One night Mr and Mrs McDonald went to a restaurant for dinner. The street where the restaurant was situated was crowded. Mr McDonald couldn’t find a place to park his car. Finally, he came to a bus stop. He parked the car at the end of the bus stop. There was still plenty of room for a bus.
Mr and Mrs McDonald went to the restaurant. They had a leisurely dinner. Several hours later they left the restaurant. They walked arm in arm along the street to their car. It wasn’t there! “Isn’t this where we parked the car?” Mr McDonald asked his wife. “Yes,” she said, puzzled. “Where is it?” asked a worried Mr McDonald. “It must have been stolen,” whispered
Mrs McDonald. But it hadn’t been stolen. Do you know what had happened to the McDonald’s car?
A. Read the story and answer the questions.
1. Why couldn’t Mr McDonald find a place to park his car?
Answer:Because the street was crowded.
2. Where did he finally park his car?
Answer:He parked his car at the end of a bus stop.
3. How long did Mr and Mrs McDonald stay at the restaurant?
Answer:They stayed at the restaurant for several hours.
4. How did they walk along the street?
Answer:They walked arm in arm along the street to their car.
5. How did Mrs McDonald feel when she saw the car was missing?
Answer:she felt puzzled.
6. How did Mr McDonald feel?
Answer:Mr McDonald felt worried.
7. What did they think had happened to their car?
What they thought was that the car must have been stolen.
B. Fill in the spaces with words from the story.
The street where the restaurant was situated wasn’t crowded.
Mr McDonald found a space to park his car.
He didn’t park at the end of the bus stop.Mrs and Mr McDonald didn’t have a leisurely dinner.
C. Now rewrite the sentences so that they tell the true story.
The street where the restaurant was situated was crowded.Mr McDonald could’nt find a place to park his car.He did park his car at the end of a bus stop.Mr and Mrs McDonald did have a leisurely dinner.
D. Find words from the story in these boxes. Dinner, Situated, Stolen, Restaurant.
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If you park your car in a ‘No Parking’ area, on a bus stop or across an entrance saying ‘Keep Clear’, your car is likely to go missing. It won’t have been stolen. Your car will have been towed away by a tow truck. Instructions to tow it away will have come from the Traffic Department. Your car will be locked up in a tow yard. To get your car back you will have to pay a fine to the Traffic Department. You will also have to pay a towing fee.
E. Read the text above and answer the questions:
1. What do these mean? ‘No Parking’ ‘Keep Clear’
It means that its not a parking zone and keep clear.
2. Name three places which are ‘tow away’ areas. Can you think of anymore?Bus stop, Bike lanes and someones private property.
3. Who gives instructions to have cars towed away?
The traffic Department.
F. Devise five interview questions (with answers) for one of the characters in the story.
Why did you park your car in front of a bus stop?
Because I had no where to park my car.
G. Identify and explain the major theme of the story.
Not to park your car in front of a bus stop, Bike lanes and on someone’s private area.
H. Explain how the story would have differed if the car was not towed away.
They would get in the car, drive home safely and then live happily ever after.
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