Unidad educativa Fiscal Martha Bucaram de Roldós
Teacher: Ing. Byron Floreano T.
Course: 1 2 bachelor's degree A, B, C, D Accounting / SCIENCE
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Read the following article:
Mr and Mrs Brown had two daughters and two sons. Both the daughters
married, and then both the sons married too. Soon Mr and Mrs Brown had a
granddaughter, and then they had two grandsons. They were very happy. Then
one of their daughters had another baby, and she telephoned her mother,
"Please come and help with your new granddaughter." Mrs Brown went
quickly, but Mr Brown stayed at home, because he was nearer his job there.
But he said, "I'll come on Friday evening, and I'll stay till Monday
morning."
On Friday evening, after work, Mr Brown got into a train. He was very happy.
"I'm going to see my new granddaughter now," he said.
There were three empty places in the train. There was an old man beside one
empty place, and Mr Brown went to him and said nicely, "Are you a
grandfather?"
"Yes," the man answered, "I have three granddaughters."
Mr Brown went to the second empty place. There was a nice woman beside
that. Mr Brown said to her, "Are you a grandmother?"
The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters and two grandsons."
Mr Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man beside that, and Mr
Brown said to him, "And are you a grandfather?"
"No, I'm not," the man answered.
Mr Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good." He sat down in the empty
place and said to the man kindly, "Now
I'll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons."
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Exercise 1 (10 POINTS)
Look at these questions. Find the right answers. Then write the
questions and the answers:
1 Did Mr and Mrs Brown have any children?
a) Yes, they had four. b) Yes, they had two.
2 Did their children marry?
a) No, they did not. b) Yes, all of them did. c) Yes, two of them did.
3 How many granddaughters did Mr and Mrs Brown have?
a) One. b) Two.
4 Did they have any grandsons?
a) No, they did not. b) Yes, they had two.
5 Who went and helped their daughter with her new baby?
a) Mr Brown did. b) Mrs Brown did.
6 Did Mr Brown go with his wife?
a) No, he did not. b) Yes, he did.
7 Why?
a) Because he was ill.
b) Because he had a job near his home.
8 When did Mr Brown go to his daughter's house?
a) On Friday evening. b) On Monday morning.
9 How did he go?
a) In a train. b) In his car.
10 What did he do all the time in the train?
a) He talked about his granddaughters and grandsons.
b) He listened to stories about other people's granddaughters and grandsons.
Exercise 2 (10 POINTS)
Write this story. Choose the right words each time:
Mr and Mrs Brown (did not have any/had two) daughters, (and/but) they (did not have any/had two)
sons. Mr and Mrs Brown's children (did not have any/had some) children too. Mrs Brown (did not
help/helped) one of her (daughters/sons) with (her/his) new baby. She went to her (daughter's/son's)
house (with/without) her husband, because his job was (near/not near) the (daughter's/son's) house.
Mr Brown (did not work/worked) on Saturday and Sunday, so he (did not go/went) to stay with his
(daughter/son) then. He went in a train, and (did not sit/sat) beside another (grandfather
/grandmother), because he only wanted to talk about (her/his) granddaughters and grandsons.
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