Answer the questions in full sentences: .

I work at an office in town. I usually take my lunch to work with me – a sandwich and an apple, or a piece of cheese and a few crackers. Last week, a hotdog stall parked just beneath my office window. The smell of fried onions wafted up through the open window. Oh boy, it smelled good! That day, I had a cucumber sandwich on white sliced bread for my lunch. I took it out of my lunchbox and it was soft and soggy. It didn’t look very nice. I thought to myself, ‘Do you know what, I am not eating this. I am going to have a hotdog! ’ I went down and ordered one, with onions, mustard and ketchup. There is a park just next to my office, so I went there. I was just about to take my first delicious bite when I tripped over a kerb. I clenched my hotdog, but the sausage flew out of the bun – straight onto a little old man who was sitting on a park bench. He was just minding his own business, reading his newspaper. Next thing he knew, a flying sausage hit him and there was ketchup and mustard all down his T-shirt! I apologised profusely and gave him some tissue out of my bag. He quickly cleaned himself up. Happily, he saw the funny side and he laughed. A passing seagull swooped down, grabbed my sausage and flew off with it. I thought to myself, ‘Do you know what, it just wasn’t meant to be for me and that hotdog. ’ I didn’t buy another one, I just went back to the office and ate my soggy cucumber sandwich. By Laura.

Answer the questions in full sentences: .

1. Where does Laura work? _______________________________________________

2. Does she usually buy lunch at the office canteen? ___________________________

3. Where did the hotdog stall park? ________________________________________

4. Why did she start fancying a hotdog? ____________________________________

5. What did she have in her lunchbox? ______________________________________

6. How did it look? _____________________________________________________

7. What did she order from the hotdog stand? _______________________________

8. Where did she go to eat the hotdog? _____________________________________

9. What unfortunate thing happened to her? _________________________________

10. Where was the old man sitting? _________________________________________

11. What was the old man doing? ___________________________________________

12. Where did the sausage end up? _________________________________________

13. What did she give him to help? _________________________________________

14. Was the old man upset? _______________________________________________

15. What happened to the sausage? _________________________________________

16. Did she buy another hotdog? ___________________________________________ How do you like your hotdogs? Do you prefer hotdogs or burgers? .

ANSWERS

1. She works at an office in town.

2. No, she usually takes her own lunch/takes her lunch with her.

3. It parked just beneath her office window

4. She started fancying a hotdog when the smell of the onions wafted in through the open window.

5. She had a cucumber sandwich on white sliced bread.

6. It looked soft and soggy, not nice. /It didn’t look nice.

7. She ordered a hotdog, with onions, mustard and ketchup.

8. She went to the park near her office.

9. She tripped over a kerb (and lost the sausage).

10. He was sitting on a park bench

11. He was reading a newspaper, minding his own business.

12. It ended up hitting the old man/on the old man.

13. She gave him some tissues.

14. No, he saw the funny side and he laughed.

15. A seagull ate it/got it/flew off with it.

16. No, she ate her cucumber sandwich.

I like mine with the works: onions, mustard and ketchup. I prefer hotdogs to burgers.