"Tom stared at Bob. "That's hard work," he said. "And I'll have to get up very early each morning." "Well, somebody has to do it," said Mrs Jones Àrmly. So, whether Tom liked it or not, Bob woke him up at Àve every morning. Together the boys loaded the horse-cart with freshly-baked loaves. Then Tom went round to deliver the bread. Of course the customers were very surprised to see him. You see, they all knew he was a lazybones. "What happened to Bob?" they asked. So Tom explained how Bob was baking because Mr Jones was ill. "And you're helping too by delivering the
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bread," the customers said. "Well done, Tom. I'm sure your parents must be very proud of you." As the day passed, more and more people praised Tom. After a while Tom began to feel proud of himself too. Working wasn't so bad after all. In fact, it was quite pleasant to help one's parents and be praised for it. Can you guess what happened? Yes, from that day on, Tom stopped being a lazybones. Taken from Linguistic Readers, 2006
Answer the questions based on the story in Activity 3. 1. Who was Tom? 2. What did he do after school? 3. What did Mr Jones own? 4. Why did he have to work very hard? 5. How many loaves did he bake each morning? Who delivered them? 6. Where did Mr Jones put the biscuits and cakes? 7. What did Mr Jones tell Tom to do one day? 8. How did the cakes get burnt? 9. Why did Mr Jones have to stay in bed? 10. How did Bob know how to bake? 11. Who would cook the meals and look after Mr Jones? 12. What happened to Tom at the end of the story? 13. Did the story entertain you? Why or why not.
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