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LEVEL 2

Lost in New York

While reading
Chapters 12
1 Answer these questions.
a Where is Nicky going?

b How is he going there?

c Why is he going there?

d Who is he going to stay with?

e What does his aunt do?

2 Put these events in Chapter 2 in order (19).
a c A boy called Jake pushed Nicky into the
sidecar.
b c Lou and Nicky got into a taxi.
c c Lou and Nicky went into Sams Meat
Shop.
d c Lou and Sam went through a door into
the back of the shop.
e c Lou met Nicky at the airport.
f c Lou talked to Sam.
g c Lou took Nickys bag out of the taxi and
paid the taxi driver.
h c Nicky got hot and went out of the shop
into the street.
i c The boys drove up to Nicky and started
to talk to him.
Chapters 3 4
3 Circle YES or NO.
a Was Melissas house a long way from Sams
shop?
YES / NO
b Did the woman outside the house have red
hair and a green shirt?
YES / NO
c Did Jake say, Take him on a tour, Red?

YES / NO
d Did Nicky want a tour of New York?

YES / NO
e Did Melissa take Red Hair inside the shop?

YES / NO
f Did Melissa buy the clock for eighteen
dollars?
YES / NO
g Did Nicky want to take a taxi to Sams shop?

YES /NO
h Did Jake buy the peaches?
YES / NO
i Did Nicky run from the police? YES / NO
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4 Match the words in the box to the speaker.
Nicky Jake Red Hair Melissa
Melissas mother

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i

Are you all right, boy?

Pete will take you back later.
Im going out, Mum.
Dont do anything bad.
Where did he come from?
Are you a visitor to New York?
Now were on Fifth Avenue.
Do you want to go shopping?
Ive got to stay with these people. Theyve got
to take me back.
j How much is this clock?
k This isnt the right street. Wheres Sams
shop?
5 Match the beginning of these sentences (af )
with the endings (110).
a A woman sat outside the door ..
b We found him Jake said, He ..
c He pulled Nicky out of the sidecar ..
d Melissas hand moved quickly. She took a
watch and ..
e Melissa looked round but ..
f Nicky sat in the sidecar. He began ..
g Red Hair pulled off from the wide avenue of
tall buildings and ..
h Jake and Red Hair ran and ..
i Nicky was afraid. The police ..
j They all tried to stop Nicky, but ..
1) jumped on their motorbikes.
2) and pushed him over to the shop doors.
3) nobody followed them.
4) to feel ill.
5) wanted a ride.
6) and smoked a cigarette.
7) thinks Im a thief !
8) pushed it inside her shirt.
9) Nicky was a fast runner.
10) stopped in a small street.
6 Talk with another student and discuss why
you think that Nicky stays with the boys.
Chapters 56
7 One word in each of these sentences from
Chapter 5 is wrong. Can you find each one
and correct it?
a The sun was warm on Nickys head.

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b He felt very big and afraid.

c He stopped running and started to cry.

d There was nobody no police cars behind

him now.
e Where am I? This is my smallest dream.

f He never had that dream.

g But, in the dream, people always stopped
him.
h He didnt know the number of Aunt Carries
street.
8 Finish the sentences with words from the box.
dream policemen taxi driver Pier 83
tour Mrs Minerva

a In his Nicky was always lost.

b Nicky went into the office.
c Nicky thought if he could find the tour boat
he could find .
d The boat goes from .
e Nicky did not want to talk to any .
f Nicky walked into a .
9 Does Nicky or the taxi-driver say this? Write
driver or Nicky after each sentence.
a Stop! Are you English?
b Youre in the wrong place. Its a long way
from here.
c Hey!
d Yes.
e Where are you going?
f Pier 83. Im looking for Pier 83.
g Ive got to go on a boat and find Mrs
Minerva.
h Have you? Why?
i But Ive got to get to Pier 83 before two
oclock!
Chapters 7 8
10 Complete these sentences with words from the
box.
on to on round up round at
away through past across in

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c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k

They were the top deck.

There was a guard rail the deck.
Nicky came the stairs.
He looked for Mrs Minerva.
The boat moved from Pier 83.
The boat moved the water.
They went the Statue of Liberty.
People moved the boat and looked at it.
Sarah wasnt interested the Statue of
Liberty.
11 Find an answer (17) to each question (ag).
a Who is Nicky looking for? ..
b What is Mrs Minerva? ..
c Whose monkey is she? ..
d Where was she? ..
e Why was she on the boat? ..
f Who is Joe? ..
g What is he going to do? ..
1) Because Lou has to work late every Friday.
2) He is the man with the tour books.
3) Hes going to phone the restaurant and tell
Lou to come and get Nicky.
4) Lous.
5) Mrs Minerva.
6) She was on the guard rail.
7) Shes a monkey.
12 Who said these sentences? Find the right
name in the box.
Sarah Joe Nicky Lou
taxi driver Melissa

a I have to get some things from the

restaurant.
b How much is this clock?
c Its a bad dream. I want to wake up but I
cant.
d Forget about the money. Ill take you.

e Aaagh, Im falling!
f Come and talk to Mrs Minerva.
g Mrs Minerva likes to take a boat ride.

a A small girl called Sarah was the boat.

b She sat next her mother and looked
the water.

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Lost in New York

1 Complete these sentences with the correct word in
italics.
a Nicky is a boy from New York / England.
b Nicky came to New York on a boat / aeroplane.
c A man named Lou / Joe met Nicky at the airport.
d It was very hot / cold in New York.
e The taxi turned into a small street and stopped
outside a shop that sold fruit / meat.
f At the other end of the street were three boys and
three / two motorbikes.
g Nicky shouted stop / go as the motorbike and
sidecar rode away fast.
h The girl thief was named Sarah / Melissa.
i Melissa took a watch / scarf and pushed it inside
Nickys shirt.
j Jake took peaches / oranges from the fruit shop.
k Nicky was a slow / fast runner.
2 Complete these sentences with a word from the
box.
Manhattan lost number fruit-seller
Pier 83 bag bus
a Suddenly Nicky pulled away from the
and ran.
b They wont catch me, he thought. But now Im
.
c Aunt Carries address was in his .
d Mrs Minerva likes to go on the boat tour around
.
e The to the boat went at half-past twelve.
f The boat goes from .
g Everything has a in New York.
3 Answer these questions.
a Nicky had ten dollars / four or five dollars / one dollar
for the boat tour.
b Nicky didnt want to answer questions from
the policemen because they would hurt him /
they would take him away / they think hes a thief.
c Nicky found out that Mrs Minerva was a thief /
a monkey / a fruit-seller.
d Sarah Washingtons mother told her she would see
the George Washington Bridge / Pier 83 / a monkey.
e Sarah was eating a peach / an orange / an ice-cream
on a stick when she stood next to the guard-rail.
f Mrs Minervas / Her mothers / Nickys hands stopped
Sarah from falling over the guard-rail.
g Joe brings Mrs Minerva on the boat every Friday
because Lou has to work late / Lou wants to be alone /
Mrs Minerva wants to go.
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4 Circle Yes or No.
a Nickys father could not go with him because he
had to go into hospital.
Yes / No
b It is Nickys first visit to the USA.
Yes / No
c Aunt Carrie met Nicky at the airport.
Yes / No
d Lou has to stop at Sams Meat Shop.
Yes / No
e Aunt Carrie lives in Manhattan.
Yes / No
f Mrs Minerva has a boat.
Yes / No
g Mrs Brady said last weeks meat was good. Yes / No
h Nicky got hot and began to feel ill.
Yes / No
i The boys at the other end of the street kicked a ball
and shouted.
Yes / No
j Red Hair asked Nicky if he was English. Yes / No
k Nicky said he was bored and wanted to ride a
motorbike.
Yes / No
5 What happens first? What happens next? Write the
numbers 1 6.
a c Melissa takes things from the shop.
b c Nicky pulled away from the fruit-seller and ran.
c c Nicky waits for Lou outside the meat shop.
d c Jake threw a peach to Nicky.
e c The boys take Nicky with them to Melissas
house.
f c The boys push Nicky into the sidecar of the
motorbike.
6 Match ae with 15.
a The boys want to take Nicky for a ride, so ..
b Nicky didnt want a tour of New York. He wanted
..
c Red Hair wanted Nicky to go shopping with
Melissa so ..
d Nicky wanted the name of the street that Sams
shop was on so ..
e After Nicky ran from the police he was ..
1) he pushed him into the shop door.
2) he could take a taxi there.
3) get back to Lou.
4) they pushed him into the sidecar.
5) lost in New York.
7 Are these questions right (3) or wrong (7)?
a Nicky told the bus driver he was lost.
c
b Nicky had to get to Pier 83 before three
c
oclock.
c Nicky paid the taxi driver five dollars to take
c
him to Pier 83.
d The taxi driver thought it would be easy for
c
Nicky to find Mrs Minerva.

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