It was Jimmy’s birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice
birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum.
‘Who gave him that thing?’ Jimmy’s father said when he saw it.
‘His grandfather did,’ answered Jimmy’s mother.
‘Oh,’ said his father.
Of course, Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it,
but his mother did not mind. His father was working during the day, and Jimmy
was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
But one of the neighbours did not like the noise at all, so one morning a few
days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy’s house while he was hitting
his drum. She said to him, ‘Hullo, Jimmy. Do you know, there’s something very
nice inside your drum. Here’s a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.’
Answer these questions.
- When did Jimmy get the drum?
Jimmy get the drum on his birthday.
- Whom did he get it from?
He get it from his grandfather.
- Why didn’t his father hear it?
His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
- Why did the neighbour really want Jimmy to cut the drum open?
The neighbour really want Jimmy to cut the drum because she don’t like that terrible noise.
- What did she say to Jimmy to make him cut it open?
She said to him, ‘Hullo, Jimmy. Do you know, there’s something very nice inside your drum. Here’s a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.’
Write these sentences. Put one of these in each empty place:
a lot a lot of many much
‘How . . . did Jimmy’s drum cost?’
‘Oh, it didn’t cost . . . ; but his toy horse cost quite . . . .’
‘How . . . other birthday presents did he get?’
‘He got quite . . . nice things.’
‘Did he get . . . other toys?’
‘Oh, yes, he got quite . . . . And he got . . . chocolate, but not . . . sweets.’
‘Did he get . . . chocolate from his parents?’
‘No, he didn’t get any from them.’
Which of the answers to these questions are right? Write the correct
ones down:
- Who gave Jimmy the drum?
a. His father.
b. His grandfather.
c. His mother. - Why did Jimmy’s father not stop him making a noise with the drum?
a. Because he didn’t mind.
b. Because he wasn’t at home then.
c. Because Jimmy only played it in the evening. - What did Jimmy’s neighbour really want him to do?
a. To spoil his drum.
b. To find something nice in his drum.
c. To make a noise on his drum with a knife.
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