Joh lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him so he bought a smaller one in the next street. There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to take his furniture to the new house, John thought, 'I'm not going to let them carry my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they'll break it, and then mending it will be very expensive.' So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road in his arms.

It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have a rest.

Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for a few seconds. Then he said to John, 'You're a stupid man, aren't you? Why don't you buy a watch like everybody else?

A       Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?

1. John and his mother lived in a big house.
2. John bought a small house in the next street.
3. John had a beautiful new clock.
4. John and his friend carried the clock to his new house.
5. The clock was heavy.
6. John was a stupid man.

B     Answer these questions.

1. Why did John buy a smaller house?
2. Was it a long way from his old house?
3. Why did he not want to let the men carry his clock in their truck?
4. How did he take it to the new house?
5. What did he do two or three times on the way?
6. Why did he do this?
7. Who arrived then?
8. What did the boy say?

C     Put the right sentences under the right pictures.

1-He did not want the men to break it, so he carried it out of the house.

2-It was heavy, so he put it down in the road.

3-John and his mother lived in a big house.

4-John bought a smaller house.

5-The men came to take his furniture to it.

6-Then a small boy said, 'Why don't you buy a watch, stupid man!

7-Then his mother died.

8-There was a beautiful clock in John's house.