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12 TiHL HERO
you get it? You can't go
25 "Yes," said the soldier. "But how can
across the field."
exploded here and there.
Collins looked at the field again. Shells Bullets
the air. Grass rained down.
Pieces of earth were thrown up in
flew.
soldier said.
"It's getting worse out there," the last
There was a loud crash and the
30
A shell struck the old house.
old house was gone.
wall fell down. When the smoke cleared, the
There's water in that well. I
Collins said, "The well is still there.
drink."
sure wish I hada
much, why don't you go
The soldier said, "If you want a drink so
soldier laughed. Soon all the
35
How many questions did you answer correctly? Circle your score. Then
fill in your score on the Score Chart on page 168.
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(12)
4. What happened to the soldier on the horse?
Now write the sentences on the lines below. Remember to begin each
sentence with a capital letter and to end each sentence with a period.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Worse
2. Soon all the were
laughing at Collins.
captain
3. The horse suddenly forward.
smoke
4. "It's geting out there," a
dared
soldier said.
rushed Collins to
5. Then one of the men
go.
6. Collins went to find the
Exercise D
tense of the
Using verbs correctly. Fill in each blank using the past
irregular verb in parentheses.
up his hands and tried to cover his
1. The soldier
face. (throw)
2. Bullets
across the field. (fly)
4. Ashell the old house and the wall fell down. (strike)
Exercise F
Vocabulary review. Write a complete sentence for each word or
of words. group
1. soldier
2. captain
3. WOrse
4. dare
6. flames
7. uniforms
8. shut up
PART 2
Collins saluted and said, "Excuse mne, Captain."
"Yes?" said the captain.
"Sir," said Collis. "There is water in that well over there."
Collins pointed toward the well. "I would like to get some water."
5 The captain was surprised. He said, "You want water from that
well? You must be very thirsty."
"Yes, sir," said Collins.
The captain thought for a moment. Then he said, "Can't you
wait?"
10 "No, sir," Collins said.
The captain looked at Collins. "Son," the captain said, "are you
Sure yOuwant to do that?"
"Yes,sir," said Collins.
"Think about it," said the captain. "Think about the danger. Are
15 you sure you want to go?"
"Iwant to go," said Collins.
"Well, then," the captain said, "if you want to go, you can go."
Collins saluted. "Thank you," he said.
Collins walked away. The captain shouted to him, "Collins! Bring
20 back some water for the men and hurry back!"
The captain watched Collins. He saw him talking to the men. A
soldier slapped Collins on the back. Some of the men called out.
"Good luck."
The captain shook his head. "Iguess he's going." the captain
25 said to himself.
Suddenly Collins felt strange. For a moment he thought he was in
a dream. But the soldiers were excited. They asked over and over,
"Are you sure you're going?"
Collins looked at them. "Of course I'm going," he said.
30 Collins pulled his cap down over his head. He threw back his
shoulders. Then he walked quickly away.
Number Correct 1 2 4 5 6 78 10
Score 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
well? (55)
6. What did he drop into the
himself? (58)
7. What did Collins ask
(60)
8. What did he think would happen to him?
Now write the sentences on the lines below. Remember to begin each
sentence with a capital letter and to end each sentence with a period.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7.
8.
Exercise D
writing the
Part A
Fill in each blank in the paragraph by The first
Using verbs correctly. parentheses. Use will plus the
verb.
verb in
future tense of the
for you.
one has been done
(go) across the
Fred Collins thought to
himself, "I will go
the well.Then I
(get) some water from
field. I
2
men. Everybody
(bring) the water back to the
3
they (feel) much
(drink) the water. Then 5
4
better."
Part B verbs.
lines below write sentences using the future tense of these
On the
work call write
speak
1.
2.
3.
4.
He acted
1.
3.
4.
5.
Exercise F
Vocabulary review. Write a complete sentence for each word or group
of words.
1. slapped
2. crazy
4. thirst
5. saluted
6. rifles
7. crawl
8. cord
9. terror
SHARING WITHOTHERS
with your
with others. Discuss these questionsquestions.
ideas
t isfui to share Write your answer to
one of the
group,
partner o with the
PART 3
How many questions did you answer correctly? Circle your score. Then
fill in your score on the Score Chart on page 168.
Number Correct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10
Score 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
(12)
3. What was Colins afraid of?
2.
4.
5. The man could not lift his a. the other soldier pulled
arm his arm.
6. A few minutes later Collins b. to take the water.
7. When one soldier tried C. stared at each other.
to drink,
8. The two soldiers d. was back with the men.
5.
6.
7.
8.
2 THE HERO
Exercise C
each
Adding vocabulary. On the left are 6 words from the story. Complete
sentence by adding the correct word.
Exercise D
each statementto a question
Changing statements to questions. Change the end of each question. The
with How. Put a question mark at
that begins
first one has been done for you.
half full.
1. The bottle was
could.
4. He ran as fast as he