Gladys was at school in a small quiet town in England. She was sixteen years old, and her father and mother were poor, and their house was very small Maisie was Gladys's friend. She went to that school as well.
Gladys said, "Maisie, I'm going to find a very rich man and I'm going to marry him. Then I'm going to have a beautiful house and a large garden, and a lot of clothes, and a lot of money.
Maisie smiled and said, "Where are you going to find a very rich man, Gladys? There aren't any in our town.
But Gladys was a very pretty girl. Her eyes were blue, and her hair was black and soft She went to London, and then she went to America. She found a tall, very rich man there, and she married him. She was twenty-two years old then.
Then she and her husband went to England. They went to Gladys's old house, and Maisie came there Gladys said, "I've married a very rich man, Maisie, and I've got a beautiful house and a large garden and four gardeners.
And I've bought a lot of clothes and I have money as well. My husband's got a plane too, and he flies it!" Maisie said, "A lot of people have got planes and fly them, Gladys "In their house?" Gladys asked.
Vocabulary Adjectives Verbs
Quiet-Tranquilo Small-Pequeña Was-Fue-Pasado
Poor-Pobre Beautiful- Hermoso Going to-Ir a-futuro
Got-Tiene Lot of- Mucho Find-Encontrar-Presente
Soft- Suave Large-Large Have-Tener-Presente
Gardeners-Jardines Pretty- Precioso Smile-Soreir-Pasado
Went-Ir Tall-alto Went-Ser-Presente
Rich-Rico Rich-Rico Are-Ser/Estar-Presente
Husband-Esposo Poor-Pobre Married-Casado-Pasado
Plane-Avion Old-Viejo Flies-Volar-Presente
Well-Bien Hair Black- Pelo negro Asked-Preguntar-Pasado
Exercise 1
Look at these questions. Find the right answers. Then write the questions and the answers:
1.-Were Gladys's father and mother rich?
a) No, they were not. b) Yes, they were
2 Did Gladys want to work in her small, quiet town?
a) No, she did not. b) Yes, she did
3 Who did Gladys want to marry?
a) A rich man. b) A tall man
4.-Were there any very rich men in Gladys's town?
a) No, there were not. b) Yes, there were a lot. c) Yes there were some.
5.-Di Gladys marry in London, or in America
a) In London. b) In America.
6.-Was her husband a short man?
a) No, he was tall. b) Yes, he was.
7 Where did Maisie see Gladys again?
a) In America. b) In London. c) In their small town.
8.-Whose house did they meet in?
a) Gladys's old house. b) Maisie's house.
9.-Who flew the plane in this story?
a) Gladys did. b) In the house
10.- Where did he or she fly it?
a) In de garden. b) In the house
Exercise 2
Write this story. Choose the right words each time: (city/town/village), (and/but) Maisie's (big/small) house. Gladys's school was in a was in a (city/ to wn/village). Gladys lived in a She had (black/blue) eyes, (and/but) she was (beautifullnot beauti-ful). She went to America (afterbefore) she went to London. She married a man in (America/London). Then she went back to Eng- land (with/without) her husband. She met Maisie there. (Gladys/Maisie) had a very rich husband now. He had (a plane/two planes). (A lot of people/He) flew (it/them) in their house.
Invented Text
Gladys´s school was in a city and Marise´s was in a village Gladyslive in a big house she had black eyes and she was beautiful not she want to America after she went to london, she married a man in london. The she want back to England without her husband, she met marisie thore. Marisie´s had a very rich husband now . He had a tow planes a lot of people flew them in their house.
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