Vocab

Snowy night Sell, sold, sold

Matches buy- bought- bought

Definitions
1. To be dressed in: to wear clothes.
2. Poor (adj): to be poor means to not have money and food.
3. shabby clothes are untidy and in bad condition because they
have been used for a long time.
4. barefoot: without shoes
5. Single: means one

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It was a snowy winter night. A poor little girl was walking around the street selling matches.
She was dressed in shabby clothes and had no shoes on. "Matches" "please, buy my
matches." She was very cold and hungry but no one bought a single match.

Read and answer ( don't give short answers )

1. What was the weather like?
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2. Who was walking around the street selling matches?
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3. What was the poor girl doing?
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4. Think and answer, why was the girl selling matches?
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5. What was the poor girl dressed in?
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6. Did anyone buy matches from the poor girl?
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True or false

7. The girl was selling matches because she was rich.

8. The poor girl was buying matches.
9. The weather at that night was nice and warm.
10. The girl was dressed in fancy clothes.
11. The poor girl was barefoot.
12. A lot of people bought matches from the little poor girl.

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She approached a window where warm light was coming out. Inside there was a beautiful
Christmas tree, a fireplace, a table full of delicious food, and the happy laughter of the
families sitting around. The girl was very sad. Tired of being cold and hungry. The girl took
out a pack of matches and lit it.

Read and answer ( don't give short answers)

1. What did she approach?
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2. What was coming out of the window?
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3. What was there?
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4. What was the table full of?
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5. What was the girl tired of?
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6. What did she do when she got very cold and hungry?
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True or false and correct the false sentence.

1. The girl approached :a door.
2. there was a warm light coming out of the window.
3. The families were happy.
4. The little girl was very happy, too.
5. tired of being warm and full, the girl lit the matches.

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 Vocab

Approach (V): to come near.