READING ACTIVITY

1. READ THE TEXT AND CHOOSE T, F, NI (TRUE, FALSE OR NO INFORMATION). THEN FINISH
EACH SENTENCE.

It was a cold winter night and snow had just begun to fall. There were no cars in the streets. Only a
few shoppers could be seen outside, but they were rushing to get home. The city was becoming a dark and
lonely place. After closing and locking the door of my clothes shop, I pulled on my warm gloves. It was
going to get colder tonight, for sure. I thought about the fire that I would light when I returned home.
Another half an hour, and I would be sitting in front of it. I hurried towards the train station. As I turned the
corner, I saw something on the pavement in front of me. At first, I thought it was a huge dog and went to
walk around it. However, as I got closer, I was amazed to see a person just lying there and not moving. I
stopped and looked closer. It was a homeless man and he appeared to be asleep. He wasn’t wearing any
warm clothes and I was horrified when I saw that he had no shoes or socks on his feet! It was freezing
outside now and snowing heavily. “Excuse me…. hello”, I called out to him. He opened his eyes and I took
a step closer. “Can you stand?” I asked him. Slowly, the old man sat up and I gently helped him to his feet.
“You’re coming with me”, I told him.
There was no thought of catching my train now or of warming my hands in front of the fire. I had to do
something about that helpless man. He was too weak to walk and as it was impossible for me to carry
him, I took his arm so he wouldn’t fall and we walked together back to my shop. Once inside, I sat him
down and looked at him thoughtfully. I took down a heavy winter coat, a jumper and a pair of trousers.
“Try these for size”, I said and went to search for gloves and socks. The shoes were going to be a
problem, unless, just maybe, I had an extra pair of my own in the back of the shop.
As I returned with the shoes, I saw that the man had put on his new clothes. He was looking in the
mirror and there was a big, happy smile on his face. He turned towards me, shook my hand and left
without a word. I never saw that man again, but meeting him was something I will never forget

1.The city was full of people, doing their shopping

2.The weather was not expected to get worse.
3.The writer owns a shop near the train station
4. There was a stray dog sleeping in the street.
5.The man’s clothes were very dirty
6. The man thought he looked funny in his clothes.
7. The writer had ……………………………………………. on his hands
8. When the writer saw the man had no shoes, he …………….
9. The writer took the man to……………..
10. The writer will always remember……………….

2. MAKE COLLOCATIONS WITH A WORD FROM A AND A WORD FROM B – GO HUNTING.

THEN FILL IN THE SENTENCES.

A. Go, arrange, stir, have, eating, grow, do

B. Hunting, habits, aerobics, the soup, holidays, in the countryside, a lucky escape

1.The masked men didn’t see her, and she had ……………………………………………….
2. Mary, stay in the kitchen and …………………………………………. every 5-7 minutes until it is ready.
3. Why don’t you improve your ………………………………………………………. and start using a knife?
4. Jane wants to …………………………………………. but there is no gym nearby.
5. My cousin works at a travel agency and has to ……………………………………………
6. They believe they children should ………………………………………………………………….because the
air is clean.