Mr. Joes had to drive up from London to Edinburgh in Scotland.

"I'm going to drive at night," he said to his wife. The roads will be quieter. And if I get hungry, I'll stop at one of the small restaurants at the side of the road and have something to eat.'

"The food's terrible in those places, I believe,' his wife said.

"Oh, well, I don't suppose it will kill me,' Mr. Jones said, laughing. He left at 9 o'clock in the evening, and at about midnight he felt hungry, so he stopped at a small restaurant which was open all night and sat down at a table. A waiter came to him, and Mr. Jones asked for ham and eggs.

"And,' he said to the waiter, 'I like my eggs almost raw, and my ham quite cold.

The waiter laughed and said, 'You must have eaten here before!

A    Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write T or F in the boxes.

1.  The roads between London and Edinburgh were busiest at night.
2. The restaurants at the side of the road were not open at night.
3. Mr. Jones did not think the food in them was good but Mrs. Jones did.
4. Mr. Jones felt hungry about three hours after he set off.
5. Mr. Jones asked for eggs and ham.
6. The waiter thought that Mr. Jones had eaten there before.

B    Answer these questions.

1. Why did Mr. Jones prefer to make his journey at night?
2. Where was he going to eat, if necessary?
3. What did his wife say about that?
4. What did he answer?
5. What happened at about midnight?
6. What did Mr. Jones ask for?
7. What did he add after that?
8. What did the waiter do and say when he heard this?

C   Write the sentence under each picture. Choose the correct word in each.

1. Mr. Jones knew that he was going to be hungry, and he said that he would stop at a small restaurant (if, when) he wanted to eat something.

2. Mr. Jones did not know whether he was going to be hungry, but he said that he would stop at a small restaurant (if, when) he wanted to eat something.

3. Mr. Jones ate some bad ham. And (if, when) he had eaten it, he felt very ill.

4. Mr. Jones didn’t eat the bad ham. (if, when) he had eaten it, he would have felt very ill.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الشؤون الطبية يقدم الخدمات الصحية والعلاجية لزائري مدينة سامراء

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تقدم خدماتها لزائري مرقد الإمامين العسكريين (عليهما السلام) في سامراء

المجمَع العلمي ووفد وزارة التربية يبحثان سبل التعاون المشترك

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر العدد 192 من مجلة الرياحين للأطفال

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

كنز غذائي على طبقك.. ماذا تفعل السبانخ بجسمك؟

ما لا يتوقعه أحد.. "سر غذائي" في الجبن الدسم

لتحسين الهضم والنوم.. هذا أفضل وقت لتناول العشاء

10 طرق بسيطة وغير مألوفة لحرق المزيد من السعرات يوميا

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

سابقة بعالم الطيران.. طائرة تقرر الهبوط بنفسها بعد ظرف طارئ

"الإنفلونزا الخارقة" تكتسح دول العالم.. وتثير قلقا كبيرا

مرحلة ما قبل الأعراض.. دواء جديد يستهدف "شرارة" الزهايمر

إزالة ثاني أكسيد الكربون من الغلاف الجوي.. ما دور المحيطات والبحار؟

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Cigarette effect

Embarrassing

All famous

Park in another street

Beautiful kindness

It was a bee

I have never told a lie

Four years ago

Only two choices

Not Twins

Fixing everything

That was obvious