I. True/false:
The windows of the car were open.
The air conditioner wasn’t working.
Ed had gotten gas in a restaurant.
He needed to get to his destination by the next day.
Ed was going to an important appointment.
He still had 300 miles to go.
He increased his speed.
Ed’s car had a good engine.
II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.
He had about 300 more____________to go through the hot____________ that beat down on the______________of the car inercilessly.
Ed had stopped for_____________and filled up his gas_____________at the service______________that was next to the restaurant.
He knew that driving across the______________during the hottest part of the__________was a little_______________.
“A little______________isn’t going to stop me,” he_______________ to himself.
He squinted through his dark_______________at the sun which was almost straight_____________and pressed on the______________a little more to increase his______________________.
“It’ll get me____________in plenty of________________”.
III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.
windows rolled____________
_______________cool enough
__________________after Ed
get to his________________
___________________old car
like a___________________
may be__________________
IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.
How far did Ed have to go?
What happened to the air conditioner?
When did he have to get to his destination?
What was Ed going to?
What kind of motor did the car have?
Episode 29
B
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the clock on the deskboad, Howard could see that nearly an hour had
passed since Martha had gone into the store. “Just”, she had
said, “for a minute. I have to get a couple of things and I’ll be
right out”. If he hadn’t been used to Martha’s unkept promises,
Howard would have been angry. But many years of dealing with her
tardiness had made him almost accustomed to her tardy ways. But he
still was felling more and more impatient. There was a program on
television that he didn’t want to miss. His income tax form still
had to be completed before the deadline. And besides that, he was
getting hungry. He was approaching dinner time. He looked at his
watch again – nearly 55 minutes had passed: “What can be keeping
that women”, he murmured to himself. He started to honk the horn,
but then thought better of it and didn’t. Just as he was about to
get out of the car to go look for her, he saw Martha come out of one
of the big doors, her arms laden with packages. Howard breathed the
sigh of relief.
Exercises:
I. True/false:
Martha had been in the store almost an hour.
Howard was not accustomed to Martha’s tardiness.
He wanted to get home to fix dinner.
He honked the horn angrily.
He decided to go look for her.
II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.
By the_____________on the dashboard, Howard could see that______________an hour had passed since Martha had gone into the _______________.
I have to get a_________________of things and I’ll be right________________.
Many years of________________with her tardiness had made him almost____________to her tardy___________________.
His income tax_________________still had to be_______________before the__________.
He looked at his_______________again- nearly 55____________had passed!
He started to honk the____________, but then thought_______________of it and didn’t.
He saw Martha come out of one of the big____________, her arms laden with____________.
III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.
for a_________________
unkept_______________
more and more_________
want to_______________
____________that he was getting
____________that women
____________as he was about
sigh of_______________
IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.
Where had Martha gone?
Why was Howard impatient to get home?
How long had he been waiting?
Why didn’t he honk the horn?
What did Martha have in her arms?