Exercise 2

Write this story. Choose the right words each time:

Mrs Robinson (did not have/had) a husband. Then (he/she) died.

Mrs Robinson had (a son/a wife and a child). She (did not

want/wanted) to live with (him/them), because she (liked/did not

like) her little house. One morning (her son's wife/Mrs Robinson)

telephoned (her/her son/him). She wanted to see (her/him) at

(her/his) house. Mrs Robinson's son went there quickly

(after/before) his work. He spoke to his mother quietly, because

(he heard noises/there was a thief) in one of her cupboards. The

thief had stayed in the cupboard all night because (Mrs Robinson

nailed the door up/it was late).

While Bill was still at school, he used to earn some money by

delivering newspapers, but when he left school, he was ready

to get himself a proper job. "I'll work in a bank," he said to

himself, "because my uncle has always worked in one."

He went to his aunt and said, "I think that the work is easy.

Uncle Bob can do it, so I can." His aunt smiled, but did not say

anything.

When Bill's uncle came home that evening, his wife told him

that Bill wanted to work in a bank, and his uncle said, "That's

a good idea, but there are no jobs in my bank just now."

So Bill went to several other banks and asked for a job, and

In the end he got one. "You may work here for a month," the

manager said, "and if you're good enough, you can stay after

that. You'll work with Mr Unwin for the first month. He'll take

you round and train you, and report to me about you."

Mr Unwin was one of the other clerks in the bank, and he

had been there for many years. He took Bill round the bank,

and Bill learned a lot of things from him. Some of these lessons

were not easy.

Then one day Mr Unwin gave Bill some one pound notes.

"Count these," he ordered him. "There ought to be one

hundred there. If there aren't, tell me. And try not to make any

mistakes."

Bill sat down by Mr Unwin and began to count the notes. But

he was lazy, and when he had counted half of them, he became

tired. "Fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three," he said, and then he

stopped, looked at Mr Unwin and pointed at the notes.

"Well," he said, "if they're correct up to here, they'll all be

correct, won't they?"

Exercise 1

Look at these questions. Find the right answers. Then write the

questions and the answers:

1 Did Bill do any work before he left school?

a) No, he did not. b) Yes, he delivered newspapers.

c) Yes, he worked in a bank.

2 Who in his family worked in a bank?

a) His aunt. b) His father. c) His uncle.

3 Did Bill get a job in the same bank?

a) No, he did not. b) Yes, he did.

4 Why?

a) Because the work was not easy.

b) Because there were no jobs there.

5 For how much time did he have to work before he could stay?

a) For many years. b) For one month.

6 Who had to train him?

a) Mr Unwin. b) The manager.

7 What other things did Mr Unwin have to do?

a) He had to learn a lot of things from Bill.

b) He had to report about him.

8 How did Bill find the things which he had to learn?

a) He found them easy. b) He found some of them hard.

c) He found them all hard.

9 Why did he have to count some one pound notes one day?

a) To be certain that there were one hundred.

b) To try not to make any mistakes.

10 Was he right when he said, "If they're correct up to here, they'll all be correct."?

a) No, he was not. b) Yes, he was.