Read the text:
Mr and Mrs Brown had two daughters and two sons. Both the
daughters married, and then both the sons married too. Soon
Mr and Mrs Brown had a granddaughter, and then they had
two grandsons. They were very happy.
Then one of their daughters had another baby, and she telephoned
her mother, "Please come and help with your new
granddaughter." Mrs Brown went quickly, but Mr Brown
stayed at home, because he was nearer his job there. But he
said, "I'll come on Friday evening, and I'll stay till Monday
morning."
On Friday evening, after work, Mr Brown got into a train.
He was very happy. "I'm going to see my new granddaughter
now," he said.
There were three empty places in the train. There was an old
man beside one empty place, and Mr Brown went to him and
said nicely, "Are you a grandfather?"
"Yes," the man answered, "I have three granddaughters."
Mr Brown went to the second empty place. There was a nice
woman beside that. Mr Brown said to her, "Are you a
grandmother?"
The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters and
two grandsons."
Mr Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man
beside that, and Mr Brown said to him, "And are you a
grandfather?"
"No, I'm not," the man answered.
Mr Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good." He sat
down in the empty place and said to the man kindly, "Now
I'll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons."
Exercise 1
Look at these questions. Find the right answers. Then write the
questions and the answers:
1 Did Mr and Mrs Brown have any children?
a) Yes, they had four. b) Yes, they had two.
2 Did their children marry?
a) No, they did not. b) Yes, all of them did. c) Yes,
two of them did.
3 How many granddaughters did Mr and Mrs Brown have?
a) One. b) Two.
4 Did they have any grandsons?
a) No, they did not. b) Yes, they had two.
5 Who went and helped their daughter with her new baby?
a) Mr Brown did. b) Mrs Brown did.
6 Did Mr Brown go with his wife?
a) No, he did not. b) Yes, he did.
7 Why?
a) Because he was ill.
b) Because he had a job near his home.
8 When did Mr Brown go to his daughter's house?
a) On Friday evening. b) On Monday morning.
9 How did he go?
a) In a train. b) In his car.
10 What did he do all the time in the train?
a) He talked about his granddaughters and grandsons.
b) He listened to stories about other people's granddaughters
and grandsons.
Exercise 2
Write this story. Choose the right words each time:
Mr and Mrs Brown (did not have any/had two) daughters,
(and/but) they (did not have any/had two) sons. Mr and Mrs
Brown's children (did not have any/had some) children too. Mrs
Brown (did not help/helped) one of her (daughters/sons) with
(her/his) new baby. She went to her (daughter's/son's) house
(with/without) her husband, because his job was (near/not near)
the (daughter's/son's) house. Mr Brown (did not work/worked) on
Saturday and Sunday, so he (did not go/went) to stay with his
(daughter/son) then. He went in a train, and (did not sit/sat) beside
another (grandfather/grandmother), because he only wanted
to talk about (her/his) granddaughters and grandsons.
Exercise 3
Choose the right word each time:
1 This is a (slow/slowly) train.
It goes very (slow/slowly).
3 The baby is (hungrily/hungry).
It is eating (hungrily/hungry).
To change an adjective into an adverb, we usually add ly
(e.g. slow, slowly).
2 Mr Brown is (happily/happy). her
daughter must be
He is smiling (happily/happy).
4 Mrs Brown and
(quiet/quietly).
They are
talking (quiet/quietly).
