Mr. Grey was a biology professor, ad he had a big collection of extremely rare bones which he was very proud of. Then one year he managed to get a new and better job at another university. Because Mr. Grey was very busy, his wife made the arrangements for all their possessions to be taken in a moving van to their new home while he was away at work.

The following week three men started taking the things out of Mrs. Grey's house and loading them into the van, when one of them brought out a large wooden box. He was just about to throw it into the van with all the other things when Mrs. Grey ran out of her house and said, "Please treat that box very gently! That one has all of my husband's bones in it."

The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.

A    Answer these questions:

1. What kind of collection did Mr. Grey have?
2. What happened to Mr. Grey one year?
3. Why did some men come to take all of the Grey's possessions away?
4. What did one of the men take out of the house?
5. What was he going to do with the box?
6. What did Mrs. Grey say to the man?
7. What happened to the man when he heard this?

B       Which of these sentences are true? Write down the correct ones.

1. Mr. Grey had collected some bones which were very common.
2. Mr. Grey had collected a lot of bones which were very unusual.
3. He had to move to another town because he was very busy.
4. He had to move to another town because he was going to work there
5. Mrs. Grey watched three men while they took things out of her house and loaded them into a van.
6. Three men watched Mrs. Grey while she took things out of her house and loaded them into a van.
7. Mr. Grey's collection of bones were in a large wooden box.
8. Mrs. Grey kept her dead husband's bones in a large wooden box.
9. The man who was carrying the box was very surprised when Mrs. Grey said it contained her husband's bones.
10. The man who was carrying the box was very surprised when Mrs. Grey dropped the box on his feet.

C     Write the number of the correct sentence under each picture:

1-A moving van came to the door of Mr. Grey's house.

2-He was busy at his office.

3-He was going to throw it into the van.

4-Mr. Grey collected a lot of rare bones.

5-One of the men brought a big wooden box out of the house.

6-The man nearly dropped it on his feet.