Good Teacher

Jeff sat down. He was in class. He was at school. He was in English class. He liked his English class. He liked his teacher. His teacher was friendly. His teacher helped all the students. His teacher answered everyone's questions. Jeff asked a new question every day. Yesterday he asked his teacher a spelling question. He asked his teacher how to spell "myself." His teacher told him how to spell it. Jeff thanked his teacher. His teacher said, "You're welcome. Ask me anything anytime. That's what I'm here for, to help you

Clean Hands

Elizabeth washes her hands every day. She likes to wash her hands. She washes her hands with soap and water. She uses soap and water to wash her hands. She uses warm water and soap. She washes her hands for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds she stops washing her hands. She turns off the water. She dries her hands on a clean towel. Every few hours she turns on the water and washes her hands. Elizabeth has very clean hands. She does not have many germs on her hands. Germs cannot live on her clean hands

A Good Meal

The children were hungry. They looked out the window. Where was their mother? She walked into the house. The children ran over to her. "Mama, we're so hungry," they both said. She said lunch was coming. She walked into the kitchen. She opened a can of chicken soup. She poured the soup into a pot. She added water. She put the pot on the stove. She made two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She sliced an apple. The soup was hot. She poured it into two bowls. She put the sandwiches on two plates. She put apple slices on each plate. She put the bowls and plates on the table. The children ran to the table. "Thank you, mommy!" they said. Then they started eating. The cat and the dog watched them eat

The Two Goats

Over a river there was a very narrow bridge. One day a goat was crossing this bridge. Just at the middle of the bridge he met another goat. There was no room for them to pass. "Go back," said one goat to the other, "there is no room for both of us

The Fox and the Stork

At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began. "I am sorry," said the Fox, "the soup is not to your liking."
"Pray do not apologise," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon." So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar.
"I will not apologise for the dinner," said the Stork:

"One bad turn deserves another."

The Goose With the Golden Eggs

One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing

The Peacock's Complaint

A peacock was very unhappy with his ugly voice, and he spent most of his days complaining about it.
"It is true that you cannot sing," said the fox, "But look how beautiful you are!"
"Oh, but what good is all this beauty," moaned the dishearten bird, "with such an unpleasant voice!"
"Oh hear," said the fox, "Each one has it's special gift. You have such beauty, the nightingale has his song, the owl has his eyes, and the eagle his strength. Even if you had a eloquent voice, you would still complain about another thing."

Do not envy the gifts of others. Make the most of your own

Two frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them
fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit
was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The
two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit
with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop,
that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took
heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down
and died.


The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again,
the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He
jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the
other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to
them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the
entire time.


This story teaches two lessons:


1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging
word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it
through the day.


2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes
to kill them.


Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your
path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand
that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak
words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in
difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time
to encourage another.

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Happy Endings

A Very Bad Cold

Mina has a very bad cold today

Her nose is red

She coughs and coughs

"I will take you to the doctor," her dad says

Then the doctor looks into her ears

The doctor said, "Open your mouth

Mina coughs and coughs

"You have a very bad cold," says the doctor

"I will give you a shot," he says

"Mina must go home and rest," the doctor tells Mina's dad

Mina rests and rests

She begins to feel a little better

She stops coughing

"My very bad cold is gone," says Mina

"Now we can go outside and play," says Mina

"No," says her dad. "Now I have a very bad cold!"

When Mary Smith was a student, she always wanted to become a teacher, because she liked children. When she was twenty-one years old, she began teaching in a small school. She was a good teacher, and she laughed a lot with the children in her class. They enjoyed her teaching.
One day one of the girls in her class said to her, " Miss Smith,why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
Mary laughed and answered, "I don't know, Helen. why does it become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
" I don't know either, Miss Smith," answered Helen, "but it happened to my father." The other children in the class laughed when they heard this.
Then one of the boys said, " I know, Miss Smith! Men's hair becomes gray first because it's sixteen years older than their mustaches and beards."

A. Answer these questions:1-Why did Mary want to be a teacher?

2-Why did her students enjoy her teaching?

3-What did Helen ask her?

4-Did Mary know the answer?

5-What did Helen say then?

6-And what did one of the boys say?


B. Write these sentences. Choose the correct word for each blank space.1-..................(My-Mine ) father has a beard, and....................(your-yours ) has a mustache.

2-.........( your-yours ) father has a black mustache, and (mine-my ) has a brown beard.

3- Mary and John have an uncle. ........( Her- Hers) doesn't have a beard or a mustache.

4- We have beards, and so do our friends, but ..............(our-ours) beards are long and ........(their- theirs) are short.

5- We have mustaches, and so do our friends, but.......(their- theirs ) mustaches are big and .....(our- ours) are small

Mr. Jones moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor, so he went to see one. He sat in the waiting room and looked around. The doctor's degrees were on the wall. Suddenly Mr. Jones remembered: there had been a student with the same name in his class at school, and he had become a doctor!
He went to see the doctor, remembering a young, handsome student, and was sad to see how old and heavy and grey this man looked. However, he said to him, "Good morning, Doctor. Did you go to Middletown High School?"
The doctor answered, "Yes, I did."
"Were you there from 1942 to 1946?" Mr. Jones asked.
"Yes, I was ,"  the doctor answered. "How did you know?"
Mr.Jones laughed and said, " You were in my class!"
"oh?" the doctor said, looking at him carefully for a few moments. " What were you teaching?"


A. Answer these questions:

1- Why did Mr. Jones go to a new doctor?

2-What did he see on the walls of the waiting room?

3- What did Mr. Jones remember?

4-What were the two questions that Mr. Jones asked the doctor?

5-How did Mr. Jones know that the doctor had been at that school during those years?

6- What did the doctor think?


B. What words in the story mean the same as:

1- before long
2-beautiful
3- fat
4- not happy
5- seconds
6- with care

Mr. Clark worked in an office, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, "I'm going to go and see Dr. Martin about this."
He waited in the doctor's waiting-room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, " You can go and see Dr. Martin now."
Mr.Clark hurried into Dr. Martin's office, and the doctor said, "Please sit down, Mr. Clark, What can I do for you?"
"Oh,doctor," said Mr. Clark, "it's terrible. I can't remember anything for longer than half a minute, and its making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?"
The doctor said, " When did this start, Mr. Clark?"
"When did what start?" Mr. Clark asked.

A. Answer these questions:1- Where did Mr. Clark work?
2-What happened to him?
3-What did he say to himself?
4-What did he say to the doctor?
5-What did the doctor ask him?
6-What did Mr. Clark answer?

B. Write these sentencees. Choose the correct word for each blank spac.1-Mr.Clark's work was not..........{easy-easily}, but he did it quite ............{easy-easily} until he was older.

2- Sometimes Mr. Clark's head hurt..............{terrible-terribly}. He had a ............... {terrible-terribly} headache.

3-He tried ..........{hard-hardly}, but he ........... {hard-hardly}  remember anything, and that was very .............{hard-hardly} for him.

4-He went to see the doctor and waited ...........{{quiet-quietly} in the waiting room

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lived in a big crowded city, and one summer they took a vacation in the country. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place and very different from the city.
One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting alone in the warm sun outside his front door. Mr. Wilson asked him, " Do you like living in such a quiet place?"
The old man said, "Yes, I do."
Mr. Wilson said, " What are the good things about it?"
The old man answered, "Well, everybody knows everybody else. People often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also lots of children here."
Mr. Wilson said, " That's interesting. And what are the bad things?"
The old man thought for a minute and then said, "Well, the same things, really."

A. Answer these questions:

1-Where did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson live?
2- Where did they take their vacation?
3-Why did they enjoy it?
4-Who did they meet one day?
5-What were the good things about living in the country?
6-What were the bad things?

B. Which words in the story mean the same as:

1- full of people
2-liked
3-not dirty
4- not noisy
5- not the same
6- with nobody else

C. Write this story. Choose the correct word for each blank space.Cars..........(do-make-put) a lot of noise in the city. When you've ..........(done-made-put) your work, it.......(does-makes-puts) you a lot of good to ..........(do-make-put)  on your hat and coat, go out into the country and get away from the city.
Some people..........(do-make-put) a camp in a quiet place. They...........(do-make-put) their tent up,   ..........(do-make-put) a fire and ............(do-make-put)  all their cooking on it. It is very important to .........(do-make-put)  a fire out before you go away.  Don't .........(do-make-put) a mistake and leave it burning, or it will start a forest fire

Mike was a small boy, and he hated soap and water. Three or four times every day his mother said to him, " Mike, your hands are very dirty again. Go and wash them." But Mike never really washed them well. He only put his hands in the water for a few seconds and then took them out again.
Mike's uncle and aunt lived in another city. One day they came to stay with Mike's parents, and they brought their small son, Ted, with them. Ted was a year younger than Mike, and he didn't like soap and water, either.
The boys sat with their parents for a few minutes, but then they went outside. When they were alone, Mike looked at Ted's hands and then said proudly, " My hands are dirtier than yours! "
" Of course they are, " Ted answered angrily. "You 're a year older than I am."

A . Answer these questions:

1-What did Mike do when his mother said, "Go and wash your hands"?
2-Who visited Mike's parents one day?
3-Who did they bring with them?
4- What did Mike do when the two boys were alone?
5- What did he say to Ted?
6- What did Ted answer?

B. Which of these sentences are correct? Write down the correct ones.

1- Mike did not like washing.
2- When his mother sent him to wash his hands, he washed them carefully.
3-His uncle and aunt lived near him.
4- Ted's father was Mike's uncle.
5- Mike's mother was Ted's uncle.
6- Mike was younger than Ted
7- Ted did not like washing.
8- Ted's hands were dirtier than Mike's
9- Mike's hands were dirtier than Ted's

Jimmy lived in the country, and he loved playing in a very shallow river near his house; but then his father got a job in a big city, and he moved there with his family.
Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small. Jimmy wasn't very happy.
" Is there a river near here?" he asked his mother on the first morning.
His mother answered, "No,there isn't, but there is a beautiful park near here, Jimmy, and there's a pool in it. We'll go there this afternoon." Then Jimmy was happy.
After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park. Jimmy wanted to walk near the pool, but there was a sign in front of it. His mother read it to him: "WARNING: This pool is dangerous. 367 people have fallen into it. " Jimmy looked into the pool carefully. Then he said, "I can't see them."


A. Answer these questions:

 1-Where did Jimmy play in the country?
2-Why wasn't he happy in the city?
3-What did he ask his mother?
4-What did she answer?
5- What did the sign in front of the pool say?
6-What did Jimmy say when his mother read the sign to him

Molly was the only little girl on her street, but when she

 was eight years old, another girl came to live in the

 house opposite hers. The new girl was eight years old

 too, and her name was Joan. Joan had two brothers. She

 didn't go to the same school as Molly, but they soon

 began to play together after school.

One day Joan came home, had her milk and cookies,

 and then went to Molly's house. She said to her friend, "

 Hi, Molly.Will you come to my house to play? I've got a

 nice new game."

Molly answered, " I'm sorry, Joan, but my mother won't

 let me play with you today, because your brother

George has a bad cold, and she doesn't want me to get

 it, too. "
"Oh, that's all right, Molly, " Joan answered quickly. "

 George isn't really my brother. He's my step-brother."

A. Answer these questions:

1- When did Joan come to live on the same street as Molly?

2-Did Molly and Joan play together at school?

3-When did they play together?

4-Who was George?

5-Why didn't Molly's mother want her to play with Joan one day?

6-What did Joan say when Molly told her this?


B. Which words in the story mean the opposite of :

1-big

2-different

3-alone

4-old

5-slowly