Readign Comprehension

Stories for reading comprehension 1
L A Hill

LONGMAN

INTRODUCTION This is the first of a series of three books which have been written to replace my Comprehension and Precis Pieces, and Further Comprehension and Precis Pieces written with R. D. S. Fielden. In this series of reading comprehension passages, the vocabulary and structures are carefully graded. The grading follows that of theLongman Structural Readers. Book 1 of this series covers Stages 1 and 2 of those readers; Book 2 covers Stages 2 and 3; and Book 3, Stages 4 and 5. Words outside the grading are given at the end of each book. In this series, the comprehension questions contain no composition element; the students simply have to choose between alternatives which are supplied to them. The series also containsgrammatical exercises. The instructions for these sometimes contain words which are outside the grading. They are therefore more suitable for class than private use, unless the student has someone who can explain the difficult words. In a class, the teacher should explain such difficult words to the students before asking them to do an exercise. In nearly all the grammatical exercises, the student hasto choose between alternatives which he or she is given. L. A. Hill

Mr Jones's shop sold food. Mr Jones and a young man worked there. The young man's name was George. A man came into the shop on Monday. He was a funny man. Mr Jones was in the office. It was behind the shop. The funny man looked at George and said, "I want a small table, please." George said, "We don't sell tables in this shop.We sell food." The man smiled and answered, "A small, brown table." He took a picture out of his bag and showed it to George. It was a picture of a small, brown table. George put his mouth near the man's ear and said, "We do not have tables in this shop! Food! Not tables!" The man smiled and answered, "That's good. Thank you." Then he sat down on a chair and waited. George was not happy. He wentinto the office and spoke to Mr Jones. Then he and Mr Jones came out again. Mr Jones was angry. He looked at the man and said, "What do you want?" The man smiled and answered, "I want a loaf of brown bread, please. Haven't you got any bread in your shop?" Mr Jones said, "Yes, we have." He looked at George, and then he went and got a loaf of brown bread from a big box and gave it to the man. 3UNIT1

Exercise 1
Look at these questions. Find the right answers. Then write the questions and the answers: 1 Did Mr Jones work in George's shop? a) No, he didn't. b) Yes, he did. 2 Who worked in Mr Jones's shop? a) A funny man did. b) George did. 3 Did the shop sell tables, or food? a) It sold food. b) It sold tables. 4 Did the funny man ask George for some food? a) No, he didn't. b) Yes, hedid. 5 Did the funny man ask George for a table? a) No, he didn't. b) Yes, he did. 6 Did George show him a table? a) No, he didn't. b) Yes, he did. 7 Whose office did George go into then? a) Mr Jones's. b) The funny man's. 8 Did Mr Jones speak to the funny man? a) No, he didn't. b) Yes, he did. 9 Was Mr Jones happy, or angry? a) He was angry. b) He was happy. 10 Did the funny man ask Mr Jones fora table, or some food? a) A table. b) Some food.

Exercise 2
Write this story. Choose the right words each time: Mr Jones sold (food/tables and chairs) in his shop. His shop was (behind/in front of) his office. A (funny/young) man worked in the shop too. (A/The) funny man came into the shop on Monday; He asked (George/Mr Jones) for a (chair/table). Then he showed George a (picture of atable/table). George (did not sell/sold) the funny man a small, brown table. The funny man (smiled/was not happy). He sat down and (waited/was angry). Then (George/the funny man) brought Mr Jones out of the (office/shop). Mr Jones (smiled/was not happy). The funny man asked him for a (loaf of brown bread/small, brown table), and Mr Jones gave (him a big box/it to him).
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