Going in for Sports
At the end of the week Father usually gets good ideas. Last Saturday when he was looking through the newspaper he found an article about skiing. He read it and said: “I don't remember when we last went skiing. What about trying it tomorrow?” Everybody liked the idea so we started our preparations immediately. All of us wanted to look smart. Jane took out her sports clothes. Mother sent me out to buy skiing caps. When I came back she was mending Father's old trousers. She got angry when she saw the caps as they were all the same colour. Late at night our clothes were ready and we could go to bed. At 10 o'clock in the morning I suddenly woke up. The women were still sleeping. “Wake up everybody,” I shouted. “Stop joking in a silly way,” Mother said from her bedroom. “What about skiing?” I asked Father who was coming out of the bathroom. He paid no attention to my words. At breakfast he was reading his morning newspaper as usual and suddenly exclaimed: “Look, they say, swimming is the best way of losing weight. What about trying it?”
I. Answer the questions.
- Where did the father get his idea of skiing from? 1) a newspaper article 2) a television programme 3) a sports review 4) a radio report
- Why did the family start their preparations immediately? 1) They were a sporty sort of people. 2) They wanted to look smart. 3) They liked the idea of skiing. 4) They didn't want to waste time.
- What happened in the morning? 1) The family went skiing. 2) The family went swimming. 3) The family was ready for skiing. 4) The family wasn’t going to ski.
- What did the father say to the boy's question about skiing? 1) He asked him to stop joking. 2) I le didn't say anything. 3) He told the so that he didn’t like the idea of skiing. 4) He answered that they would go skiing next Saturday.
II. Find the sentence with the verb in the Past Continuous. 1) I don't remember when we last went skiing. 2) “Stop joking in a silly way,” Mother said from her bedroom. 3) At breakfast lie was reading his morning newspaper as usual. 4) Swimming is the best way of losing weight.
III. To ‘mend’ trousers means: 1) to clean 2) to wash 3) to press 4) to repair
