Look at the pictures and read the story. Write words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.
The headache
Last Monday afternoon, John came home from school with a headache. He didn’t want to watch TV. He wanted to go to bed. But that night he didn’t sleep very well, and in the morning he was tired and his head was hot. ‘No school for you today!’ his mother said. ‘You can have breakfast in bed.’ John wasn’t very hungry. He only had some fruit and some orange juice. ‘Now you must sleep,’ his mum said.
Examples
After school on Monday, John had a ………headache……… .
John didn’t want ………to watch TV……… that afternoon.
Questions
1 That night, …………………… slept badly.
2 John couldn’t go to …………………… the next morning.
3 John ate his breakfast in …………………… the next morning.
4 He drank some …………………… but only ate fruit.
In the afternoon, John woke up again and went downstairs to the kitchen. His grandmother was there. ‘Hello, John. Are you better now?’ she said. ‘Yes, thank you, Grandma,’ John said. ‘Where’s Mum?’ ‘She’s at work,’ his grandmother answered. ‘I had pasta and chicken for lunch. Would you like some?’ ‘Yes, please!’ John said.
5 John’s grandmother was in the …………………… .
6 John’s …………………… was at work.
7 John had some …………………… to eat.
Then John had a shower, got dressed and took his favourite CDs from the cupboard in the living room and went back upstairs. Then his mother phoned. ‘Is John OK now?’ she asked. ‘Is he sleeping?’ ‘Sleeping?’ said his grandmother. ‘No. He’s playing music very loudly in his bedroom and now MY head hurts!’ ‘Oh dear!’ laughed John’s mother.
8 John opened the cupboard and took out …………………… .
9 John’s mother …………………… John’s grandmother.
10 John listened to his music in …………………… .
Answer
1 John 2 school 3 bed 4 (orange) juice
5 kitchen 6 mum/mother/mummy/mom/mommy
7 pasta (and) chicken 8 his (favourite) CDs
9 phoned 10 his/the bedroom (upstairs)