Nº 1 Ladie's Detective Agency

CHAPTER 1-2

WHILE YOU READ

· Number these in the correct order, from 1 to 8.

1. She marries Note Makoti.
2. Precious Ramotswe moves to Gaborone.
3. She loses her baby.
4. Her father returns from the mines.
5. Her father dies.
6. She does get first piece of detective work.
7. She opens the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
8. She solves Happy Bapetsi’s problem.

AFTER YOU READ

·Answer these questions.

1. Who helped Precious alter her mother died?
She was helped by her father’s cousin.
2. What was Precious’ first job?
In the Buses Company
3. Why did Precious decide to marry Note?
Because even if he wasn’t a good man, she thought she could change him and because she felt that Note’s child was deep inside her.
4. Why did Precious’s father dies?
Because he haddust from the mines in his body and became ill.
5. What did he leave her alter he died?
He left her one hundred and eighty fine cattle.
6. Why does Happy Bapetsi say that she has been lucky in her life?
Because she was an intelligent woman and had few worries in her life before this man came.

CHAPTER 3-4

WHILE YOU READ

· Who says these words? Who are they talking to?

1. ‘A woman seesmore than a man’ The lawyer to Mma Ramotswe
2. ‘Another woman, perhaps?’ Mma Ramotswe to Mma Malatsi
3. ‘Are you a policeman?’ Reverend Shadreck to Mma Ramotswe
4. ‘But I have lots to do’ Mma Malatsi to Mma Ramotswe
5. ‘We can’t help that poor man’ Mma Makutsi to Mma Ramotswe
6. ‘A witchdoctor has taken him’ Mr JLB Maketoni to Mma Ramotswe

AFTER YOU READ

· Find the correct descriptionof each of these people.

Mma Makutsi: an excellent secretary
Reverend Shadreck: the head of a Christian group
Mma Malatsi: the wife of a missing man
Mr JLB Matekoni: the owner of a car repair business
Ernest Molai Pakotati: the father of a missing boy

· Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct the mistakes.

1. The No. 1 Ladie’s Detective Agency is in Zebra Drive. Wrong, what it’s inZebra Drive is Mma Ramotswe’s house.
2. Mma Ramotswe receives a letter about a messing husband. Right
3. Peter Malatsi was eaten by a crocodile. Right
4. The boy is the teacher’s only child. Wrong, he has two daughter too.
5. Mr JLB Matekoni owns a garage in Mochudi. Wrong, the garage is in Gaborone.
6. He thinks that the boy is alive. Wrong, he thinks he is dead by a witchdoctor.

·Answer these questions.

1. What did Mma Ramotswe’s lawyer think of her Business idea?
He thinks that is easy to lose money in business but he agrees that women see more than men.
2. How did Mma Ramotswe find a secretary?
She telephoned the Botswana College of Secretarial and Office Skills.
3. Why didn’t the Reverend Mapeli go to the police?
Because he thought he could go to court.
4. How doesMma Ramotswe solve the problema of the missing man?
She killed a crocodile and cut its stomach, where she found the man’s watch.
5. What does she find inside the crocodile that makes her sure?
His watch.
6. Why are the police afraid to look for the missing boy? What does Mr JLB Matekoni think?
Because they think he’s dead. He think he was killed by a withdoctor to use his body for medicinefor a rich man.

CHAPTERS 5-6

WHILE YOU READ

· Who:

…goes to an expensive private school? Nandira
…is trying to protect his daughter? Mr Patel
…lies to Mma Ramotswe? Nandira
…is introduced to Mma Ramotswe a year later? Jack
…wants to protect her husband? Mma Pekwane
…is a South African policeman? Billy Pilani
…steals the stolen car from Mr Pekwane? Mma Ramotswe
…asks Mma Ramotsweto marry him? Mr JLB Matekoni

AFTER YOU READ

· Choose the correct answer.

1. Mr Patel’s family is from India
2. Nandira goes into the bookshop with her friend.
3. She knows that Mma Ramotswe is following her.
4. Mma Ramotswe reads a book about snakes.
5. Mma Ramotswe meets Jack at a hotel.
6. Mma Pekwane is sure that her husband’s car is stolen.
7. The car was stolen in South...