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Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple tense: :

It was a bright, sunny day. My mum ________ (ask) me to go and see my grandma. My grandma lives by herself. That morning, she _______ (ring) my mum and asked for some bread and milk. She _______ (can) not get to the shop because she _______ (have) a bad leg from a fall. I _______ (say) OK and I agreed to take her a loaf of bread and a litre of milk. You have to go through a park to get to my grandma’s house. There is a lake in the park, a children’s play area and lots of picnic benches. I _______ (put) the bread and milk in my basket and I _______ (add) a packet of biscuits as my gran has a sweet tooth. I _______ (set) off and as I reached the park, I _______ (see) that it was very busy. There were people everywhere! Someone _______ (start) shouting something. I looked to my right. I noticed a lady at a bench. She shouted: ‘Anybody wanting an ice-cream, come here! ’ I _______ (think): ‘Wow, that’s nice! ’ I was pretty hot as it is quite a long walk, so I _______ (go) over and _______ (get) in the queue. As it _______ (come) to my turn, the ice-cream lady said: ‘I don’t recognise you. Who are you? Who is your teacher? ’ I looked around and I saw that all the others in line were little kids. It _______ (dawn) on me slowly and horribly that it was a school outing. The lady was kind; she _______ (laugh) and she said I could have an ice-cream, anyway. But I was so embarrassed, I said nothing. I just _______ (turn) and _______ (run). I _______ (tell) my gran the story when I arrived and she laughed so much! It really cheered her up. And she _______ (give) me a five-pound note. I _______ (buy) myself the biggest and best ice-cream Sundae on my way home. By Leanne.

What did Leanne’s mum ask her to do?

What foodstuffs did grandma need?

Say three things about the park.

What extra treat did Leanne put in the basket for grandma?

Which direction did Leanne look?

What was the lady offering?

Why did Leanne join the queue?

What did the lady ask Leanne?

What did Leanne realise?

How did she feel about what happened?

1. It was terrible weather. T/F 2. Leanne’s mum asked her to visit grandma. T/F 3. Grandma had a bad back. T/F 4. There is a park on the way to grandma’s house. T/F 5. A man was giving out ice-cream. T/F 6. Leanne got in the queue for an ice-cream. T/F 7. The others in the queue were old ladies. T/F 8. Leanne felt really embarrassed. T/F 9. She never told anyone about it. T/F 10. Her grandma gave her some money and she bought an ice-cream Sundae. T/F

Do the True or false exercise and then answer the questions in full sentences: :

What do you think? Was this really embarrassing, or just funny? Was Leanne rude (impolite) to. just run away? Have you ever been embarrassed in public? Say what happened. .

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