He lived in the street next to hers

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6. No boy could ever like me

7. St Valentine’s Day[snt 'væləntaɪnz deɪ]

8. He lived in the street next to hers

9. smile[smaɪl] back

10. I’ve got to go out tonight[tə'naɪt]

11. the pictures['pɪkʧəz]

12. to go to the pictures -synonym to go to the cinema

READING COMPREHENSION

Exercise 10. Find the answers to the questions in the text.

1. What did Helen’s mother often suggest?

2. How did her father try to bring her out of her isolation?

3. What did Helen do in the evenings?

4. What did the parents not understand?

5. What did Helen look like?

6. What arrived by post on St Valentine’s Day?

7. What was written on the card? Who was the card from?

8. Why couldn’t the card be from Paul?

9. What was Helen afraid of when she saw Paul coming towards her?

10. What was the date? What is special about this date?

11. Where did Paul invite Helen? Did she agree to go out with him?

12. What did Helen start doing when she arrived home?

13. What did she look for? Why did she need the dress?

14. What did the father put inside his desk drawer?

Exercise 11. Who made the following utterances? When and why were they made?

1. “I can make some cakes and you can all dance and have a party.”

2. “I knew a pretty face when I saw one.”

3. “It’s a very nice card. Who is it from?”

4. “Hallo, Helen. How are you?”

5. “Why not come out tonight?”

6. “Please come. I’ll call at your house at seven o’clock.”

7. “What’s the hurry? Is there a fire or are you going out somewhere?”

8. “Isn’t it nice of Paul to ask Helen to the pictures with him?”

9. “Must be the valentine card that did it.”

Exercise 12. Correct the following statements. Begin with I’m afraid that’s wrong / that’s not quite true / as far as I know / on the contrary / I don’t think so / according to the story.

1. Helen’s parents did not try to help her be popular with the class.

2. Helen received a Christmas card one morning.

3. Paul always wrote in black ink.

4. Paul was going to call at her house at half past four.

5. Helen was going to the theatre with Paul.

6. Helen’s mother was not glad that she was going to the pictures.

Exercise 13. Make up and act out a conversation between Helen and Paul at school using the following phrases:

hallo, how are you, to do homework, to have time to come out, why not come out tonight, February 14, St Valentine’s Day, to go and see a film, to have some coffee, go out with my mother, I’ll call at your house, don’t forget, seven o’clock

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