Johnny was nine years old, and he was a very bad boy, but his mother always hoped that he would behave better. Then one I6PMhL]6Nb!A day, after he had come home from school, Johnny's teacher called his mother on the phone and said, “Did you know, Mrs. Perkins, that Johnny saved another boy when he fell into the river while we were out for a walk this morning?"

Mrs. Perkins was very happy when she heard this. She thought, "Johnny's becoming a good boy." Then she turned to him and said, "That was your teacher. Why didn't you tell me you had been such a brave boy and saved one of your friends when he fell into the river this morning?"

But Johnny did not look very happy when he heard this. His face became very red, and he said, "Well, I really had to pull him out, because I pushed him in."

A.   Answer these questions:

1. What kind of boy was Johnny?
2. What did Mrs. Perkins hope?
3. What did Johnny's teacher tell his mother?
4. What did his mother think then?
5. What did she say to Johnny?
6. What did he answer?

B.   Write these sentences. Put how, what, when, where, or which in each blank space.

1. Mrs. Perkins wanted Johnny to learn …………to behave well.
2. She tried to teach him…………. to do when he wanted something.
3. She also tried to teach him………….. to be quiet because other people wanted to rest.
4. She taught him to buy things for her, and showed him ……………of the stores to go to for each thing.
5. He soon knew …………….. to go to find everything he wanted.
6. His mother also taught him ……….. to do if he needed help, and to…………………  go while she was away.

C.   Draw lines from the words on the left to the correct words on the right. Then write out the five correct sentences.

1. Another student                                                a. all went for a walk by the river.

2. Johnny                                                               b. called his mother on the phone.

3. Johnny's class                                                    c. pulled a boy out of the river.

4. Johnny's mother                                                d. wanted him to become a good boy.

5. Johnny's teacher                                                e. was pushed into the river.