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 in 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 sentences. Choose the correct word under each blank space.

1. Mr. Clark's work was not (easily, easy) ________, but he did it quite (easily, easy) 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) ________ remembered anything, and that was very (hard, hardly) _________ for him.

4. He went to see the doctor and waited (quiet quietly) _________ in the waiting-room.

5. Dr. Martin was a (polite politely) __________ man. He spoke to Mr. Clark (polite politely) ________.

C       Write this story. Put one of these words in each blank space:

difficult  doctor  forget help hurried  office  patients  remember  terrible  waiting-room

A busy doctor had a lot of _______, and one was a rich lady. She was always coming to his ________ to see him, and spent hours in his ______ every week, but when he sent her his bills, she didn't _____ to pay them.

One day he met her on the street, and she said, "Please ___________ me, Doctor. I've got a _________ headache, and it's making my shopping very _______.”

"All right," the __________ said. "Close your eyes and count to one hundred. And don't ________ to keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them."

The woman did this, and the doctor _______ away quietly. The woman never came to see him again, nor did she ever pay her bill.