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In this seriesof practice books, Dr. Hill uses four levels, his introintermediate
ductory (75O-headword),elementary (1,000-headword),
(1,500-headword)and advanced (2,07s-headword)levels.This book
is at the l,S0O-headwordlevel.
Each story is about 150words long, and someof the storiescontain
one or two words outside the grading. Theseare listed on the Pageson
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.
Thesefour books are intended chiefly to help studentsread English
more easily and with more comPrehension,but they can alsobe used:
(i) for practice in understanding spokenEnglish (with the student
listening to the teacher,or to the cassette);
(ii) for practice in writing English (by answeringthe questionsin
English; by writing asmuch of the story asthe 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 answerquestions
in his/ her mother-tongue.
and
HelShe can also try reading some (or all) of the questionsy'rs,
before
the
questions
to
answers
then reading the story to find the
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

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If the student wants to use this book for Practicein understanding
spoken English, helshe can use the cassettein the following ways:
(i) HelShe can listen to the cassetteone 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 checkhis/her
performanceby listening to the cassetteagain.

(ii) HelShe can listen to the cassetteone or more times, with his/
her book closed,and then write down as much of the story as helshe
can remember,and/or answerthe questionsand do the exercises(all
without looking at the story). If helshe writes as much of the story as
he/she can remember,helshe can then look at the story in the book, or
listen to it again on the cassette,to compare what he/she has written
with 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 and
understanding).
Other books by Dr. L. A. Hill are:
Storiesfor Reproduction,First series
4 levels (introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)
Storiesfor Reproduction,Secondseries
4 levels (introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)
Anecdotesin AmericanEnglish
3 levels (elementary/intermediate/advanced)
Best Funny Snries l-3
3 levels ( 750 headwords/l,OOOheadwords/l,500 headwords)
Word Power
3 levels (Word Power 1500,3000, 4500)
CompreheruionTbpics
2 levels (elementary/intermediate)
Writing for a Purpose

Intermediate Steps
to Understanding

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 anotherbaby.
4. Patdid not likebabies.
5. Pat was not huppy about the new baby.
6. Mr and Mrs Taylor lived in a largehouse.

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Answer these questions:

I . Did Pat have any brothers or sistersat the beginning of this story?
2. Why was he not happy to hear that his mother was expectinga
baby?
3. What did his lather say one eveningabout the baby'sarrival?
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 did Patanswer?
Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find
all the correct words in the story on Page 4.

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
child.
Pat had seen babies in other peoplc's houses and had not likcd
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
'This
arrir,'al.
house won't be big enough fbr us all when the baby
colnes. I supposc wc'll have to lind a larger house and movc to that,'
said Mr Taylor finally.
Pat had been playing outside, but he came into the roorn.just then
'What
and said,
are you talking about?'
'We
were sayine that we'll have to move to another house nt.rw,
because the new baby's coming,' his mother answered.
'It's
n o u s e , ' s a i d P a t h o p e l c s s l y .' H e ' l l l o l l o w u s t h e r e . '

Before Mr Taylor married, he lived in a very small flat, but when he

m a r r i e d i, t w a s n o . . . t r y i n gt o l i v e t h e r e w i t h a w i f e , s o h e h at od . . ' t o
a . . . f l a t .H e w a s . . . t o h a v e a l o t o f t r o u b l e f i n d i n g o n e ' s o h e w a .s..
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 . . . , becauseit had to come from the north of
England. I . . . he was lucky to have to wait only one month. Some
peoplewait . . . month after month, and finally give up'

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

5.

An important br-rsinessmanwent to sec his doctor because he could

not sleep at nieht. The doctor examined him carefully and then said
'Your
to hirn,
trouble is that you need to learn to relax. Have you got
any 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,'etime for anythins except your work. You must find
some hobbies, and you must learn to relax with them, or you'll be
dcad in less than five years. Why don't you leanr to paint pictures?'
'All
r i g h t , d o c t o r , ' t h e b u s i n e s s m a ns a i d . ' I ' l l t r v t h a t . '
Thc next day lie telcphcineciihc doctor and said, "I-hat was a ver.y
'l'hank
good idea of yours, doctcr.
\'ou vcry rnuch. I'r,.e already
p a i n t e d f i f - t e e np i c t u r e s s i n c e I s a w y o u . '
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.

I The businessmanwapted t() sleeplessat nieht.

2 The businessman had trouble in sleepine at nisht

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because

he did not relax enoush.

3. The businessmandid not have any hobbies,becausehe

wanted to relax when he was not busy.
'l'he
4.
doctor said that he would be dead in livc years
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doing them.
'fhe
doctor advised him not to do anythimg exccpt his
work, or he would be dead in less than five years.
Thc businessman startecl a hobby, but he did not rclax
while he was doing it.

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Answer these questions:

t . Why did the businessmanso to his doctor?

,2 What did the doctor tell him? (He told him that . . . .)
3 . What dicl the businessmananswer?
+ . What did the doctor say was thc businessman'smain trouble?
5 . What did he advisehim to do?
6 . What did he say would happenif he did not fbllow his advice?
7 . What did the businessmanansu'er?

u. lVhat did he tell the doctor the ncxt dav on the telephone?
C

Hobbies. Make eight sentences out of this, and put each under the
correct picture:

'l'his

sirl's
man's
woman's

hcibbr,is

a.
b.
c.
d.

catchins
climbing
collccting
doing

c. growlllg

f. kceping
g.

Pall)tlIlg

h. pla,ving

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ii.
irr.
iv.

llsh.
flcwers.
mountains.
nothins

v. plctures.
vi. rabbits
\'11. stamPS.
viii. the trumpet.

3.

Nf ar,v sent hcr motlter a trit'e prcsetrt by post.

macl.rine switched itself on in the morning.
The kettle did not need e lectricity.
N{ary's mothe r thought she could only make the tea when

she was in bed.

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5.
6.

Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

How old was \{ary's mother?

What did Mary and her husbandbuy her mothcr?
lVhy did they choosethis for her?
What could the machinedo?
What happenedwhen Mary brought her mother the present?
What did Mary tell her mother?
lVhat did Mary's mother do a fbw days later?
What did she tell Mary on the tclephone?

Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

Mary's

mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husband

wanted to give the old lady a nice birthday presenr. She liked
drinking tea) so Mary ordered an electric machine which made the
tea and then woke you up in the morning. She wrapped it up in prerry
paper and brought it to her mother on her birthday. Then her mother
opened 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 the
kettle,' she explained to the old lady, 'and don't lorget to switch the

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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

H e r m o t h e ro p e n e di t .
In the morning, shewoke up, atrd the tea was ready.
Mary showedher how to usethe machine.
Mary's mother switchedthe clectricityon.
Mary went to a shop and ordereda tea-rnakingmachine.
Then she took it to her mother.
'llhen
shewent to bed.
\\rhen it came,shewrappcd it up.

electricity on. Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea will
be ready.'
After a few days, Mary's mother rang up and said, 'Perhaps I'm
being rather silly, but there's one thing I'm confused about: why do I
have to go to bed to make the tea?'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l . M a r y ' s m o t h e rw a s o l d .
2. She did not like tea very much.

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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 ofllcewhen thc wcather\\,as

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2.
3.
4.
5.
ti.

good.
He walked because he was poor.
He had helped the stranger somc )'cars belorc.
He had been willing to take a chance becausehe wanted to
help the man.
The stranger had been successfulsince then.
Now he wanted to give Mr Grey'his money back.

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Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

\Vhcre did NtlrGrey work?

W h e r ed i d h e l i v e ?
How did hc get from his hornc to his olllce?
\\hy didn't he go from the station trhis ofiicebl'bus e"cry dat?
\\rhat happenedto him one dav in the street?
\\rhat did the strar.reersay'?
What did Mr Grey answer?
,\nd lvhat did the stranserask thcn?

Answer these questions:

Mr Grey was the manaser of a small oflice in London. He lived in the

country, and camc up to work by train. He liked walking from the
station to his oflice unless it was raini.g, because it save him somc

L What did thc strangersay to \{r Grey?Begin)'our answerwith the

'The
words,
strangertold NIr Grey that he . . . .'
\\hat did \{r Grev answcr?Begin,vouranswerwith the words,'\Ir
Greysaidthat....'
3 . \\ hat did the strangersav then?Besin vour answerwith the '"vords,
'The strangcraskedhim whether . . . .'

exerclse.
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger
stopped him and said to him, 'You may not remember me, sir, but
seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. I
stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me sornemoney, and
you lent me five pounds, becausc you said that you were willing to
take 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, I
remember you. Go on with your story.'
'Well,'
answered the stranger, 'are you still willine to take a
chance?'
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ll. Hc wanted to p to Edinburgh by plane one day.

'1. His scat was eivcn to sornebody else because hc lvas latc
'l.he
important ofllccr went to lidinburgh to givt: a lecture.
5.
'l'he
(i.
important oflicer arrived in time for Nf r Browtr's
l e c t u r e , b c c a u s e h e w c n t b y p l a n e.

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Answer these questions:

l. Why did ordinary peoplefind it diflicult to go by plarrcdurilre thc
SecondWorld !\'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 peopleallowcd to know horvirnpcirtanthc
wasi

6 . \\'h,v did he ha,u'cto fly somewhcrc one dav?

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

u. \Vhat

Durine thc Second World lVar it was diflicult 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
civilian, 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 oflicer came to the airport at the
last minute, and Mr Brown's seat was given to him, so he was not
able to fly to the city to give his lecture.
It was not until he reached the city that the important olficer
discovered that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose
lecture he had flown to the citv to hear.

Do this puzzle:
Across:
l. Not easy.
(i. Put his loot.
7. Not thesamc.
[3. (lorrect; right.
10.'\Vhat hats do irnportant
o f l i c e r s .. . ? ' ' T h e y . . . h a t s
likcthis:

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
I . I t was diflicult for sovernment and army peopleto find
seatson planesduring the Second\\'orld War
2 . M r B r o w n w a s a n i m p o r t a n tp e r s o n .

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did tl.rcimportant oflicer find out when hc got to the city?

I[' . . thc passcngers had not

come to thc airport, Nlr
Brown could havc got a scat.
'l'here
was rlcnty of room lor
thc offrcer's lcgs in the plane ,
so lre . . . tlrt'nrlisht ,rut in
fi'ont of-hirn.

Down:
l. Finds.
2. Not stalc
t3

'fhc

arnry <lflic'er was this,

and N{r Brown was to(r.
+. The ofl-rccr put his sccrct
papers . . . Ilis seat ir thc
plane .
'l-lrc
ofllccr

[o tht' t ity.
btrt NIr Bruwn did not
9 . . . . o f ' t h c p a s s e n g e r sh a d a
ticket, btrt NIr Brorvn was
not allowcd tr use his.
I 0 . This story is about thc
Sercond\\orld....

3. A kit of'tht'other soldit'rs w,crebad rtslrootirrg tor

.1. One of'Pctcr'snine bullt'ts hit the tars('t.
il. T'he ollit t'r was not plcascclwith hirn.
(i. T'he ollice r thousht thrt l)cter had sht-thirnsclf.
B

Write

these sentences. Choose the correct word in each:

Petcr is looking at an cr)cnry

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I lrirn.

a n c l t t \ i l l g t o s n -o o t (
[ Irirrrscll.
Now Petcr is tn'ins to shtxtt

t him.

I hirnst'll.

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P e t e r ' se i r l - l i i e n di s s i t t i n gi n f i o n r
o l ' h c r s i s t t - ra n d n l a k i n q

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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 practising 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 oflicer and the other youne soldiers heard the sound of'a
shot.
'Hcavens!'

that silly man really shot himself?'

He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all risht. 'I'm
'but
sorrv. sir.' he said.
I m i s s e da s a i n . '

the officer said.

'Has

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Peterwas good at everything.
2. Peterwas not good at shooting.

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- 1 . P e t e r ' se i r l -f i i e r r di s s i t t i n gi n f i o n t
o l ' h c r s i s t c rand rrrrkirrg
/ her
up
Iliclsclf
T h e w h i t c d o n k e vi s i n a f i e l dw i t h
a b l a c k c l o r r k e ra' .n d i t I r a sh u r t
I it.
i itsell.
'l'he
whitc ckrnkevis in a flcld w.ith
a b l r c ko n t ' ,a n d i t h a s h u r t

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The boys ha"'ebrought their small

sistt'rsto a shcirand borrght
f thcnr
I
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I t h e n r s t : 1 . . ,f
The boys have brought thcir small
sistersto a shop ard borreht
f them
I
j s'me s\{'eets
themsclres
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Mr and Mrs Richards did not have many relatives.
2. Mr and Mrs Richardsoften wcnt to stay with thcir
relativesin the sumrncr
3. Mrs Richards'scousindecidedto visit them.
4. Mr Richardswas not at all happy about this.
5. A liiend of his told him how to stop vrsrtors.
6. He borrowed money from his poor relatives,and lent
money to his rich ones.

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Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

NIr Richards worked in a small seasidetown, and he and his wife had
a comlbrtable housc near the sca. During the winter they were quite
huppy there, but er''crysummer a lot of their relatives used to want to
come and stay with them, because it was a nice place lor a holiday,

lVhere did Mr and N{rs Richardslive?

What was their houselike?
Why were they happier in wintcr than in summer?
Why did their relativeswant to visit them?
Who did Mr Richardsask fbr advicethen?
What did he say to him?
And what did his friend answer?
Why did the friend'srelativesnot want to visit him again?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the words in
the story on page 16.
Georgeliked the sea)so he lived in a houseat the . . . . His parentsand a
lot of his other . . . lived near him. George'schairswere very hard, so
t h e y w e r e n o t v e r y .. . t o s i t o n . . . . o n e d a y h i s m o t h e r . . a b o u t t h i s ,
saying, 'I wish you had some softer chairs, George.' But his fther
laughed and answered, 'Gcorge is an .
man: he has hard chairs
h e . . . t o . . . p e o p l e .. . t o o l o n g w h e n t h e yc o m et o v i s i t h i m !
because
Whcn he wants a soft chair. he can . . . it from our house.'

and it was much cheaper than staying in a hotel.

Finally one.June Mr Richards complained to an intelligent friend
'One
o f ' m y w i f b ' s c o u s i n si n t e n d s

ol'his who lived in the same place.

to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next
nronth again. How do you prevent allyur relatives coming to live
u , ' i t hv o u i n t h e s u m m e r ? '
'()h,'
'that
isn't dillicult. I just borrow money
rhe lriend answered,
fiom all the rich ones. and lend it to all the Door ones. After that. none
of'them come again.'
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c l i f l i ' r ' c r rct o l o u r i n s t e r do f ' t ' l o t l l l i k e t h e c o m b .
B. ()rc shopkeeper suggesteclthat she should buy some
clotll w lrit h was like the t'onrb and then find anothcr
conrb u'llich she likcd.
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Answer

these questions:

t.

Why dicl Nfrs Scott not want tri havc the walls of-her ncw house
oaintcd?
'2. !Vhv clicl shc have to buy rtcw curtains?
5 . \Vhat kind of'curtainsdicl sllc want?
.t. \\'h1' clid she takc her t'omb with her when she wcnt looking fbr

'ot
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7.
N{rs Scott bought a new houselast year. The walls of'thc rooms had
been pairtted a short timc belbrc, and Mrs Scott likerdthc colours, but
thc pcrson wlio had sold hcr thc house had taken thc t'urtains with
h i t n , s o \ I r s S c o t t h a d t o b u y ' n c w o n e s , a n d o f - c o u r s cs h e w a n t e d t o
buv c.llcs whose colours would eo with the walls of'hcr rooms. She

o.

cloth?
What happened irt onc shot?
How clid the shopkccpcr ft't'l af tcr some time?
What clid he s:ry to N'Irs Scott?
Whv couldn't N'lrs Scott lirllow his advicc?

Moui.nginto a neu house.Make sentences to say where to put things in

the house.

discovcrccl thrther comb was cxat'tly the same colour zrsthese walls,
so shc always trxrk it with her wht:nc'n'ershe wcnt tcl ltxlk fbr cloth lor
' P l c a s cp t r t t l r a t

curtalrls.
Irt onc slrop she showed thc sh<lpkecperthc cornb rndthernlooked
a t r ' ' a r i o u sc l o t h s f b r c u r t a i n s f o r h a l l ' a n h o u r w i t h h i r n , u n t i l h e g o t
'N,ladam,
tired and said to her,
wouldn't it be easierjustto buy some
cloth you likc, and then find a nc\v comb to go with that?'
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armcnalr
bookcasc
cooking-stove
mlrror
razor
refiigcrrtor
sewing-rnat'hinc

bathroom.'
bcdroom.'
k i t c h en . '
living-room.'

tclc'"'ision
toothpastc
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Wlten N{rs Scott boueht hcr rrcrr,,
housc,shedid not ha,u'e
thc walls painted.
2. Shc kcpt the curtains which the lasrowner had had.
3. Shc liked curtains whost: tolcur w,asrathcr like thc u,alls.
4. She liked curtains whosc colour was very diflbrcnt lionr
the walls.
5 . H c r c c i n l ba n d t h c c t r t a i n sw c r c t h c s a m e c o l o u r .
ti. Hcr comb and the walls wcrc the sar-nccolour'.

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

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Helen and Mary were sisters.

They were quite young.
They were both married.
Mary drove their car.
A policemantried to stop her one day.
She did not stop, becauseshedid not hear him blow his
whistle.

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2.
.-).
4.

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?
.trr - What did the policemando then?
6 . What did he say to Mary when he stoppedher?
7 . And what did Mary answer?
o - Had her mother really meant that she should not stop when a
oolicemanblew his whistle?

Helen lived with her sister Mury.Both of them were about seventyfive years old, and neither of them had ever married. They had a
small, old car, and when they wanted to go somewhere, which they
did very rarely, Mary always drove, becauseher 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 had
been to that town before.
They were driving along in a lot of traffic when they turned right
into a street which cars were not allowed to go into. There was a
policeman there, and he blew his whistle, but Mary did not stop, so
he got on to his motor-cycle and followed them.
After he had ordered them to stop, he said, 'Didn't vou hear me

Find words in the story on page 20 which mean about the sarne as:
l. at any time
2. big
3. cars,buses,vans, etc.
4. confbssed
5. got husbands
6. Mother
7. not rudely
B. Saturdayor Sunday
9. seldom
10. told
I l. went after

blow my whistle?'
'Yes,
we did,'admitted

Mary politely, 'but Mummy told us never

to stop when men whistle at us.'
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not to drink too
4. N{r Thompson wanted to teach
much.
5. Mr'I'hompson thought he saw four lights.
6. Tom only sawtwo.

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Answer these questions:

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?
J.
When /id he take him?
A
What did they do there?
6
What did Mr Thompson say then?
6 . And what did Tom answer?
1
Who had had enough to drink, Tom or his father?
o
o.
How did Tom know this?
C

Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

In England nobody under the ageof eighteenis allowedto drink in a

public bar.
Mr Thompson usedto go to a bar nearhis housequite often,but he
never took his son,Tom, becausehe was too young.Then when Tom
had his eighteenthbirthday, Mr Thompsontook him to his usualbar
for the first time. They drank for halfan hour, and then Mr Thompson
'Now, Tom, I
said to his son,
want to teachyou a usefullesson.You
must always be carefulnot to drink too much. And how do you know
when you've had enough?Well, I'll tell you. Do you seethosetwo
lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to have becomefour,
you've had enoughand shouldgo home.'
'But,
Dad,'said Tom,'I can only seeone light at the end of the
bar.'
A

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. WhenTom wasundereighteen,
hislathertookhim to a
publicbar.
2. It was the first time that he had taken him to his usual
bar.
3. There was one light at the end of the bar

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3.
4.
5.
6.

But Tom could seeonly one.

He thought he could seetwo lights.
Mr Thompson usedto go to a bar alone.
Then Mr Thompson pointed to the light at the end of the bar.
Then, when Tom was eighteen,he took him to the bar too.
They drank beer.

'l'htc h i l d r c nc n j o v c dt h e f i n - l a i r ,b u t N l r l ) a v i s d i c lI r o t .
3.
'1. He bchavecllike a snrzLll
chilcl
5. Mrs Dirvis got tircd.
( i . N l r D a v i sc l i d n o t l i k c t h e fu n - f ? r ilr; c c a u s ch e w a sa r i c h
m a n a n d w a n t e ds o n r c t h i n gb c t t c r t h a n t h a t .

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Answer these questions:

1 . H o w m a n y c h i l d r e nd i d N I r a n d I \ I r s l ) a v i s h a v e ?
2. Where did Nfrs Davis suggestthat thcy should takc them?
3. How did N{r Davis fl:elabout this?
.1. \\'hat did hc say?
5.
6.
7.
B.
Mr a.d N{rs Da'is had lour children. onc Saturday Mrs Da'is said
to her husband, 'T'he children haven't got any lcss<nstoday, and
you'rc free too. Therc's a fn-fair in the park. Let's all go.'
H e r h u s b a n d w a s d o u b t f u l a b o u t t h i s . ' l w a n t t o f i n i s h s o m ew o r k . '
he said.
'Oh,
fbrget about it and come to the lir!' 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 rhc
children. Hc hurried fiom one thine to another. ancl ate lots of sw,t'r'rs

What dicl his wif-canswer?

\\'hat did he do at thc lair?
\ \ ' h a t d i d o n e o l ' t h c r I l i l d r e ns a ya b o u t h i r n ?
\\'hat dicl N{rs l)avis answer?

Choose the correct sentence for each picture:

a gate
( along

and nuts.
o n e o f t h e c h i l d r e r s a i d t o h e r m o t h e r , ' D a d d y ' s b e h a v i ' g j u s t l i k t .
a small child, isn't he, N{ummy?'
Mrs Davis was quite tired of lollowins her husband around by
now, and she answercd, 'fle's worse than a snlall child, Mary,
b e c a u s eh e ' s g o t h i s o w n m o n e y ! '
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. \Ir Drris ancl his t'hildren rlicl lot rvrrk on Satrr.clars.
2 . N I r I ) a r i s w a s c t s c rt o g o t o t h c l i n - l i r i r . b
, ut his wilb w,as
not.

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2. Mrs l)ar''isis rvalking J

a path.

ll. Mrs l)avis is starclins

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rnd hcr llrother.

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5 . N I r H a n k i n s o nw a s n o t i n t h c A < ' c ' o u n It )se o a r t m e n tthLt

duy.
(i. 'I'hc telcphoneopcrator helpcdN{r.Jonesa lot.

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\\hy did NfrJoncs telephonethe big shop?
What dicl the telephoncoperatorask him?
What did he answer?
What happencdthen?
W h a t d i d N { r J o r t e ss a y ?
rvVhatdid the operatorask him then?
!Vhat did N{r.Joncsanswer?
And what did thc operatorsay?

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\f r.Jo.es b.ught s.me things from a big shop last month, and when
he sot the bill a few days aeo, he thought that therc was a mistake in
it, so he telephoned the shop and askccl to speak to the Accounts
Department. '\\ho do you wa.t to spcak to i. the Accounts Department?' the telephone operator asked.
'l
t d o e s n ' t m a t t e r t o m e , ' M r J o n e s a n s w e r e d .H e d i d n o t k n o w t h e
names of any of'the peoplc who worked there. He hcard .othing fbr a
fbw seconds and then thc operator said, 'Hullo, you wantecr to speak
to someonein the Accounts Department, didn,t you?'
'Yes,
that's rieht,' N,fr.Jonesanswered.
'\\'ould
you likc to speak to Mr Hankinson?' the operator said.
'Ycs,
that'll bc all rieht,' Mr.Joncs said patiently. .It docsn't
mattcr who I speakto.'
'I'm
sorry,' thc operator answercd, 'but Mr Hankinson isn't in
lodav.'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.

Do is puzzle:.
Across:
L N'lr.Joneswantcd to make art
. . . to scc somcbody in thc
A c c o u n t sD e p a r t m e n t .
7. Big town.
B. In our country, most roof!
arc not flat: thcy . . down on
both sidcs.
ll \\'c oficn... the telcphonc
to order things from shops.

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Big shopskcep tlicir things
in largc
.-rooms l>cfirre
t h c y ' p u tt h c m o n t h es h c l v e s
I ,t. , \ < ' t o r s . . . i n p l a v s .
t 5 . \\then sonreonc tclephoncs
Mr .foners,he always . . . ,
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t l r c s h , , l r r . . . n r o n t h .
N c i tw e l l .
t 9 . ' r \ r ' c o u t t si s' , r t c , r f ' t h. c. . i r t
tht'big sh<ip.
l.

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I)oun:
I . N I r . J o n e su ' a n t c c tl o s J ) c a kt o
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2 \Ir Joncs waitcd
Ils'rvcr,
becausche was not
in a hurrr".
'l'hcrc
3.
u,asrrnistake. . . Nfr
. f o n e s ' sb i l l .
{ . r r d9 . N I r . J o r r cssp o k ct o t h c
. in thc big shop. (two
words)
5. N{r Jor.rcswanted an . . . of'
t h e m i s t a k ei n h i s b i l l .
6 . N I r . J o n e sw a n t e d . . s p e a k
to somconc in the .\ccounts
I)epartmcnt
9 . S e e4 .
1 0 ' H o u ' m r n ' , ' . . r v e r ct h e r ei n
\ ' l r J o r r c s ' sl i l l i " ' ( ) n e . '
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. N'lr Hodgt:'s chickens laid a lot ol'eggs when thc weather
was hot.
2. \f r Hodgc wanted air-conditioning lbr his chickens.
'l'he
3.
owner of'the air-t cinditronrng company sent a man
to see \'lr Hodge.
'l-he
owrrer ol'the cornpanv u,anted to sell as much airconditionine as possible.
5. Nf r Hodgc asrecd to hr."'e
rir-conditioning in his house too
6. Air-conditioning in his housc would not bring him more
money.
4.

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these questions:

What work did Mr l{oclgcdo?

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 thisJ
What did the owner of-theair-conditioningcompanvhope to do?
\\'hat rerson
clid hc give for having air-conditioningin the house?
What did N{r Hodge answer?
\Ir Hodge was a chickc. lrmer. He had hundreds of'chicke.s, and
sold the cggs a'd the meat a.d sot quitera lot of mo.cy lbr them, but
he lived in a very hot part o1-thecountry, and he lbund that his hens
laid hardly any esis in the surnmer. So hc dec'ided t' put airconditioning into his chicken-house so that the hens would lav well
all through the year and hc could q.r morc csssarrd irr rhat wai car'
more money.
'-fhe
ow'er of-thc .ompany which sold thc air-co'cliti'.ing came t'
s c c h i m , a n d w h c n h e s a w N f r H < x l g e ' sh o u s e , h e t h o u g h t t h a t h c
mieht be able to persuade him t. buy sonr. air-co'ditionine lor that
tOO.

'Your

wile would be rnuch happierand morecomrbrtabrethen,'he

said to N{r Hodge. But Mr Hodge was nor interestcd.
'N,{y
wile doesn'tlay cegs,'hesaid.

Write these sentences. Choose the correct word or words to put

in. The words are: could be earned,could earn, did not lay, put, sold,
su,ggested,u,asput, 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.
'l'he
3.
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.
6.
7.
8.

Nf r Hodge . . more moncv if'he hacl air-conditioning.

More money . . . by pcople who had air-conditioning.
'l'he
owncr of'the compan,v . . . air-conditionine fbr the house too.
Air-conditioning
lbr the house too . . . by rhe owner o[ the
(ompanv.

9. Mr Hodgc only . . . air-conditioning in his chicken-house.

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10. Air-conditioning . . . onl','in \Ir Hodge chicken-house.

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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
tharr
l. (ieorge onlv arguedwith peoplewho were lcssc'lev'er
hc was.
he
2 . S t u p i d p e o p l cu n d c r s t o o dw h a t h c s a i d ,b e c a u s e
spokcverv clearly.
:1. Stupid pcoplebclievedthat they were alwaysrieht.
4. Gcorgewas sometimesamusedby stupid people.
5. T'he stupid nran thotrghtthat both he and ()eorgervere
wrong.
6. Georgesoon fbrgot what this man had said.
Answer these questions:
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

\\hat was George'sjob?

What did he work lbr?
What was his hobby?
Why did he not mind arguing with stupid people?
How did stupid peopleargue?
lVhy did he enjoy that?
lVhat did one stupid persollsay to Ceorge?
What did Georgethink of this answer?

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

George Banks was a clever journalist. He worked fbr a good newspaper, and he liked arguing very much. He argued with anybody,
and about anything. Sometimes the people whom he areued with
were as clever as he was, but often they were not.
He did not mind arguing with stupid people at all: he knew rhat he
could never persuade them to agree, because they could never really
understand what he was saying; and the stupider they were, thc surer
they were that they were right; but he often found rhar srupid pcople

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.
9.

correct
funny
intelligent
lessdoubtful
made(him) laugh
make (thcm) believe
ought to
personwho writcs fbr a newspaper
talking asaitrstothcr PeoPle

s a i d v e r y a m u s i n gt h i r r s s .
At the end of one argument which George had with one of these
less clever people , the man said something which George has always
remembered and which has always amused him. It was, '\\''ell, sir,
you should never forget this: there are always three answcrs to cvcr.y
question: your answer, my answer, and thc correct answer.'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.

t . Pat brought his wifb to Finglandwith him.

. He did not spendall his money.
3 . His mother-in-lawcame to Errglandtoo, becauseshewas
ilt.

+. Pat went to seehis mother-in-lawbecauseshewas ill

5 . Pat wrote a letter to his wile after a week.
6 . He askedhis wife to excusethe priest'sbad writing ar.rd
spelling.

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L
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Pat came over fiorn Ireland to Flneland with his wilc one year to find
w o r k . H e g o t q u i t e a g o o dj o b w i t h a b u i l d i n g c o m p a n y , a n d a s h e d i d
not drink or smoke,he savedup quite a lot of'money.

Why did Pat come to England?

How did he manageto savemoney?
Why did his wife have to go to Ireland?
What did Pat want to do a weeklater?
Why didn't he write the letter?
Who wrote it fbr him?
What did the priest say aftcr Pat had finished?
And what did Pat answer?

Draw lines from the words on the left to the correct words on the
right.
l.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

A building company
Pat
Pat's mother-in-law
Pat's wife
The priest

H i s w i f e ' s p a r e n t s w e r e rs t i l l i n l r e l a n d , a n d o n e d a y s h e e o t a
telegram to say that hcr rnother was ill, so Pat save hcr some nroney
a n d s h e w e n t t o I r e l a n d t o s e eh e r .
After a week, Pat wanted to write a letter to her, but he could not
r e a d o r w r i t e v e r y w e l l , s o h e w e n t t o h i s p r i e s t a n d a s k e dh i m t o d o i t
for him. Pat told the priest what hc wanred ro say, and thc priest
wrote it down. Afier a fbw minutes Pat stoppcd, and the priest said,
'Do
vou want to say any more?'
'Only,
" P l e a s e e x c u s et h c b a d w r i t i n g a n d s p e l l i n u " . ' P a t s a i d .
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becameill.
could not read or write.
gave Pat ajob.
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5. Barberscut each other's hair.

6. The barber whose hair is cut the worst cannot be the worst
barber.
Answer these questions:
l. How did N{ark fbelwhen he cameout of the barber'sshop?
2. What did his friend Georgedo when he saw him?
11.And what did Georgesay?
4. What was Mark's answer?
5. What did Georgesuggestthen?
6. And what did Mark answer?
7. What did Georgesay then?
f]. Which barber would have the besthaircut?
Choose the right sentences for each picture:

N{ark went to a barber's shop and hacl his hair cut, but when he came
out, he was not huppy with the result, and when his friend George
saw him, he laughed and said, 'What's happened to your hair,
N,{ark?'
Mark said, 'I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't at
all satisfied with my old one, but this one seernseven worse.'
()corge agreed.'Yes, I think you're right, Mark. Now I'll tell you
what to do next time you eo into a barber's shop: look at all the
barbe rs' hair, and then eo to thc ore whose own hair has been ctt the

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l. a. Mark has cleanedhis shoes.
b. Mark has had his shoes
cleaned.
c . Mark is clcaninghis shocs.
d . Mark is having his shoes
cleaned.

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worst.'
'The

one whose hair's been crut the worst?' Mark repeated. 'But
that would be foolish!'
'Oh,
no, it wouldn't,' answered George. 'Who do you think cut
t h a t m a n ' s h a i r ? H e c o u l d n ' t c u t i t h i m s e l f , c o u l d h e ?A n o t h e r o f t h e
barbers cut it-and he must have been a worse barber than the one
whose hair he cut.'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l.
2.
3.
4.

N { a r k ' sh a i r w a s c u t b a d l y .
He had not beento that barber'sshop before.
It was better than the one he usedto go to belbre.
His friend Georgeadvisedhim to chooscthe barber
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Mark has cleanedhis shoes.
Mark has had his shoes
cleaned.
Mark is cleaninghis shoes.
d . Mark is having his shoes
cleaned.
3.
a. Mark has cleanedhis shoes.
b. Mark has had his shoes
cleaned.
c. Mark is cleaninghis shoes.
d. Mark is having his shoes
cleaned.

4.
4 . a . Mark has cleanedhis shoes.
b . Mark has had his shocs
cleancd.
c . Mark is clcaning his shoes.
d . Mark is having his shoes

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3. She married him at her housein the villagc.

4. Peterwas in a card shop when his mother'sweddingparty
started.
5. He found the card he wanted in the last shophe went to.
6. He did not find the card he wanted.

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l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

Why did Mrs Harris marry when she was forty-seven?

Who was Peter?
How old was he then?
What kind of wedding did Mrs Harris have?
What happened after the wedding?
Why was Peterlate?
What had he been looking for?
Whv hadn't he beenable to find it?

Put the correct sentences under the correct pictures:

Mrs Harris's husband died when she was forty-five years old. She
had a son, who was eighteen years old at that time.
Mrs Harris was not a widow for very long. She met a nice man who
was a few years. older than she was, and two years after her first
husband 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 village church, and
after that, they had the usual party ather house for her family and her
new husband's, and for some of their friends, but Peter was very late
for 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 card
which says, "To my Mother, for her Wedding," and I haven't been
able to find one.'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Mrs Harris was rwcnty-five when Peterwas born.
2. She was ftrrty-sevenwhen shemarried her secondhusband.

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l. He had been looking in the shops for a card for his mother's
wedding.
2. Mrs Harris married for the first time when she was young.
3. Peterarrived very late.
4. She had a son a year later, and she calledhim Peter.
5. She married him in the villagechurch.
6. Then shemet a nice man.
7. Then therewas a party at her house.
8. When shewas forty-five,her husbanddied.

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3.

El'cn rrow, aeroplzrttcs:Ire not str()ltu crtough to ( arry

hcrrI wcights.
Harl'aiiarr ,\irlincs ortIl' vveigh f:rt Passctrgers.
One fat man did not know whethcr the airlines'clerk
wanterd his weight lvith clothes or rvithottt.
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Answer these questions:

l . Why did aeroplancpassengershavc to be weigheda long time ago?
Why did they not havc to bc weighcdsomeyearslater?
What happensto lussasenow?
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. r - W h a t s t i l l h a p p e n sa t H a w a i i a nA i r l i n c s ?
6 . What did the airlines'clcrk thcrc ask onc lat man?
7 . What did he answer?
B. What did the clerk say then?

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Do this puzzle:
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

Across:
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l.
ft rnan wanteclto tra,u'el
lnan.

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

5. The . . . why luegergc ofien

docs lot have to bc wcighecl
any rnore is that ae roplanes
can now carra more weight
than bcfbre.

almost any weight.

7.

weighed; and now very often, the luggage has to be measured instead
of being weighed, because size is more important to the airlines than

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

still has to be weighed. Once when one fat man was asked by the
airlines' clerk how much he weighed, he thought for a few seconds
and then said to her:
'With
or without my clothes?'
'Well,
'how
are you planning to travel?'
sir,' the girl answered,
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passengersstand . . .
line . . . ordcr to givc their
t i c k et s t o t h e a i r l i n c s 'r ' l e r k .
'l'his
is trsually wcighed bel b r ei t i s I ) u tt l n a l l a n c .

'What

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is l5 kilograms.'
case?'
t 2 . 'fhc fat rnan was a . . . on the
plane.

'Was

thc fat man

. thinking ol' tra'uelling without anv
c l o t h e s ?''N o , o f ' c o u r s en o t ! '
3. Dug up thc sround with a
nrachine.
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6 . L e s ss o t ro r b i t t e r .
r0. lvVecan cook b,vclectri<'itvor
2.

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Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Aeroplane passengerswere weighed a long time ago.
2. Later, only the luggagewas weighed

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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
L
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Dick and his grandmothertalked to eachother a lot.

Dick alreadyknew a lot about his family.
His grandmother told him a lot about it.
Dick's parentshad beenborn in the samecountry.
Dick had been born in a different country.
Dick had met his parentsin Germanv.

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Answer these questions:

Whom did Dick visit when he was six?
How did Dick nd out a lot of interestingthingsabout his family?
Whom did he talk to about thesethings 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 askeda lot of questions?
And what did Dick answer?

M]dtt
When Dick was six years old, he went and stayed with his grandparents in the country for a few weeksin the summer. He talked a lot
with his grandmother while he was there, and she told him a lot of
interesting 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 wasborn in Ireland?'Dick continued.
His father said, 'Yes, it is, but why are you asking me all these
questions?'
Dick answered, 'Becausewhen Granny told me all those things
while I was with her, I couldn't understandhow we had all met.'

Put what, whichor who ineach empty space:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Dick's grandmother told him things . . . he had not known belbrc.

She told him . . . he wanted to know.
Dick had a father . . . had beenborn in Germany.
It didn't matter . . . Dick asked:his grandmother knew the answer.
'.
. . a strangethingl' Dick thought. 'We were all born in different
places,but we all met.'
6. '. . . of thosemen is Dick's f,ather?''The tallestone.'
7. '. . . is he?' 'He's a teacher.'
'.
B. . . is that woman?' 'She'sDick's mother.'

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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
I Dave rvas lat rndslolv urtil hc w'as firrt'"'-fir'e.
').
; \ s s o o n a s D r v t ' h a d t r t u b l c i n b r c a t h i n g a n d r v a l k i r r g ,h e
\ \ ' ( ' l l t l o s e ea d ( x t ( ) I .
3. Dar,'ewas afiaid lle was ill.
.1. 'l'he young doctor thought l)ar.'c was going to die soon.
see anothcr doctor first.
5r. He wanted Da"'e t<-
(j. Davc did not trust the youns clot'trr.

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Answer these questions:

l. \Vhat was Dave like when he was t'ouIrs?
2. \\'hat happencdto hirr when he was fbrty-fir'e?
11.\\'hat did hc dcabout it at first?
.t. \\'hat did he do Iatcr?
ir. What did his doctor do?
6. What did the youne doctor in thc hospitalsay to Da'u'e?
7 . W h a t d i d h e a s kh i m ?
t]. And what did l)av'eanswer?

\\'hen Dave Pt'rkins was vounf{, hc played a lot rif sames, ancl hc was
t h i n a n d s t r o r ) g ,b u t w h e n h c w a s f o r t y - f i v e , h e b e g a n t o s c t f t a n d

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correct
words in the story on page 42.
When Dave was a very small boy, hc had troublc with his lungs.
S o n r c t i m e s , a f t e r r u n r t i r t g , h c w a s o n. .l yt o. . . \ ' e r y . . . . H i s m o t h e r ,
of'course,was ver)' . . . about thesepains. Shc took hinl to the doctor,
a n d h e . . . h i m c a r e l l l y a r r d . . s. a i d , ' \ \ ' c l lI,. . t h a t i t i s . . . t o b e
a n y t h i n gs e r i o u sa, n d t h a t h e w i l l g r o w o t to f i t , b u t I d o n ' t w a n t t o . . .
you if'I arn wrong, so I will . . . for him to so into hospitalfor tests.'The
testsproved that the dot'trrwas cluiteright.

slow. Hc was not able to breathc as well as befbre, and when he

r v a l k e d r a t h e r l i r s t ,h i s h e a r t b e a t p a i n f u l l y .
He dicl not do anvthine about this fbr a long time, but linally hc
l t c c r m ca n x i o u s a n d w e n t t o s c c a d o c t o r . a n c l t h c d o c t o r s e n t h i m t c r
h c l s p i t a l . ; \ n o t h t ' r y o u n s d < t t ' t r i re x a m i n e d h i m t h e r c a n d s a i d , ' I
( l ( ) n ' t $ ' a n t t o r n i s l c a d) ' o u , N { r P t r k i n s .Y o u ' r e v ' e r yi l l , a n d I b e l i e v e
tltrt votr rrt' trnlikt:ly to lir,'e nluch lonser. lVould you likc nre to
rurriln{rclirr anvbodl' to come ard seeyou bcfbre you die?'
I ) a v c t h o r - r g h tf b r a l e w s e r ' o r d sa n d t h c n h c a n s w e r e d . ' l ' d l i k e
Illotl)cr dcctor [o ('ome and ser:ne.'
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t h a t r t ' r n i r l c l sn t c o I
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ther
girl
stopped him.
the time that I was . . . ,' but
'And
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Answer these questions:

L
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

What kind of'personwasJoe?

What happenedwhcncverhe liund sotneoneto talk to?
What happenedonc cvcrlins?
What didJoe and thc prettv girl do?
What didJoe do then?
What was lle sayirtgwhen thc girl stoppcdhim?
What did she do?
say?
And what did sl're:

or remindinthe first empty place in each of these

Putforget, remsmber
sentences; and put taking or to takein the second emPty place in
each.
'u'oice.He
Joe was one of those people who love the sound of their own
never had anything interesting to say, but he talked and talked and
talked, and every story he told reminded him of another one, so that
he 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 sit and talk. He talked and talkcd and talkcd, and was just
'And
beginning,
that reminds me of the time . . ,' when the girl said,
'The
time? Yes, you're quite right!' She lookedat her watch quickly
'Look
and said,
how late it is. I must go.'
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Mrs Smith alwavs has to . . . hcr son . .

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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Joe liked talking very much.

Peopledid not enjoy listeningto him.
He stoppedother peoplesayinganything.
He was invited to a party by an old friend
.Joewanted ro talk insteadof dancing.
.,\ sirl askedJoeto talk insteadoldancins
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Did Nfrs Srnith'sson .

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his tnat to schrxrl y'esterda,v?

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hirrt'
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3.
4. Matthew got a job with a big company.
sot a letter lroln thc manager'
5. His old headrr.rster
'I'he
headmastcranswcrcdthc lettcr clcverly'
6.

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Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

How did Matthew behaveat school?

What did his headmastcrdo about it?
Did he succeed?
What made things cvcn worsc?
What did N{atthewdo whcn he lefi school?
lVhat did thc managcrof thc companydo?
fecl about this?
How did the headmrster
managcr?
to
the
What did he write

Put the right sentences under the right pictures:

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Matthew Hobbs was sixteen years old. He had been at the same
school for five years, and he had always been a very bad pupil. He
waslazy, he fought with other pupils, he was rude to the teachers,
and he did not obey the rules of the school. His headmaster tried to
make him work and behave better, but he was never successful-and
the worst thing was that, as Matthew grew older, he was a bad
influence on the younger boys.
Then at last Matthew left school. He tricd to get a job with a big
company, and the manager wrote to the headmaster to find out what
he could say about Matthew.
f'he headmaster wanted to be honest, but he also did not wanr ro
'If
be too hard, so he wrote,
you can get Matthew Hobbs to work lor
you, you will be very lucky.'
A

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Matthew had come to his school whe n he was ereven.
2. He was always a eood boy.

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

Hc did not obey the schoolrules.

H c f b u g h tw i t h o t h e r p u P i l s .
He was a bad influen('con the younser btys'
rs.
He was rude to the tcrche
Nlatthcw was a lazy boy.
The headmastcrwrote a cleveranswer.
'l'he
managerwrote to his headmaster.
'I'hen
he left schooland tricd to gct a job irt a cottrpanv.

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5. She thought he might be too ill to go ro schoolthat dar

6. He was the headmaster.

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l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

Harry came to his mother one morning while she was having her
breakfast, and said to her, 'No one at my school likes me, Mother.
The teachers don't, and the children don't. Even the cleanersand the
bus drivers hate me.'
'Well,
Harry,' his mother answered, 'perhaps you aren't very nice
to them. lf afew people don't like a person, he or she may not be
responsible for that; but if a lot of people don't, there's usually
something 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 silly, Harry,' his mother said, going towards the garage
to get the car out. 'You have to go. You're quite well, and you still
have a lot of things to learn. And besidesthat, you're the headmasrer
of the school.'
A

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
L
2.
3.
4.

Harry was a schoolboy.

He liked going to school.
His mother wanted him to go to schooltoo.
His mother thoueht he should change,becausea lot of
peopledicl not like him.

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What did Harry say to his mother?

When did he say this?
What did his mother answer?
And what did Harry sa.vthen?
What was his mother'sanswer?
A n d w h a t d i d s h ed o w h i l c s h cw a s s a y i n gt h a t ?
W h v d i d s h ed o t h i s ,d o y o u t h i n k ?
What did vou think Harrv rvas when lou starteclreading
storv?

Do this puzzle:
Across:
l. A headmasteris . . . fbr seeing that everythinggoeswell
in his school.
7. Aeroplanesland ar.rdtakeoff
here.
B. Harry could not . . . whv hc
should go to school.
9 These peopleclean places.
i 0. Harrv was the headmasterof
the....
't'hc
12.
teachersand the children did not like Harrv, and
the cleaners and bus
dri'u'ershated him.
1 5 . T h e s ep e o p l et e a c hp u p i l s .
18. These people arc rhe rop
peoplein schools.
Down:
L Harrv had scveral. . . lbr not
wanting to so to scl-rool.
2 . T h e p u p i l s p r o b a b l vd i d n o t
like him because he was
...withthem.
3. These people drir.'epupils to
school.

6.

Some teachers are men, and

someare....
\\'hen the headmaster comes
i n t o a c l a s s ,a l l t h e p u p i l s . . .

up.
I l . Harrr'' said to his mother,
the people at school
"\ll
. . me.'
l.)
r\ll the pupils at that school
help. . . other.
\ 4 . '. . . afternoon' means 'today, in the afternoon'.
I 6 . If-you want to shootstraight,
you must . . . your gun carefully.
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Mrs Watson stoppedN{rs Pottsas s}rewas leaving.

6. Dr Watson had cut N,IrsPotts'skidncv out.

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Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

What work did Mrs Watson'shusbanddo?

Who was Mrs Potts?
How did sheand Mrs Watson help eachother?
Why did Mrs Watson oller to do Mrs Potts'sshopping one day?
What did Mrs Pottsask her to get?
Where did Nfrs \\''atsonlook fbr N{rs Pottsu'hen shecame back?
\\'here was N{rs Potts?
\\'hat did \{rs \\'atson shout to hcr whcn shelound her at last?

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

Potts. They often did each other's shopping.

I s" e e i n qI
l . Mrs Potts came in {

I tosee ,
the doctor.

One day, Mrs Potts had to go to Dr Watson becauseshe was ill, so

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

()
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I lauehing.
Z . S h ec a m e t n

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

i ,o lush.

her that she only wanted a sheep's kidney.

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

luuflhi";q'}
c a n ' rr r . r p {
I t o l a u g h .I
I ' v e j u s t h e a r da g o o d j o k e . '

S h es a i d ,

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 t o t t h e r e c i t h e r , s o s h e w c n t i n t o h e r h u s b a n d ' s o f f i c e .H e r h u s b a n d
told her that Mrs Potts had just left him and gone to the lavatory.

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Watson's nursc helpedher

walk.
t
J o
I walking.

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

'Here's
your kidney!'and ran and gave

catch Mrs Potts. She shouted,

t
,t-

her the parcel.

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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Mrs Potts lived near Mrs Watson.
2. NlrsWatsonwas ill.
3. NIrs \\atson did Mrs Potts'sshopping.
.1. During this time, Mrs Pottswent to the lavatoryand then
to l)r \\ratson's oflice.

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'Are you willing

The doctor said,
.
I to wait l
..
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)alewmtnulcsl
( waltlng ,
f mending.,
'Ihis
machine needs {
I to nrend.'

'No, I don't mind

6 . S h ea n s w c r e d ,
to wait'
I
l t',,u don'r ilcccl
I waltlng.

I hurrying.'
I to hurry.'
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Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Jim was clever,but lazy.
2 . H e d i d n ' t l i k ep a y i r r gt a x e s .
J. He always used cleverpeopleto stealfor 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.

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Answer ese questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Why didJim becomea thieP

How did he steal things?
What was rsjob in this?
Why was he good at it?
What did he sendone of his men to do one evenins?
What did the man see?
What did he saytoJim?
W h a t m i s t a k ed i d h e r n a k e ?

Opposites:Find words in the story on page 52 which mean about

the opposite of:

'You
work
Jim was intelligent, but he hated hard work. He said,
hard, and earn a lot ofmoney, and then the government takes most of
it. I want easy work that gives me lots of'money and that the
government doesn't know about.'
So he became a thief-but he did not do the stealing: he got others
to do it. They were much less intelligent than he was, so he arransed
everything and told them what to do.
One day they were looking for rich families ro rob. and Jim sent
one of them to a large beautiful housejust outside the town.

l. difficult
2. lazy
3. little
4. more
5. old
6. poor
7. small
B. spend
9. stupid
10. ugly

It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the
windows, 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 much
money. Two people were playing on the same piano there.'
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r\ man was plaving draughtswith a dog in the bar one

evcnrng.
+ . The dog moved the draughts itself.
5 . Fred was very surprised.
6 . The dog sometimeswon the game.

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Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

Where did Fred sometimesgo after work?

Why did he seldomfind anyoneto talk to there?
What did he seeone evening?
Why was he very surprisedwhen he went nearer?
How did the dog manageto play?
Who won?
What did Fred say then?
What did the dog's owner answer?

Put the right sentences under the right pictures:

Fred sometimes liked to go to a bar to have a drink before he went

home after work. There were some tables and chairs in the bar, but it
was too early for most people when Fred was there, so he seldom
found anyone to talk to.
Then one evening he went into the bar and saw a man playing
draughts at a table, but he could not seeanyone in the chair opposite
him. He went nearer to look, and was very surprised to see that the
man was playing against a dog. When it had to move one of its
draughts, it stood on its back legs on the chair.
Fred watched while the two played their game, and when the dog
lost, Fred went up to its owner and said, 'I've never seensuch a clever
dog before.'
'Well,'
answcred the other man, 'he isn't really very clever. I
always win.'
A

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
l. Fred alwayshad his drink at home.
2. He talked to a lot of peoplein a bar.

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l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

A man was playing draughtsat a table.

Fred could not seeanyoneplaying againsthim.
Fred went into his usual bar.
He sat down at a table.
He saw a dog sitting in the chair oppositethe man.
He went nearer.
The bar was almost empty.
When the dog wanted to move a draught, it stoodon its back legs
on the chair.

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

'I

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

doctor to his room.
2. The clerk gave him the name and address of a doctor.
3. Henry wanted to know how much it cost to go to him.
4. The first visit to the doctor cost less than later visits.
5. Henry tried to make the doctor believe that he had
been to him bt-lorc.
6. The doctor knew that he had not seen Henrv before.
Answer

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.
Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a
holiday.
One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the clerk at the desk
'I
of his hotel and said,
want to see a doctor. Can you sive me the
name of a good one?'
'Ihe
clerk looked in a book and then said, 'Dr Kenneth Grey,

6 1 01 0 . '
Henry said,'Thankyouverymuch.Is he expensive?'
'Well,'

the clerk answered,

'he

always charges his patients two

pounds for their first visit to him, and 1.50 for later visits.'
Henry decided to save 50p, so when he went to see the doctor, he
'I've
said,
come again, doctor.'
For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully without
saying anything. Then he nodded and said, 'Oh, yes.'He examined
him and then said, 'Everythine's going as it should do.Just continue
with the medicine I eave you last time.'

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these questions:

Why did Henry haveto asksomeoneelsefor the nameof a doctor?

What did the clerk do?
What did Henry ask him then?
And what did the clerk answer?
What did Henry decide?
What did he do?
What did he say to the doctor?
And what was the doctor'sanswer?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correct
words in the story on page 56.
Dr Brown is a kind man. He lefi England to work in a foreign country
when he was 25. Someof his . . are quite poor, and he . . . them verv
little. And when they need . . . medicines,he sometimesevenpays for
them himself. One day a . . . who worked in a small officebrought him
his son.He was very ill, and he knew that only very expensivemedicines
could . . . him from dying. Dr Brow'n. . . the boy carefully.'Well,' the
lather said, 'what have you found, doctor?Will he be all right?' The
doctor . . . without looking at him. He thought lbr a minute and then
'Yes, he'll
said,
bc all right. I'm going to give you somemedicinefor
him. He must . . . takine it firr a month. We don't want him to die, do
we?'

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+. The sailor<rderedrabbit for his mcal.

T'he cat made a noisebecauseits tail hurt.
6 . The restaurantqavepeoplccat's mcat insteadof rabbit's
.r-

Answer these questions:

I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.

What was Mrs.Jenkins'sjob?

Who did shehave working fbr her?
!Vhat did the sailor do?
Why was MrsJenkins surprised?
What did shedo then?
What did she ask the waitress?
And what did the waitressanswer?
What had the sailor thousht?

Choose the correct sentence for each picture:

'

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

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

but

s o m el u n c h .

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
2.

'Ihe

t ,"1,l

waitresswas

why the man had left before having his meal.

'Well,'
'he
asked for some of our fried
the waitress answered,

surprisedwhen tl

rabbit, and when I we nt out into the kitche n to order it lrom the cook,
t h e c a t w a s j u s t o n t h e o t h e r s i d e o [ t h e d o o r a n d I s t c p p e do n i t s t a i l

IlrsJenkins was

by mistake. It made a terrible noise, of course, and then thc man got
up from his table and went out very quickly.'

surprised.

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
L MrsJenkins's restaurantwas very big.
2 . ' \ s a i l o rc a m ei r ,b u t h e d i d n o t l i k e t h e w a i t r e s ss, o h e
w'cllt out agaln.

3. MrsJenkins was surprisedwhen the sailor left.

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T

L,.,..

l. Thesailorarrivedf il:t'
I n'"ry )
m
I uch
l late to get
he was not to

and a cook to help her.

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

,l

lefi, but
-...
)

" f" : : ' ' n \

3 . T h e s a i t o r c o u t d .'\
,lJ,'I
run
could
fiiend
fst, but his

I -u.h \ laster.
..

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I t"rv )

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t=

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2e

Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?
Write T or F in the boxes.
'l'hc

g t t a x l s i r r t l r t ' r l i s o n i r I t ' t ' l a r r r \l \ ( ' r - ( ' ( ) trl r t ' l i ' n t s

w i t l l t l r r ' r l i s o n c rs t I u l i n e t l r e r l a l , .
'l'hc
2.
p r i s o t t e r sh a d t o h a ' n ct l r c i r c r , ' t ' n i r r n
g i t ' rrl n t h c I i r r r n s
'l'hcy
lJ.
spcnt the nislrt in tlrt' prison.
l . ( ) n c p r i s < l n c rh a d h i s n r c rol n : r l i r r n o n c c \ ' ( ' n r n s .
'l'llc
.r.
g u a r l c l i d r ) o t l i k ( ' o l t . r r i r rt ul l t ' q r t cl a t r ' rnt i q l l t
l r t ' t : r u s cl l c w ' a sa l i r i c 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 .
I

Answer

Lr
f-t

tr

these questions:

l . I n w h a t w a y i s t h c p r i s o r t i n t h i s s t o rv c l i f l i ' r ' < ' rIrrtc r nr l r o s to t h c r s ?

2. \\'hat work do the prisoners clo?
3. \\that do thcy have to clo irr order to lrt' :rlkrwt'clto work outsidc?
' 1 . W h a t h a p p c n s i f - t h e yd o n < t td o t h i s . '
o. Why was one prisont'r vt:ry latc orrcnight/
(j. \\'hat clid he have to do to gct into tht: prisotr aeairt?
7. How did the guarcl fbel about this?
tJ. \\'hrt dicl he thrcrtcn to clo if'thc plisriner was late asain?

Put i, not or t0 in each empty

needed:
l.

place, but only

if one of these is

'Didall

There is a prison in lccland w]ric]r allows its prisoners to so our

'I'hey
without any guards to work every day.
work on the frms near
the prison during the day, and come back to have their evening meal
and to sleep every evening. Belore they are allowed to go out like this,

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 ec r e
l l t i r r s ? ' ' \ ' c s I,
think . . .'
'l)id
'
2
thcy alw:rvs trrrrrt' lxr<k?' '\o. I t'xrt'r't.
'l)ict
ll.
t h c l l r i s o n c r s n ' o r k r c a l l v h r r col n t h c l i r r r n s ? " I w o n c l t ' r . . . . '
'l)id
l.
t h e f i r r m c r w , h oi n v i t t ' r l t h c p r i s o n e r l i k r : h i n r ? ' ' Y c s , I s u p p o s r :

they have to promise to come back every evening. If they do not

promise this, they are not let out.
One night one of the prisoners was invited to have a meal and a

5.

drink with the family of the farmer he was working for, so he came
back to the prison very late. He had to knock at the gate several times

'[)ci

v o L r t h i n k t l r t ' p l i s o n t ' r r , r ' h r i ' , v l rast c e v c r c a n i < ' l a t c a g a i n ? ' ' I

rloLrbt....'
(j. 'l)ict thc srrarclscr cr lot k a prisont'r out?' '\io, I ho;c
'l
'
7.
t h i n k t h t tr v r s :nr i t c ; r i s < . n . 'a' lg r c e . . .
'\\'c,,lrar"t'
'l
ti.
prisons likc tlrat irr Britain tori.'
clon't bclieve

before the guard came to let him in.

The guard did not like beins disturbed ar this rime, so he said to
'If
the prisoner angrily,
you come back so late again, I won't let you
in.'
Outsidethe I 500 headwords:guard (n.)
60

6t

30

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

!
T

l . P e t e rs t u d i c dp a i n t i n gw i t h a l o t o f - o t h e cr h i l d r e n .
called(lelia.
2. ()ne of'the other studer)ts
"t'as
11.There were a lot ol-Poesin thc telephonebook.
'l'hc
l.
f i r s to r r ct h a t P c t e r ' sr n o t h t ' rt el c o h o n c du , a s( l c l i a ' s
motlrt'r.
5 . Peter'smother spoketo Nfrs Poepolitely.
6 . Thc woman was in her bath when the telephoncrane.

n
D

tr
n

Answer these questions:

l.
2.
3.
't.

How old was Peter?

\\'hcrcdid he studl'painting?
W h y d i d h e w a n t t o t e l e p h o n c( l c l i a ?

\Vhv was it not easvt() do this?

5 . H o w d i d h i s m o t h e rp l a n t o l r c l ph i m ?
6. What did she say to the first wornanshe telephoned?
7. And what was the woman's answer?
[J. How did the lvornanfbel,do vou think?

*?':===r

MM{

Peter was l0 years old, and he was having painting lessons cvery
week at a small private class.
During the C'lhristmasholidays, he had a party at his home, and he
wanted to invite one of the other students, but he only knew her
name - Celia Poe. He did not know her address or her telephone
number.
Peter's mother looked in the telephone book ancl saicl, ,\\'ell,
there are only four Poes here, so I'll telephone each of them and ask
whether they have a daughter who has painting lessons.,
She telephoned the first one, and the telephone rang for rather a
long time before a woman answered. Peter's mother said, .Excuse
me. Is that thc IIrs Poe who has a daughter who takes painting
lessons?'
'No,
it isn't,' the woman answered. 'This is the Mrs poe who had to
get out of her bath to answer the telephone!'

Do this puzzle:
Across:
'l'his
I.
tclls vcinr'r'lterr
r ou lttvt'
to g() to cat'ltr lass
(j Pctt'r lvas lraving thcsccr clr
rr'cek.
l l . ' \ \ ' ; r s P t ' t c l s t r r d r i r r g l r i r t t '\o. lrc
i n g i n a p u b l i cc l a s s ? '
\\'asstudvingit....'
'\\'hat
!).
dicl ['ctcr clo in his
c l a s s ? " H c .. . p i c t t r r c s . '
10. .\ll rcoplc.

Dou,n:
l \ u o t r r nh r dt o g e t ( ) u t o l '
h c r l l a t h t o r n s n ' ct rh i s .
'). Hrr
t' to.
ll. .\lso.
I I{avine thc rntst."r'orkto clo.

'l)icl

Pctcr likc lris paintine

l e s s r n s ? ' ' \ ' t ' s ,l l t '
tlrcnr
verr-nruch.'
'l)id
Petcl linrl (lclia's tclcphone numbcr . . l' 'No, it
'
lvas verv diflicult
(l

Peter''s fiicrr<l \\ as
( lclia

callccl

A P I ' I , ] N I ) IX

1\ I 500-word Vocabulary
This r''ocabulary does not contain numerals, names of the days of the
,Ay'ol:
lveek, namcs of'the months, or proper nouns and adjectives. Not all the
<-asesof nouns and pronouns are given (e.g. o-ystand s for bolt-bo1's-bo)snor are all parts of verbs given (e.g.
boy'; I stands for l-me-m1t-mine);
am- swutn- su imming ) . C ompara tiv es and
sin s tand s for swim- sw i ms- sD
superlatives ofadjectives and adverbs are also not given.
The abbrevi ation a. means adj ective and/or adverb; conj. means conj u nction; 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.)

alnl
a b l e/ a b i l i t l
a t x ) ut
aborc
:rIrrrl:rcl
a l)scnt
a( (r'Pt
a c t i d c nt

aking

ask

al rcady
al s o
Ial]though
alu,a\ s

asrccP

ac(oLlIlt
lc( use
at lte
l(ross
act Iorlress ]
arld
adcl rcss

amusc [/ing]
anchor
and

admit

ant
anxious/iety
any
Idis] appear
apple

adult
rdvice/adr isc
Iacrol plane
allord
aliaid
alicr
altcrrroon
agaln
agailrst
ag0
Iclislagrcc
al rn
air[orcc/nrail/

portl
rlse
bra
all
allowlanccl
almost
alcnc

atn

attack
audicncc
aun L

ambulant'e

autumn

amofig

avoid
awake

angry
animrl
anklc
altswer

appolntment
arch Icd/way ]
argue
arithmetic
arrlt
arm)'
arourd

away
axe
baby
back (a )
back (n )
bad (worse,
worst)
bag
bake
ball
balloon
Danana
band
bandage
bank
bar
barber

arranecIrnentl
arrcst

barsain
bark

arrir c[/al]
articlc
artistIic]
AS

basin
baske
bathIroom]
bathc

ashItrayl
ashamed

battery
battle

64

bc
beach
beak
bean
bear(n )
bcar (a.)
beard
b e a t( a )
beautiful
b c c au s e
becomc
bedIroom]
bee
beer
belore
begIgar]
b e g i nI n i n e ]
bchave
behind
believe
bell
belong
below
belt
bench
bend
beside
besides
bctween
bicycle
big
bill
bird
birthdav
biscuit

lritt'
b i tt c r
b l r kr
l l a rk l x r a r r l
blanlc
blrnkct
blincl
blrxrcl
bloust'
blow
bluc
b()ast

buslr
brrsinesslmrrrrl
bust
but
b u t t e r[ - c li s h]
buttcrlll
b ut t o n
buy
by

chocolatc
clloose
C lh r i s t n r a s
r:hu rch

cabbagc
cagc

clgarct tc
cl nent a
r irclc

DOat

CAKC

clr( us

body (and
-bod1,c u it
anybody)
boil (a )
brld
bonrb
bonc
book[-case]
boot
born
borrow
both
bottlc
b()ttonr
bowl (2.)
box (z )
bol
b r a c e l et
branch
brass
brar c
bread
break
breakfst
breathe
bribe
brick
bridse
bright
bring
broadcast
brokcn
brother
brown
bruise
brush
bucket
builctIing]
bullct
bunch
burn
burst

call
ca lm

crt)
c l a s sI r o o r n ]
clean
clear
clcrk
clevcr
clitl

DUS

camera
camP
can (z )
can (r )
canal
candlc
cap
capita I
captalll
car
r arcl
cardboard
care
carefir | [/less]
carPet

(n(st

( ()rf( ( t

r hickcn
child

('()st

chinrlcl
chin

cotton[-wool]
cough
count(')
country
coufse
cousln
coverIed]
cow
crackIed]
crawl
crop
cross (z )
cross (a )
crowd Icd ]
cry

climate

cuP
cupboard
cure
curlous

r:limb
clock
close (a )
c l o s eI d ]

curtarn
custom
cut
cyclc (a )

cloth
clothes
cloud Iy]
club
coal[-mine]

damageId]

dadIdy]
oamP
dance[-bandl
dangerIous]

carrlagc
carry
car t

coat
cock

case
cas tle

cold
collar

dare
dark
date
daueh ter

cat
catch

collect
college

day/dail.v
dead

CAUSE
cave
ceilins

colour
t olurnlt
comD
come

deaf
dear

Iun]comlortable
Iun]comnron
compan)
complain
composltlon
conlcss

deer
degree
delighted

celebrate
CCIIT

centrmetre
ceremony
certaln
chain
chair
chalk
chance
chanse
charcoal

coflee[-pot]

confsed
congratulate
continue[/al]
cookIing]

cheap
cheat
cheek
cheese

cool
coPy
cork Iscrew]
corn

chemist

corner

65

d ecide/dccision
deep

den tist
departnrent
depend
describe
desert (z )
desk
destroy
dictionarv
die
diflcren t
di fllcult
dig

dining[-room,
-halll
dinner
dirty
disappointed
discover
dish
disturb
ditch
dive
divide
do
doctor (Dr)
dog
dollar
donkey
door
double
doubtffull
down
dozen
drawIing]
drawer
drcam
dress
drink
driveIr]
drop (n )
drop (a )
orown
drum
drunk
dry
duck
dull
dumb
during
duster
dustIy]
each
eager
ear[-ring]
earry
earrl
earth
eastIern]
Easter
easy
eat
edge
either
electric Ii ty]
elephant
el s e

empty
end
enemy
enqlne
enJoy
enough
envelope
envy
equal
escape
even
evenrnq
ever (and -euer,
e g in whoever)
everyIwhere]
exact
examine[/ation/
er]
except
exclteo
excuse
exerclse
expect
expenslve
explain/
explanation
explode
exploreIr]
eye
face[-powder]
factory
fade
lail
fint
laithfully
iall
lalse
lamily
lamous
fan
far
farm Ier]
fast
lat
lather
leather
feed
feelIing]
fence
lever
fw
fleld
fierce
hght
fill

film
finally
{ind
fine (a )
finger
finish Ied]
fi

".

t^l e cl

first
f i s hI e r m a n / i n g rodl
flug
flat (a.)
flat (n.)
float
flood
floor
flour
flower
fly (, )
fly (a )

r"s[cv]
rbld

[ollow
lond
lood
foolish
footIball]
lor
fnreisn

Ierl

forest
[orget
forgive
lork
forward Is]
lrame
fiee
freeze
frequent (a.)
lresh
friend
frigh tenIed]
Iiom
front
lruit
f.y
full
funIny]
furniture
further [/est]
future
game
garage
garoen
gas
gate

66

gay
generous
eentleman
geography
geometry
get
girl
grve
glad
glassIes]
glue
go
goal
goat
God
gold[-mine]
good (better,
best)
goodbye
government
gram
grand-(e g in
grandfather)
grape
grass
green
greet
grey
grill
group
grow
growl
guess
guest
guide[-book]
gun
hair
half Ipenny]
hall
hammer
hand
handkerchief
handle
handsome
hang
nappen
huppv
hard
hardly
harvest[-time]
hat
hate
have

ne
headmaster/
MISITCSS

hcar
heart
heavy
help
hen
here
hide (r )
high
hill
hire (a )
history
hit
hobby
hold
hole
holida.v
hollow
homeIu'ork]
Idis] honcst
honey
hook
hooray
hopeIful/less]
horn
horse Iback/
man/shoe]
hospital
hostIess]
hot/heatIing]
hotel
hour!y/-handl
house
how
hullo
nungry
huntIer]
hurry
hurt
husband
hut

ice[-cream]
if
ill Iness]
rmagrne
rmportant
in I to]
influence
Iin]fluIenza]
rnJectlon
ink

-in-lau (t g
rut-tn lau)
lnsccI
insidc
rnstead
intclligcnL
intcnd[/tion ]
interestIcd/ ing]
introduce [/
tionl
inventIion/or]
invite[/ation]
lron
island
lt
jam[-dish/jar]
Jar
jealous
jeuclle n

j"b
JOln

joke
j o u r n a l i st
JOUTnC\
judge
Jug
JUMP
Just
keep
ke)
kick
kiil
t.:l --t--.. - I
r r u L E r r r r l

kilometre
kind (a )
kind (z )
kins
kiss
kitchen
kite
kneeIt]
knife
knock
know
ladder
lady
Iake
lamp
Iand
language
large
I a s t ( a& z )
Iate

latcl.'
laugn
lar atorl
la,v
Iazy
leadIer]
(mislead)
leaf'
leak
lean (r )
learn
l e a st
leather
lear e
lccture Ir]
left[-hand ]
leg
leno
less
lesson
let
letter
library[/ian]
lid
lie (n & a.)
lie (a )
lift
light (a )
Iight (z & r.)
like (a.)
Iike (a )
Iun]likely
limit
line
lion
lip
list
listenIer]
litre
little
live (z'.)
living-room
Iun]load
loaf
local
Iun] lockIed]
long (a )
.
Iook
loose
lose (lost)
lot
loud
love
low
luckv
Iuggage

67

lump
lunch
lung
machine
mad
madam
magazlnc
maln
make
man
manageIr]
manners
many
maP
marbles
march
m arK
market[-place]
marry[/iage/ied]
maI
matchIbox]
mathematics
matter
may (a )
mavor
meal
mean (r../
measure
meat
medicine
meetIing]
melt
mem ber
mend
merchant
Inern
message[/enger]
metal
metre
midda.v
middle
midnioht
milk[-bottle/

-j"gl
millimetre
mind
mineIrl
mlnrSter
minute[-hand]
mrrror
miss (u.)
Miss
mistake
mlx
model

modern
moment
money
monkey
monthIly]
moon
more
mornrng
mosque
mosqulto
most
mother
motor[-car/
-cyclel
mountarn
mouse[-trap]
moustache
mouth
move
Mr[s]
much
mud[dy]
multiply
mumImy]
muslc
must
mystenous
nail
name
narrow
nasty
navy
near
nearly
necessary
neck
necklace
need
needle
neighbour
neither
nephew
nest
net
never
new
newsIpaper]
next
nice
nrece
night!yl
no
nod
noise/noisy
none

nor
northIern]
nose
not
notebook
notice[-board]
now
nulsance
number
nufse
nut
oar
obey[/dient]
occasional
o'clock
of
off
offer
oflice
officer
o[ten
oh
oil
old
on
once
one (and -aza,
e.g. in anyone)
only
open
operatlon
opposrte
or
orange
order
ordinary
ornament
other
ought
out
outside
oven
overIcoat]
owe
ownIer]
packIage]
packet
page
painIful]
paintIer]

pardon
Parent
park
part
party
Pass
passenger
passport
past
Parh
patient (.)
patient (2.)
Pay
pen
pencil[-box]
penny
people
perhaps
Permrssron
Person
persuade
Petrol
photograph
physics
Prano
pick
Plcnrc
plcture
plece
prg
pile
pillow
pln
pink
Prpe
prty
place
plan
plant
plate
play[ground]
Iun]pleasant
pleaseId]
plenty
plough
P.m.
pocket[-book]
Poem
point (2.)
point (u.)
POTSOnOUS

Palr
pan

policeIman]
polite
por.rd

Paper
parcel

POol
poor

68

port
porter
POSIUOn

Iim]possible
postIcard/man/office]
post ('.)
Pot
pX)tato
pound
Pour
powder
practlse
prarse
Pray
prefer
prepare
p r e s e n t( . )
present (t.)
president
press (r.)
pretend
pretty
prevent
Prlce
p r r m em l n l S t e r
princeIss]
prisonIer]
Prrvate
Pnze
probable
produce
programme
promlse
Pronounce
proof/prove
proud
public
pull
pump
punctual
punish
pupil
pure
purple
purpose
push
Put
puzzle[/ing]
quarrel
quarter
queen
question[-markJ
quick
qulet
qurte

rabbit
Ia(('
rackcI
radio
r ail Iing/

wayI
rainll/coatl
I are
rat
rat lrrr
raz(rf
rcat h
rcad
rcady[-rn:rdel
rcal
rcal izc
rcason
reccnt
recrtc
rc( oglllz('
rccord [ -rlar cr ]
reo
rcfi igt'rittot
relisc ( )
Iirlrc4rrlar
relativc ( )
rt'nrcnllt't
rcnrirrd
rent
repeat
republic
reslgn
responsible
rest
rcstauranl
res ul t
retlre
rcturn
ribbon
rlce
riclr
rid
ride
right[-hand]
ring (2.)
ring (r.)
rrpe
rlvcr
road
roar
rock
rod
roll
roof
room
root

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rouglt
rourrd
r o w ( 2 . * .)
ru Ir
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ruclt:
rug
rulc ( )
'u l('I
rull

rusr[\'l
sat k
sad
sal('
sail
saikrr
s al rrr
s a l t I rI
sullc
s a n d I yI
s a n d ui c l t
[ d i s] s a ti s l i c d
s a u (e
sau('cr
sausage
savc
saw
sa)'
scalcs
scelrerv
school[-time]
sclssors
scold
s(ore
s c o ut
scratch
screwId river]
(unscrew)
sea[-shell/sidc]
season
seat
s c c o n d( 2 . )
secret
see
seed
seem
seldom
-self/selves
Iun]selfish
sell
send

scr)t('nce
scP:Ir:rte
s c tl o u s
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s c \( ' r : l l
s e n ' li n g I
s h a d c [ / yI
slladow
s h ak c
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snaVc
shc
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shee.>
shcct
s h cl l '
slx'l I
sl l i n t '
shir
s h ir t
slrocImakerl
sho<>t
shopIkeeper]
shorc
short
slx)rts
sh<-uldcr
shout
show
shut
shy
sick
side
signIpost]
signal
slgnature
silk
silly
silver
slncc
stncere
singIcr]
single
sink
slr
slstcr
slt
stze

skin
skirt
sky
sleepIy]
69

s l i tt :
slitlc
s l i p Ip c rr I
s l o p c /l i n e l
slorv
snlall
s r r r eI l
snrile
s n r r k[c/ i n e r a rl i : l g ( ' l
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sorl)
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solitl
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s o r r u l - l x x r kI
s(f)n
sot('
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s t r r (crl . t ' )
s o u l)
souI
s o r r t h I t ' r rI r
srarft'
sparc
slt'ak
s p c l lI i n g ]
spend
spill
sprt
splash
spoil
spoonI firl ]
sPort
spread
springItimel
squarc
squat
stage
staln
stairs/stair('ase
(alsct-slairs,
e.g. in upstairs)
stale
stamP
stand
st a r
st a r t

stanon
stay
stear
steamIer/boat/
-engine/ship]
steel
steep
steerI ing-w heeI ]
step
stick(n.)
s t i c kI y ]
sticking-plaster
stiff
srill
stlng
stocking
stomach
stone
stop
store[-house/
keeper/room]
storm[y]
story
STOVC

straight
strangeIr]
straw
stream
st r e e t
stretch
st r l c t
strlng
strong
stuclent
study
stuff
stupid
submarine
succeed[/ess
/full
such
suck
sudden
sugar[-bowl]
suggestIion]
suitIcase]
suit (u.)
sum
s um m e r I t i m e ]
sunIburnt/nyl
rise/set/shine]
supper
support
suPpose
sure
surprised[/ing]

s u r r o u n dI i n g I s ] ]
swallow (u )
sweat
sweep
sweet
swimImer]
swine[ing]
switch
sword

table
tablet
tail
tailor
take
talk
tall
tame
tank
rap
taste
taxl
teaIpot]
teach[er]
team
tear (zr)
telegram
telephone
television
tell
remperature
remple
tennrs
tent
term
terrible
rest
than
thankIful/s]
that/those
that (con1.)
the
theatre
then
there
thermometer
they
thick
thief
thin
thing (also
- t h i n g , eg i n
nothing)
think
thirsty

this/these
thornIy]
thread
tnreaten
throat
thrnr roh

throw
thumb
thunder
ticket
tidy
tie (z and z,')
(untie)
tlger
tight
till (prep )
timeItable]
t i n I n e d]
trp
t i r e d[ / i n g ]
title
to
tobacco
today
toe
fooefher

tomorrow
tongue
tonight
tonne
too
tool
toothIpaste]
top
torch
total
touch
tough
towards
towel
tower
town
toy
trallic
train (z )
trap
travel !er]
traY
treat
tree
tremble
tnp
trouble
trousers
truck
true[/thful]

70

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trunk
trust
try
tune
tunnel
turnIing]
twlce

typeIwriter]
(typist)
tyre
ugly
umbrella
uncle
under
understand
unrversrty
unless
until
up[on]
urgent
use
used to
useful[/less]
usually

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werk
wcar
werther
rvcdding
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well ( )
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r v i t hI o r r tI
rv()nl a n
w ' o n c l cIrl i r l ]
r r o r xl I t ' r r/ l an c l /
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valley
value[/able]
van
vanous
VASE
vegetable
very
vlew
village
violin
visitIor]
volce
volcano
volley-ball
voyage
wages
waist[coat]
walt
waiter [/tress]
wake
walkIing-stick]
wall
want
war
-wards (e g in
backuards)
warm
warn

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