Mr. ad Mrs. Wilson and their children were going to begin their vacation one day, and they had to be at the airport at eleven forty A.M. "It'll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi," Mr. Wilson said, "so we all have to be ready by eleven o'clock. Nobody should be late."

At ten minutes to eleven they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs. Wilson, who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden enjoying the sun.

Her husband and children were very surprised that she wasn't in a hurry too, until the taxi arrived and Mrs. Wilson said to them, "Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all our clocks and watches ahead twenty minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly without worrying about being late."

A.    Answer these questions:

1. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their children have to be ready by eleven o'clock?
2. What were Mr. Wilson and the children doing at ten-fifty?
3. What was Mrs. Wilson doing?
4. How did her husband and children feel about this?
5. What had Mrs. Wilson done the night before?
6. Why had she done this?

B.   Do this puzzle:

Across:

6-Mr. Wilson and the children were _____ that Mrs. Wilson was not in a hurry too.

7-The Wilsons were going to Japan, which is in _______ Asia.

8-They were going to the air-port by _________.

10-their plane is __________.

13-The Wilsons had to go to one of the _______ outside of New York to catch their plane.

16-“ _____ did the Wilsons want to go in the morning?” To the airport”

17- The Wilsons are going to ______ a lot of Japanese food during their vacation.

Down:

1-“Were the children still ______ at nine-thirty?” “No, they were both awake.”

2-The youngest Wilson child is carrying a toy in his _______.

3-“Please ________ not to be late.” Mr. Wilson said.

4-Japan is part of East __________.

5-Mr Wilson never _________ that he is in a hurry: he always pretends that he has plenty of time.

9-Easier.

11-Mrs. Wilson ______ and said, “I moved the clocks and watches ahead.”

12-Mrs. Wilson sat in the _________ while the others ran around.

14-Mrs. Wilson often _________ in the garden when she has finished her work.

15-Last week I borrowed $5 from Mrs. Wilson and didn’t pay her back. Now I _________ her $5.

C.   Write this story, using words instead of the pictures.

The Wilson children had a vacation by the . They played at the foot of a cliff, and found a  in it. They found lots of  on the beach. Mr. Wilson went out in the boat every day. He rowed out to sea with a pair of , dropped his  and  with his new  and all kinds of .