Aisha - Reading 1

Grandma

I’m going ​ (a)   in the village,’ George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. ‘So be a ​ (b)   boy and don’t get up to mischief.’

This was a ​ (c)   thing to say to a small boy at any time. It immediately made him wonder what sort of ​ (d)   he might get up to.

‘And don’t forget to give Grandma her medicine at eleven o’clock,’ the mother said. Then out she went, closing the back door behind her.

Grandma, who was​ (e)   in her chair by the window, opened one wicked little eye and said, ‘Now you heard what your mother said, George.

Don’t forget my medicine.’

‘No, Grandma,’ George said.

‘And just try to behave yourself for once while she’s away.’

‘Yes, Grandma,’ George said.

• shoppintg
• good
• Silly
• mischief
• dozing

Reorder the following

• His father

  was a farmer

• and the farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere,

• He didn’t have a brother or a sister.

• George was bored to tears.

• so

  there were never any children to play with.

He was​ tired of ​ (a)   at pigs and hens and cows and sheep. He was especially tired of ​ (b)   to live in the same house as that ​ (c)   old grunion of a Grandma. Looking ​ (d)   her all by himself was hardly the most ​ (e)   way to spend a Saturday morning.

• staring
• having
• grizzly
• exciting
• after

Reorder the following

• ‘You can make me a nice cup of tea for a start,’

• Grandma said to George.

• ‘Yes, Grandma,’

• George said.

• ‘That’ll keep you out of mischief for a few minutes.’

George couldn’t help ​ (a)   Grandma. She was a selfish​ (b)   old woman. She had ​ (c)   brown teeth and a small ​ (d)   mouth like a dog’s ​ (e)   .

• disliking
• grumpy
• pale
• puckered-up
• bottom

Reorder the following

• ‘How much sugar in your tea today, Grandma?’

• George asked her.

• she said.

• ‘One spoon,’

• ‘And no milk.’

Most grandmothers are​ (a)   , kind, helpful old ladies, ​ (b)   not this one. She spent all day and every day sitting in her chair by the window, and she was always complaining, ​ (c)   , grouching, grumbling, ​ (d)   about something ​ (e)   other.

• lovely
• but
• grousing
• gripping
• or

Reorder the following

• Never once, even on her best days, had she smiled at

  George and

• said, ‘Well, how are you this morning, ___

• George?’ or ‘Why don’t

  you and I have a game of Snakes and Ladders?’

• She didn’t seem to care about other people, only about herself. She

  was a miserable old grouch.

• or ‘How was school

  today?’

George went into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar in it and no milk. He stirred the sugar well and carried the cup into the living-room.

Grandma sipped the tea. ‘It’s not sweet enough,’ she said. ‘Put more sugar in.’

George took the cup back to the kitchen and added another spoonful of sugar. He stirred it again and carried it carefully in to Grandma.

‘Where’s the saucer?’ she said. ‘I won’t have a cup without a saucer.’

George fetched her a saucer.

Which one is "stir" ?

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George went into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar in it and no milk. He stirred the sugar well and carried the cup into the living-room.

Grandma sipped the tea. ‘It’s not sweet enough,’ she said. ‘Put more sugar in.’

George took the cup back to the kitchen and added another spoonful of sugar. He stirred it again and carried it carefully in to Grandma.

‘Where’s the saucer?’ she said. ‘I won’t have a cup without a saucer.’

George fetched her a saucer.

Which one is "sip" ?

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