Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER IV

Elizabeth paused for breath at the top of the third flight of stairs. She leaned against the iron balustrade.

"You poor dear!" she exclaimed. "How many times a day did you have to do this?"

"I didn't go out very often," he reminded her, "and it wasn't every day that the lift was out of order. It's only one more flight."

She looked up the stairs, sighed, and raised her smart, grey, tailor-made skirt a little higher over her shoes.

"Well," she announced heroically, "lead on. If they would sometimes dust these steps--but, after all, it doesn't matter to you now, does it? Fancy that poor girl, though."

He smiled a little grimly.

"A few flights of stairs aren't the worst things she has had to face, I'm afraid," he said.

"I am rather terrified of her," Elizabeth confided, supporting herself by her companion's shoulder. "I think I know that ultra-independent type. Kick me if I put my foot in it. Is this the door?"

Philip nodded and knocked softly. There was a sharp "Come in!"

"Put the key down, please," the figure at the typewriter said, as they entered.

The words had scarcely left Martha's lips before she turned around, conscious of some other influence in the room. Philip stepped forward.

"Miss Grimes," he said, "I have brought Miss Dalstan in to see you. She wants--"

He paused. Something in the stony expression of the girl who had risen to her feet and stood now facing them, her ashen paleness unrelieved by any note of colour, her hands hanging in front of her patched and shabby frock, seemed to check the words upon his lips. Her voice was low but not soft. It seemed to create at once an atmosphere of anger and resentment.
1. Did Elizabeth need to pause for breath?
2. Where?
3. What's it made of?
4. Who's she with?
5. Is she used to physical exertion?
6. What's she wearing on her legs?
7. Was it made just for her?
8. What color is it?
9. Why are they having to climb the stairs, today?
10. How many flights of stairs are there in total?
11. What does Elizabeth wish someone would do to the steps?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. top of the third flight of stairs
3. iron balustrade
4. Philip
5. No
6. skirt
7. Yes
8. grey
9. the lift was out of order.
10. Four
11. dust these steps

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
John woke up. It was Tuesday, and he was at home. He was still sleepy, but his alarm clock was ringing and he knew he had to be on time for school. He wished it were Saturday or Sunday. He yawned, got out of bed, and put on his slippers. Then, he walked to the bathroom, where he brushed his teeth and washed his face. Still in his pajamas, he went down to the kitchen. His mother, Sylvia, greeted him with a glass of orange juice and a big bowl of cereal. He was still kind of sleepy, but he drank his juice and ate his cereal.

When John was done with his breakfast, he went upstairs and got his school clothes on. Then it was time to catch the bus to school. John hated the bus, because he was quiet and the bus was always loud. Plus there was always some kid who thought it was funny to make gross jokes or say bad words.

Today, John was ready for the bus. With the sandwich and potato chips in his lunchbox, he had some cake he had made yesterday. He had used salt to make the cake instead of sugar. He knew it tasted horrible, and he was going to give a piece of cake to the first person who was bad on the bus, and he didn't even care if he got in trouble. His friends Anne, Margaret, and Charlotte were in on it, too. He sat in the house, a little excited, eating an apple and waiting until it was time to leave the house. It was time! He put on his shoes and left.
1. What day was it?
2. Who woke up?
3. Where was he?
4. What did he have to be on time for?
5. What did he wish?
6. What did he do third?
7. What did he do next?
8. What was he wearing?
9. Did he go downstairs?
10. Who gave him a drink?
11. How did he feel?
12. Where did he have to go afterwards?
13. Why did he hate the ride?
14. Anything else?
15. How many things did he have in his lunch box?
16. How did the planned trick have him feeling?
17. What did he eat last?

Numbered answers:
1. Tuesday
2. John
3. home
4. school
5. weekend
6. slippers
7. bathroom
8. pajamas
9. yes
10. mother
11. sleepy
12. school
13. loud
14. bad words
15. three
16. excited
17. apple

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Hannah was so sad! If she had one wish, it would be that she was well enough to go outside and play. The storm last night had brought a lot of snow, she could see it through the window. The snow caused everything to twinkle and shine, like it was colored with a marker made of glitter. What a way to start Christmas break, with the flu making her stuck on the sofa under a blanket. Hannah's brother was getting ready to go outside and enjoy the snow. He put on his jacket and put her hat on his head. He had to wiggle his gloves out of his pocket, but he was nice and warm. From the sofa, Hannah watched her brother play in the snow with his friends and throw snowballs. Her brother tossed a stone at the pond and it broke through the ice with a splash.
1. Who is sad?
2. Is she an only child?
3. What siblings does she have?
4. What does she wish to do?
5. What makes outside fun today?
6. When did it come in?
7. What did her brother put on?
8. What did those make him?
9. What did he do?
Numbered answers:
1. Hannah.
2. No.
3. A brother.
4. To be well enough to go outside and play.
5. Snow.
6. Last night.
7. His jacket and her hat.
8. Nice and warm.
9. Played in the snow with his friends and threw snowballs and tossed a stone at the pond.