Cathy has a garden. She plants flowers.

There are roses, sunflowers,

and tulips. Cathy's favorite flowers are tulips. She plants fruit. There is an
apple tree. There is an orange tree. There is also an avocado tree.
Cathy's favorite fruit is an apple. She plants trees that will end up being
short. She plants trees that end up being tall. She plants bushes, too.
She wants a very colorful garden. There is a water fountain in the center
of the garden. There are fish swimming inside. There are over fifty of
them. Sometimes, Kathy lies down on the grass. She feels at peace in
her garden.

1. Which are Cathy’s favourite flowers?

2. What does Cathy plant?
3. Is there a water fountain in the centre of the garden?
4. What are the fish doing?
5. How many fish are there?

Michelle was having a sleepover with her friend. She was staying over
at her friend's house. Her friend was Lisa. Lisa's parents were cooking
them dinner. They made them hamburgers. Michelle and her friend
thanked her parents for the dinner. They then decided to watch movies.
They watched two different movies. After that, they did each other's hair.
They braided each other's hair. They also made friendship bracelets.
Lisa had a kit that had different types of beads. They made necklaces
also. They started to get tired. They went into their sleeping bags. They
played games until they fell asleep.

1. Who was Michelle having a sleepover party with?

2. Who cooked dinner for the two girls?
3. What did they decide to do after dinner?
4. How many movies did they watch?
5. What did they do before they fell asleep?
Fast food is not healthy. It is very bad for you. But fast food is usually
cheap. It is also good for people who cannot cook. It is also good for
people who are in a rush. Timmy buys fast food every day. He works
long hours. When he gets back home from work, he just wants to sleep.
His co-workers tell him he should start eating healthy. His wife tells him
that, too. He gained 40 pounds since he started working. One morning,
before Timmy went to work, he saw something on the dining table. It was
a lunch box with a bow on it. It was chicken salad. It was from his mom.
She left a note. The note said: "Change your habits."

1. Is fast food healthy?

2. How often does Timmy buy fast food?
3. What did Timmy find on the table one morning?
4. Who was the note from?
5. What did the note say?

Emily and Crystal are best friends. They both want to lose weight. They
exercise together. Doing things together makes things fun. Emily tried
exercising by herself. She thought it was too boring. She could only run
for 30 minutes before getting bored. Crystal tried exercising by herself,
too. She does not like being alone. She feels more comfortable with
Emily. They go to the park three days a week for an hour. They stretch
for 10 minutes. They run for 20 minutes. They jump rope for 20 minutes.
They play some type of sport for the last 10 minutes.

1. What do Emily and Crystal want to do?

2. Where do the two girls go to run?
3. How many days a week do they go to the park?
4. How long do they run?
5. What else do they do in the park?
Janice wanted to buy a dress for a dance party. She wanted to shop
with her mom. Her mom is a writer for a fashion magazine. She has good
taste, but she did not have time to shop with her daughter. She sent her
husband to shop for a dress with her. Janice loved her dad, but she did
not like shopping with him. He always got tired from walking. He always
got bored from looking at clothes. He never likes what Janice likes. He
always thinks her dresses are too short and revealing. Janice thinks her
dad is too traditional. Shopping with her dad was worse than shopping
alone.

1. What did Janice want the dress for?

2. What is Janice’s mother’s job?
3. Did Janice’s mother have time to shop?
4. Does Janice’s father like shopping?
5. What does he think about his daughter’s dresses?

Carl is a father. This year he told his family not to get him anything for
Father's Day. The truth is he does want gifts. He just wants to see if his
family really know him or not. Carl's wife knows him well. She ends up
getting him a gift. She gave him a watch. Carl's daughter knows him well,
too. She bought him a rare table. Carl's son does not know him that well.
His son really thought Carl did not want anything. "Son, I was just testing
you!" Carl said. His son felt bad. "How about a hug?" he asked Carl. Carl
opened his arms. A hug is the best gift a father can get.

1. What did Carl tell his family for Father’s Day this year?
2. Does he want gifts?
3. What did Carl’s wife buy him?
4. How did Carl’s son feel for nit buying anything?
5. Which is the best gift a father can get?
Doris collects stickers. She has been collecting them for 10 years. She
has over 10,000 stickers. She keeps them in a booklet. She keeps the
booklet safe. She doesn't want it to get ruined. She has all sorts of
stickers. She has cheap stickers. She has expensive stickers. She has
glittery stickers. She has stickers that smell. She has animal stickers.
She has stickers of movie scenes. She has 3D stickers. She has big
stickers. She has small stickers. She has reflective stickers. She has
boring stickers. She has cool stickers. She won't stop collecting. She will
pass on her collection to her kids.

1. What does Doris collect?

2. Where does she keep the stickers?
3. How mant stickers has she got?
4. Are the stickers cheap or expensive?
5. Who will she pass the collection to?

Al does not like to shower. He thinks it is a waste of time. He could be

doing something fun. He does not like the feeling of water on his skin. He
thinks his skin gets wrinkly quickly when he showers. He also does not
like wasting water. California is in a drought. Al cares about the
environment a lot. His parents tell him that he will lose his friends if he
does not shower. Al actually already lost two friends. They told him they
could not be around him anymore. At school, people call him "Garbage
Guy." Al does not mind. He likes having a nickname.

1. What does Al not like to do?

2. Does Al care about th environment?
3. How many friends did Al lose?
4. How do people call Al at school?
5. Does Al mind having nicknames?
Tracy loves to swim. She loves aquatic animals. Her friends surprised
her with tickets to the aquarium. She was so happy. She brought her
camera to the aquarium. She was ready to take a lot of pictures. She
saw twenty-five different types of fish. She saw a whale. She saw a
turtle. She saw seaweed and kelp. She saw squid and octopus. Her
favorite was the whale. She thinks they're cute and friendly. She bought
a picture frame at the gift shop. There were small whales on the picture
frame. What a good day!

1. What does Tracy like to do?

2. What did her friends surprise her with?
3. How many different fish did she see?
4. Which was her favourite fish?
5. What did she buy at the gift shop?

Andrew is completely fine with riding on an airplane. He does not get

sick when the plane takes off. Andrew hates being in a car though. If he
is in a car for more than half an hour, he gets sick. He especially hates it
when he is in traffic. His body feels sick. He wishes that he wouldn't get
car sick so easily. He can't go on fun road trips. His friend invited him to
go to Las Vegas last year. Andrew had to say no. He wanted to go, but
he would throw up too much.

1. Does Andrew like flying on an airplane?

2. How does he feel when he travels by car?
3. Can he go on fun road trips?
4. Whre did his friends invite him to go last year?
5. Dis Andrew accept the invitation?
Elizabeth has always wanted to travel. She has never been on a plane.
She has never been on a boat. She has been on a train. She has never
even been in a car. She lives in a place where everything she needs is
close by. Elizabeth's dream is to visit Hawaii. She thinks it's beautiful. All
the beaches and flowers seem great. One day, she saw an ad saying
"Enter raffle to go to Hawaii for free!" She put her name on a piece of
paper. She put it in the big box. There were a lot of papers. She did not
think she would win. It was a big surprise when she got a phone call. "Hi
Liz, congratulations! You just won a trip to Hawaii!" a man said. Elsa
jumped up and down.

1. Where does Elisabeth live?

2. Which is her dream?
3. Where did she put the piece of paper to win the trip?
4. Was it a big surprise when she got a phone call?
5. What did the man say?

Susan works at the mall. She is a cashier at a clothing store. She'll start
work in an hour. She has a big bag she takes to work every day. She
puts her lunch inside. It's an apple and a sandwich. She puts her water
bottle inside. She puts her name tag inside. She puts her wallet inside.
She puts her car keys inside. She puts her phone inside. She changes
into her uniform. It is a black polo shirt. She can wear any pants she
wants. She drives to work. She puts her bag in a locker. She clocks in.
She goes to a cash register. She sees her first customer.

1. Where does Susan work?

2. What is her job?
3. What does she put in her big bag?
4. How does she get to work?
5. Where does she keep her bag at work?
It is hard for Jennifer to wake up early. She has a bad habit of sleeping
late. She does not go to bed until midnight, but she has to wake up at 5
A.M. every day for work. She sets an alarm, but she always hits the
"snooze" button. The "snooze" button stops the alarm for a couple of
minutes. She feels so good in bed. Sometimes she even goes back to
bed after she gets up. She has to drink five cups of coffee to stay awake.
She has tried to change her sleeping habits. It is hard for her to sleep
early. She plans on asking her boss to change her shift.

1. Is is hard for Jennifer to wake up?

2. What is her bad habit?
3. When does she go to bed?
4. What time does she wake up?
5. How many cups of coffeedoes she drink?

Pam loves her job. She is an artist. She mostly draws portraits. People
go up to her. They pay $45. They sit down on a chair. She draws them. It
takes about one hour to draw one person. She does not make a lot of
money because she does not get a lot of customers. People think $45 is
too much. There have been days when she does not get any customers.
She draw the portraits in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California. She is
thinking of going to another place. She loves drawing. She just hates that
she doesn't get a lot of customers.

1. What is Pam’s job?

2. What does she draw?
3. How long does it take Pam to draw one person?
4. How much do people pay to Pam for a portrait?
5. What is Pam thinking of?