things?3. What was árs job in this?4. Why was he good at it?5. What did he send one of his men to do one evenins?6. What did the man see?7. What d id he say toJ im?8. What mistake d id he rnake?

Opposites: Find words in the story on page 52 which mean aboutthe opposite of:

l. diff icult2. lazy3. l i t t le4. more5. o ld6. poor7. smal lB. spend9. stupid

10. ugly

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Fred sometimes liked to go to a bar to have a drink before he wenthome after work. There were some tables and chairs in the bar, but itwas too early for most people when Fred was there, so he seldomfound anyone to talk to.

Then one evening he went into the bar and saw a man playingdraughts at a table, but he could not see anyone in the chair oppositehim. He went nearer to look, and was very surprised to see that theman was playing against a dog. When it had to move one of itsdraughts, it stood on its back legs on the chair.

Fred watched while the two played their game, and when the doglost, Fred went up to its owner and said, 'I 've never seen such a cleverdog before.'

'Well, ' answcred the other man, 'he isn't really very clever. Ialways win.'


l. Fred always had his drink at home. tr2. He talked to a lot of people in a bar. ¡

Outside the I 500 headwords: draushrs

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r\ man was plaving draughts with a dog in the bar oneevcnrng.The dog moved the draughts itself.Fred was very surprised.The dog sometimes won the game .


l. Where did Fred sometimes go after work?2. Why did he seldom find anyone to talk to there?3. What did he see one evening?4. Why was he very surprised when he went nearer?5. How did the dog manage to play?6. Who won?7. What did Fred say then?B. What did the dog's owner answer?

Put the right sentences under the right pictures:

l. A man was playing draughts at a table.2. Fred could not see anyone playing against him.3. Fred went into his usual bar.4. He sat down at a table.5. He saw a dog sitt ing in the chair opposite the man.6. He went nearer.7. The bar was almost empty.B. When the dog wanted to move a draught, it stood on its back legs

on the chair.

Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for aholiday.

One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the clerk at the deskof his hotel and said, 'I want to see a doctor. Can you sive me thename of a good one?'

'Ihe clerk looked in a book and then said, 'Dr Kenneth Grey,

610 10 . 'Henry said, 'Thank you very much. Is he expensive?''Well, '

the clerk answered, 'he always charges his patients twopounds for their f irst visit to him, and €1.50 for later visits. '

Henry decided to save 50p, so when he went to see the doctor, hesaid, 'I 've come again, doctor. '

For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully withoutsaying anything. Then he nodded and said, 'Oh, yes.'He examinedhim and then said, 'Everythine's going as it should do.Just continuewith the medicine I eave you last t ime.'

Outside the I 500 headwords: charge (a.)

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l . Henry wanted the clerk at the hotel to send a good

doctor to h is room.

2. The clerk gave him the name and address of a doctor.

3. Henry wanted to know how much i t cost to go to him.

4. The f irst visi t to the doctor cost less than later visi ts.

5. Henry tr ied to make the doctor bel ieve that he had

been to him bt- lorc.

6. The doctor knew that he had not seen Henrv before.


l . Why did Henry have to ask someone else for the name of a doctor?2. What did the clerk do?3. What did Henry ask him then?4. And what did the clerk answer?5. What did Henry decide?6. What did he do?7. What did he say to the doctor?B. And what was the doctor's answer?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correctwords in the story on page 56.

Dr Brown is a kind man. He lefi England to work in a foreign countrywhen he was 25. Some of his . . are quite poor, and he . . . them vervlitt le. And when they need . . . medicines, he sometimes even pays forthem himself . One day a . . . who worked in a small office brought himhis son. He was very i l l , and he knew that only very expensive medicinescould . . . him from dying. Dr Brow'n . . . the boy carefully. 'Well, ' thelather said, 'what have you found, doctor? Will he be all r ight?' Thedoctor . . . without looking at him. He thought lbr a minute and thensaid, 'Yes, he'l l bc all r ight. I 'm going to give you some medicine forhim. He must . . . takine it f irr a month. We don't want him to die, dowe?'

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The sailor <¡rdered rabbit for his mcal.T'he cat made a noise because its tail hurt.The restaurant qave peoplc cat's mcat instead of rabbit 's


I . What was Mrs.Jenkins's job?

2. Who did she have working fbr her?3. !Vhat did the sailor do?4. Why was MrsJenkins surprised?5. What did she do then?6. What did she ask the waitress?7. And what did the waitress answer?B. What had the sailor thousht?

Choose the correct sentence for each picture:

l. The sailor arrived f il:t'I n'"ry

I much l

but he was not { to

t ,"1, lsome lunch.

lefi, but

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late to get

Mrs Jenkins was the owner of a small restaurant in Southampton.

Southampton is a big port. Mrs Jenkins had two young waitresses

and a cook to help her.

One day a sailor came into the restaurant, sat down at one of the

tables, ordered what he wanted from thc waitress and then got up

and left again after a lew minutes.'fhe owner of the restaurant was

surprised when she saw this, so she called the waitress and asked her

why the man had left before having his meal.'Well, ' the waitress answered, 'he asked for some of our fried

rabbit, and when I we nt out into the kitche n to order it lrom the cook,

the cat was just on the other s ide o[ the door and I s tcpped on i ts ta i l

by mistake. It made a terrible noise, of course, and then thc man got

up from his table and went out very quickly.'


L MrsJenkins's restaurant was very big. tr2. ' \ sa i lor came i ¡ r , but he d id not l ike the wai t ress, so he

w 'c l l t ou t aga ln .

3. MrsJenkins was surprised when the sailor left.

2. ' Ihe

waitress was

surprised when tl

I l rsJenkins was

surpr ised.

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3. Thesa i to rcoutd . " " f : : ' ' n \'\ ,lJ,' Ifást, but his fi iend could run

I -u.h \ ..{ t t-ro l laster.

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There is a pr ison in lcc land w]r ic ] r a l lows i ts pr isoners to so ourwithout any guards to work every day.

'I 'hey work on the fárms near

the prison during the day, and come back to have their evening mealand to sleep every evening. Belore they are allowed to go out l ike this,they have to promise to come back every evening. If they do notpromise this, they are not let out.

One night one of the prisoners was invited to have a meal and adrink with the family of the farmer he was working for, so he cameback to the prison very late. He had to knock at the gate several t imesbefore the guard came to let him in.

The guard did not l ike beins disturbed ar this rime, so he said tothe prisoner angrily, ' If you come back so late again, I won't let youi n . '

Outside the I 500 headwords: guard (n.)


I ' l ' hc g t tax ls i r r t l r t ' ¡ r l i son i ¡ r I t ' t ' l a r r r l \ \ ( ' r - ( ' ( ) ¡ r t l r t ' l i ¡ ' n ts

w i t l l t l r r ' ¡ r l i soncr s t Iu l ine t l re r la l , .2 .

' l ' hc p r iso t te rs had to ha 'nc t l rc i r c r , ' t ' n i r rg n i t '¿ r l r ¡n thc I i r r rns

lJ . ' l ' hcy

spcnt the n is l r t in t l r t ' p r i son .l . ( )nc p r is< lncr had h is n rc¿r l on : r l i r r ¡n onc c \ ' ( 'n rns .. r .

' l ' l l c g u a r l c l i d r ) o t l i k ( ' o ¡ l t . r r i r r u t l l t ' q ¿ r t c l a t r ' ¿ r t n i q l l t

l r t ' t : rusc l l c w 'as a l i¿ r ic l

t i . I l t ' d i d n o t l e t t h c p l i s , r r r . r ' i r r .


l . In what way is thc p r isor t in th is s to r v c l i f l i ' r '< ' r r t I rc ¡ rn r l ros t o thcrs?

2. \ \ 'hat work do the prisoners clo?3. \ \ that do thcy have to clo irr order to lr t ' :r lkrwt 'cl to work outsidc?'1 . What happcns i f - they do n<t t do th is . 'o . Why was one pr ison t ' r v t : ry la tc o r rc n igh t /( j . \ \ 'hat cl id he have to do to gct into tht: prisotr aeairt?7. How did the guarcl fbel about this?tJ. \ \ 'h¿rt dicl he thrc¿rtcn to clo i f ' thc pl isr iner was late asain?

Put i¡, not or t0 in each empty place, but only if one of these isneeded:

l . ' D i d a l l t h c p r i s o r r t ' r s p r o r r r i s t - t o ( ( ) t r r c l r : r c k c r c r l e r e l t i r r s ? ' ' \ ' c s , I

t h i n k . . . '2 ' l ) id thcy alw:rvs trrrrrt ' lxr< k?' ' \o. I t 'x¡rt ' r ' t .

'

l l . ' l ) i c t thc l l r i soncrs n 'o rk rca l l v h¿r rc l on thc l i r r rns?" I wonc l t ' r . . . . 'l . ' l ) id the f i r rmcr w,ho inv i t t ' r l thc p r isoner l i k r : h in r? ' 'Ycs , I supposr :

5 . ' [ )c i voLr th ink t l r t ' p l i son t ' r r , r 'h r i ' , v¿rs la tc evcr can i< ' la tc aga in? ' ' I

r l o L r b t . . . . '( j . ' l ) ict

thc srrarcls cr cr lot k a prisont 'r out?' ' \ io, I ho¡;c7 . ' l

t h i n k t h ¿ t t r v ¿ r s : r n i t c ¡ ; r i s < . ¡ n . ' ' l a g r c e . . . '

t i . ' \ \ ' c , , l ra r " t ' p r i sons l i kc t l ra t i r r Br i ta in to r i . ' ' l c lon ' t bc l ieve

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30 Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are falseWrite T or F in the boxes.

l . Peter s tudicd paint ing wi th a lo t of -other chi ldren.2. ()ne of'the other studer)ts

"t 'as called (lelia.

11. There were a lot ol-Poes in thc telephone book.l .

' l 'hc f i rs t orrc that Pcter 's rnotht ' r te lcohoncd u,as ( lc l ia 's

mot l r t ' r .Peter's mother spoke to Nf rs Poe politely.Thc woman was in her bath when the telephonc rane.


l. How old was Peter?2. \ \ 'hcrc d id he studl 'pa int ing?3. Why d id he want to te lephonc ( lc l ia?'t. \Vhv was it not easv t() do this?5. How did h is mother p lan to l rc lp h im?6. What did she say to the first wornan she telephoned?7. And what was the woman's answer?[J. How did the lvornan fbel, do vou think?

(F)?

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Across:

I . ' l 'his

tclls vcin r'r ' l terr r ou lt¿tvt'to g() to cat' l t r lass

(j Pctt 'r lvas lraving thcsc cr clrrr 'ce k.

l l . ' \ \ ' ; r s P t ' t c l s t r rd r i r r g ¡ l r i r t t -ing in a publ ic c lass?' ' \o . l rc\ \ ' a s s t u d v i n g i t . . . . '

!). ' \\ 'hat dicl [ 'ctcr clo in hisc lass? "Hc . . . p i c t t r r cs . '

10. . \ l l ¡ rcoplc.

Dou,n:l \ uo¡ t r¿rn h¿rd to get ( )ut o l '

hcr l la th to ¿rnsn'cr th is .'). H¿rr t ' to.l l . . \ lso.I I{avine thc rnt¡st ."r 'ork to clo.

' l ) i c l P c t c r l i k c l r i s p a i n t i n el e s s r ¡ n s ? ' ' \ ' t ' s , l l t ' t l r c n rv e r r - n r u c h . '' l ) id Petc l l i n r l ( l c l ia 's tc lc -phone numbcr . . l ' 'No , i tl vas verv d i f l i cu l t

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Peter ' 's f i icrr<l \ \ as cal lccl( l c l i a

Peter was l0 years old, and he was having painting lessons cveryweek at a small private class.

During the C'lhristmas holidays, he had a party at his home, and hewanted to invite one of the other students, but he only knew hername - Celia Poe. He did not know her address or her telephonenumber.

Peter's mother looked in the telephone book ancl saicl, ,\\ 'el l,

there are only four Poes here, so I ' l l telephone each of them and askwhether they have a daughter who has painting lessons.,

She telephoned the first one, and the telephone rang for rather along time before a woman answered. Peter's mother said, .Excuse

me. Is that thc I I rs Poe who has a daughter who takes paint inglessons?'

'No, it isn't, ' the woman answered. 'This is the Mrs poe who had toget out of her bath to answer the telephone!'

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1\ I 500-word Vocabulary

,Ay'ol¿: This r ' 'ocabulary does not contain numerals, names of the days of the

lveek, namcs of ' the months, or proper nouns and adjectives. Not al l the

<-ases of nouns and pronouns are given (e.g. áo-y stand s for bolt-bo1's-bo)s-

boy'; I stands for l-me-m1t-mine); nor are all parts of verbs given (e.g.

s¿¿in s tand s for s wim- s w i m s- s ¿D am- sw u tn- s u imming ) . C ompara tiv es and

superlatives ofadjectives and adverbs are also not given.

The abbrevi ation a. means adj ective and/or adverb; conj . means conj u nc-

tion; n. means noun; prep. means preposition; and u. means verb.

(Words outside the list are printed at the bottom of the pages on which they

are used-for example, relax, on page 6.)

a l n lab le / ab i l i t la tx)u tabor c:r Irrr l:rcla l)scn ta( (r'Ptact idcn tac(oL l I l t

¿lc( use

at l te

¿l( ross

ac t Io r l ress ]a r ld

adcl rcss

admi t

a d u l t

¿rdvice/adr isc

Iacro l p lane

allord

aliaid

a l i c r

altcrrroon

aga ln

agailrst

ag0

Ic l i s l agrcc

al rn

a i r [o rcc /n ra i l /

port l¿rlse braa l l

a l low lancc l

a l m o s t

a lc ¡nc

a k i n g

al rcad ya lso

Ial ] thoughalu,a\ sa t n

a m b u l a n t ' e

a m o f i g

amusc [ / ing ]anchor

and

angry

anim¿rl

ank lc

a l tswer

a n t

anx ious / ie ty

any

Id is ] appear

apple

appo ln tment

arch Icd /way ]argue

ar i thmet ic

arrlt

arm)'

arou¡rd

ar ranec I rnent l

arrcst

a r r i r c [ /a l ]a r t i c lc

ar t i s t I i c ]

AS

ash Itraylashamed

ask

asrccP

at tack

aud icncc

a u n L

a u t u m n

avoid

awake

away

axe

baby

back (a )back (n )bad (worse ,

worst)

bag

bake

ball

balloon

Dananaband

bandage

bank

bar

barber

barsain

bark

bas in

baske¡

bath I room]

bathc

bat te ry

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