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When Tom Howard was seventeen years old he was as tall as his father, so he
began to borrow Mr. Howard’s clothes when he wanted to go out with his
friends in the evening.
Mr. Howard did not like this, and he always got very angry when he found
his son wearing any of his things.
One evening when Tom came downstairs to go out, his father stopped him
in the hall. He looked at Tom’s clothes very carefully.
Then he said angrily, ‘Isn’t that one of my ties, Tom?’
‘Yes, Father, it is,’ answered Tom.
‘And that shirt’s mine too, isn’t it?’ his father continued.
‘Yes, that’s yours too,’ answered Tom.
‘And you’re wearing my belt!’ said Mr. Howard.
‘Yes, I am, Father,’ answered Tom. ‘You don’t want your trousers to fall
down, do you?’

A. Answer these questions.
1.When did Tom begin to borrow his father’s clothes?
When Tom Howard was seventeen years old he was as tall as his father, so he
began to borrow Mr. Howard’s clothes.
2.When did he put them on?
When he wanted to go out with his friends in the evening.
3.What did Tom’s father do when he borrowed his clothes?
Mr. Howard did not like this, and he always got very angry when he found
his son wearing any of his things.
4.Which of his father’s clothes was Tom wearing in this story?
Tom was wearing tie, shirt, belt.

B. Opposites. Write these sentences. Put one word in each empty place.
1.Tom was not a short boy. He was a tall boy.
2.Mr. Howard was not happy when Tom borrowed his clothes: he was angry.
3.Mr. Howard did not gave his clothes to Tom; but Tom borrowed them.
4.Tom didn’t borrow his father’s oldest clothes. He borrowed his new ones.
5.Tom did not want his father’s trousers to fall down: he wanted
them to stay .

C. Choose the right sentence for each picture. Write it down.
1. a. Joe is as tall as his father.
b. Joe is less tall than his father.
c. Joe is taller than his father.

2.a. Tom is going upstairs.
b. Tom is coming upstairs.
c. Tom is coming downstairs.

3.a. Tom is wearing a belt.
b. Tom isn’t wearing a belt.
c. Tom’s belt has broken.