Read the following text! Then answer the questions 1 to 5!
Standing Quietly
Few years ago, our family had owned horses. We also owned a few milk goats. At the time, I was pasturing them about two miles from home and riding my mare to the pasture every day to milk the one goat that wasn't dry yet. I used a little tin pail with a tight lid for the milk, and my mare normally didn't care at all when my hand and that pail together would grab the horn as I mounted - except on this day.
As I got ready to mount, mother and I had some conversation. The mare must have dozed off while waiting. Conversation over, I shoved my foot in the stirrup as I grabbed the horn with the pail in my hand. The mare leaped into a gallop. There I was with my foot wedged in the stirrup, hanging at arm's length from the saddle horn. With the road rushing past my head, I somehow found the strength to pull myself up and into the saddle. I slowed the mare down to a trot and waved at mother half a block behind to show her that I was okay.
It's amazing what strength we have in an emergency. It's also amazing what kind of advice we can get from some "experts". Somewhere just recently I read some instructions on mounting that said to put your foot deep into the stirrup. This is a very dangerous practice. If I had known that day years ago to put just my toes in the stirrup, my foot would have slipped out the moment the mare leaped ahead, and I wouldn't have scared myself and my mother half to death.
Questions:
1. Find the meaning of the following words!
a.
Mare (N)
b.
Mount (V)
c.
Pasture (V) : _
d.
Trot (N)
e.
Gallop (N)
2. Where did the writer put the pail?
3. What happened to the mare?
4. What did the writer do to make his mother not worried?
5. Can you see the conditional sentences in the text above? Rewrite and tell the function!
Read the following dialogue carefully!
Then answer the questions 6 to 10!
Sherly : Do you have a brother, Tika?
Tika : I don't have a brother, but if I did have one, I would want him to be my best friend. I think I would do what he asks.
Sherly : My brother would never ask me because he knows I would never give him one. We don't have a very good relationship. If my parents asked me where he was, I'd tell them.
Elma : I would hate it if this happened to me. If I were you, I would tell my problem to my brother.
Sherly : You're right. If I had had a good relationship with my brother, he would have accompanied me to Rina's birthday party.
Tika : What? You didn't come? lfl hadn't helped Rina's mother in the kitchen, I would have known who came to the party.
Sherly : Yes. If my father had canceled his meeting, he would have taken me there.
Elma : I think you should approach your brother from now on.
Questions:
6. Does Tika have a brother? How do you know?
7. Did Tika go to Rina's party? How do you know?
8. "I would hate it if this happened to
me." What does the word "it" refer to? ·
9. Which conditional sentences show a regret?
10. Mention the second conditionals found in the
dialogue!
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