Mrs. Stephens lived in a small village, and she had five children. She always had a lot of work. The children went to different schools, and Mrs. Stephens took them there in the morning in her car. Then she bought food at the village shop, and then she went home and cleaned the house, washed the clothes and made cakes or other things.
In the afternoon she drove back to the children’s schools and brought them home, and then she cooked their evening meal. Every evening she was very tired.
One morning she was in the village shop, and she saw a small notice there. It said, ‘I do cleaning for £1.50 an hour.
Telephone Miss Joan Brown, 7508. Mrs. Stephens looked around the shop. ‘Nobody’s looking,’ she said. ‘ That’s good.’
Then she took her pen out of her bag and wrote under the notice, ‘I do cleaning for nothing. Don’t telephone me!’
A. Answer these questions.
- Why did Mrs. Stephens always have a lot of work?
- What did she see in the village shop one morning?
- What did the notice say?
- What did Mrs. Stephens say?
- And what did she write?
B. Which of the answers to these questions are right? Write the correct answers down.
- Did Mrs. Stephens work hard?
a. No, she didn’t.
b. Yes, she did. - Who took the children to school?
a. Mr. Stephens.
b. Mrs. Stephens. - Who cleaned Mrs. Stephens’s house?
a. Miss Joan Brown.
b. Mrs. Stephens. - What did Miss Brown want?
a. Work.
b. A telephone. - How much money did Mrs. Stephens get for cleaning?
a. Nothing.
b. £1.50 an hour.
