NARRATIVE FOR XI

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• XI G
• XI H

Read the line below! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship.

Where does the story happen?

• an old story home
• in Newark
• in New York
• on the corner
• last summer

Read the line carefully! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship.

Who were involved in the story?

• me
• me and my neighbor
• the author and his neighbor
• the author and Joe Perez
• nobody

Take a look the line below! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship. Which is the statement below that CORRECT based on the text?

• the story teller lived with his parent
• I am a good person and friendly
• All the neighbors are retired people with perfect front yards
• Joe Perez is one of retirees who lives next to the story teller
• Joe Perez lives on the corner on summer only

Read it carefully! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship. At the start of the summer, Joe and I didn't hit it off too well. He was very picky about his yard. Every morning he was doing something to make the lawn look better. If we goofed around and stepped on his grass, Joe would yell at us from his front porch. How do you explain the beginning of the story?

• They didn't know each other very well at first
• They wave a hand anytime they met in the neighborhood
• Me and Joe Perez were a good mate from the beginning
• Me and Joe Perez take a whole season to be getting to know each other better
• It takes us one summer to know each other better

Read the paragraph below! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship. At the start of the summer, Joe and I didn't hit it off too well. He was very picky about his yard. Every morning he was doing something to make the lawn look better. If we goofed around and stepped on his grass, Joe would yell at us from his front porch. Why did the writer can't get along with Joe Perez at first?

• The writer is too busy in writing novel
• The writer is introvert person the whole time
• The writer thought that Joe Perez isn't a good person
• The writer consider Joe Perez as an enemy
• The writer is a glad that Joe Perez is a picky person

Read the paragraph below! Getting to Know Joe I live in an old two-story home in Newark. My neighbors are mostly retired people with perfect front yards. One of the retirees, Joe Perez, lives on the corner. Because of our time together last summer, he and I have built a special relationship. At the start of the summer, Joe and I didn't hit it off too well. He was very picky about his yard. Every morning he was doing something to make the lawn look better. If we goofed around and stepped on his grass, Joe would yell at us from his front porch. Why did Joe Perez yell at the people from his front porch?

• He wanted to make the lawn look better
• He kept the yard look perfect
• He was afraid that his yard would mess up
• He was a picky person
• He is just an old man

Take a deep look to the line provided! Through mid-July his yard was perfect, but then I noticed some changes. I didn't see Joe outside as much. His grass was getting brown and shaggy, and some weeds were growing in his flower beds. It wasn't like Joe to let things go. I didn't dwell on it, but when I walked by his place, I wondered why he wasn't taking care of his yard. When did the writer find something strange?

• Through mid-July
• before mid-July
• after mid-July
• in the mid-July
• doesn't mention in the text

Take a deep look to the line provided! Through mid-July his yard was perfect, but then I noticed some changes. I didn't see Joe outside as much. His grass was getting brown and shaggy, and some weeds were growing in his flower beds. It wasn't like Joe to let things go. I didn't dwell on it, but when I walked by his place, I wondered why he wasn't taking care of his yard. Which statement is WRONG based on the line provided?

• Through mid-July his yard was perfect, but some changes happen short after that
• Through mid-July his yard wasn't any problem, but then I noticed some changes
• Through mid-July his yard was perfect, but then I noticed something unusual
• Joe didn't go outside as much as before
• Joe kept the yard as perfect as through mid July