Dave married, and when his new wife saw the clothes in his cupboard, she said,
‘Dave, you have only got one good shirt. The others arc very old, and they’ve got
holes in them. I’m going to buy you a new one this afternoon.’
Dave liked his old shirts, but he loved his wife too, so he said, ‘All right,
Beryl, but please don’t throw any of the old ones away.’
Dave went to work, and when he came back in the evening, Beryl said to
him, ‘Look, Dave, I’ve bought you a nice shirt. Here it is. Put it on.’
Dave put the shirt on, and then he said, ‘Look at the sleeves, Beryl. They’re
too long.’
‘That’s all right,’ Beryl answered. ‘They’ll get shorter when I wash the shirt.’
Then Dave said, ‘But the neck’s too small.’
‘That’s all right,’ Beryl answered. ‘It’ll get bigger when you wear the shirt,
Dave.’
Word outside the 1000: sleeve
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A. Answer these questions.
1. Why did Beryl want to buy Dave a new shirt?
Beryl want to buy Dave a new shirt because the others arc very old, and they’ve got
holes in them.
2. Why didn’t Dave want his wife to throw any of his old shirts away?
Dave didn’t want his wife to throw any of his old shirts away because hi like his shirts.
3. Why didn’t Dave like the sleeves of his new shirt?
Dave didn’t like the sleeves of his new shirt because they are short.
4. What did Beryl say about the sleeves?
She say ‘They’ll get shorter when I wash the shirt.’
5. Why didn’t Dave like the collar of the shirt?
Dave didn’t like the collar of the shirt because that are small.
6. What did Beryl say about the collar?
She say ‘It’ll get bigger when you wear the shirt,
Dave.’
B. Opposites. Write these sentences. Put one word in each empty place.
1.New clothes do not have holes in them, but օld ones sometimes
do.
2. Sleeves don’t get . when you wash them. They get shorter.
3. Good shirts are not cheap. They are expensive.
4. The neck of Dave’s shirt wasn’t too big. It was too short.
5. Dave loved his old shirts, but he wear his new one.
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