English 7 · Unit 5: The great outdoors · Cambridge Global English Stage 7
5.8 Fiction
17 questions · e.g. Chan had a ____ time when he was growing up.
Questions
1. Chan had a ____ time when he was growing up.
Check2. Xin was ____ to him – she made him cakes and taught him songs.
Check3. But his father was ____ and made Chan work all the time.
Check4. In his ____ time he loved drawing.
Check5. …but his father always tried to ____ him.
Check6. He made Chan help in the fields, planting ____ and cutting the grass.
Check7. One afternoon Chan picked up his drawing things and ran down to the ____.
Check8. It was cool and peaceful and the ____ were singing.
Check9. He was just about to start drawing, when his father appeared. He was very ____.
Check10. Father: "What do you think you're doing?" What does Chan say?
- No, I don't understand.
- You're wrong.
- I'm looking at the river, Dad, and getting ready to draw it.
- But we planted beans yesterday.
11. Chan: "I'm looking at the river, Dad, and getting ready to draw it." What does Father say?
- You've got work to do. You can't sit and draw. Come home at once.
- Beautiful? What's the matter with you?
- I want you to help me plant beans, of course.
- Because at this time of year we need to plant vegetables every day.
12. Father: "Come home at once." What does Chan say?
- I'm looking at the river, Dad.
- You're wrong. I think about the future all the time.
- But we planted beans yesterday.
- I want to enjoy the peaceful evening and draw. What do you want me to do, anyway?
13. Chan: "What do you want me to do, anyway?" What does Father say?
- I want you to help me plant beans, of course.
- What do you think you're doing?
- Beautiful? What's the matter with you?
- Because at this time of year we need to plant vegetables every day.
- I want you to help me plant beans, of course.
- What do you think you're doing?
- Because at this time of year we need to plant vegetables every day. Do you understand?
- You've got work to do.
15. Father: "Do you understand?" What does Chan say?
- No, I don't understand. I need to enjoy myself sometimes. Just look at the river, Dad. How beautiful!
- You're wrong. I think about the future all the time.
- But we planted beans yesterday.
- I'm looking at the river, Dad.
16. Chan: "How beautiful!" What does Father say?
- Beautiful? What's the matter with you? Sitting and looking at a river won't make money.
- You've got work to do.
- Because at this time of year we need to plant vegetables every day.
- I want you to help me plant beans.
17. Father: "I'm the only one in this family who thinks about the future." What does Chan say?
- You're wrong. I think about the future all the time. I'm going to go to art school.
- But we planted beans yesterday.
- No, I don't understand.
- I want to enjoy the peaceful evening.