What a nice old woman!
Reading A1
My name’s Daisy and I’m ten. Last holiday I wanted to see my grandma. She lives in a small village by the sea. I like it there because I can swim and play on the beach. I went to Grandma’s by bus.
First, I went with my mother to the bus stop at the end of our street. I caught the number 3 bus to the big bus station.
Examples
…………Daisy………… is ten.
Daisy’s grandmother’s house is in …………a small village………… that’s near the sea.
Questions
1 Daisy likes to on the beach.
2 Daisy got on a bus at the end of her .
3 The number 3 bus went to the .
Then I had to catch another bus – the number 20. But I was hungry. I went to a shop first to buy a chicken sandwich and some lemonade. When I came out, I saw the bus start. I ran and jumped on it. I sat next to an old woman who talked a lot! It was very hot and I went to sleep. When I woke up, I wasn’t in my grandmother’s village! I was in a big town!
4 Daisy bought a to eat because she was hungry.
5 The person next to Daisy on the bus was an .
6 Daisy slept because it was on the bus.
7 When Daisy woke up, the bus was in .
I was on the wrong bus! I was afraid. The old woman said, ‘What’s the matter?’ I told her my story. We got off the bus and she phoned my grandma. Then she bought me another bus ticket and took me to the right bus – the one that went to my grandma’s village.
‘Thank you very much!’ I said.
8 Daisy was afraid because she was on .
9 The old woman phoned .
10 The old woman got a for Daisy to go to the right village!