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HEI2A02 : ENGLISH
Friday October 26th 2007
Enseignement de Monsieur Floyd Humphrey
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The Garden That Moved House
In autumn, big orange chrysanthemums grew next to the gold of the trees and bushes. In winter, little white snowdrops grew in the grass and under the trees. In spring there were bright yellow daffodils all over her front lawn and tulips and primroses next to the path. And summer! Summer is the prettiest season of all! She bought roses to fill every part of the garden: she bought climbing roses to put around the windows and doors, pink roses for the front garden, and red and white roses for the back. A lot of people came to the village especially to see Verona’s garden. It was more beautiful than the park.
The last summer she decided that she would like to move to a bigger house. It was easy to sell her beautiful cottage. Mr and Mrs Grey came from London to see it. ‘We fell in love with it immediately, especially the garden – we couldn’t believe the colours of the roses. We wanted to move from London because we didn’t have a garden there.’
Of course Mr and Mrs Grey bought the cottage and at the end of the summer they moved from London. They arrived at the cottage. ‘There was a brown field with some stones and rocks. There weren’t any flowers or trees and there wasn’t any grass! It looked terrible! We couldn’t believe our eyes!’
But it was true! Verena Devoy loved her garden so much she took it with her when she left. Five large lorries carried all the flowers, trees, and plants to her new house five miles away. It cost £1,000! She says: ‘I’ve got a much bigger garden now and I’m going to plant all the flowers and trees again and this time I’m going to have a pond with some goldfish.’
And Mr and Mrs Grey? What do they say? ‘She can’t do this! We bought the garden with the house! We’re going to see our solicitor!’
1. What is Verena’s job?
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2. What is her hobby?
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3. Why did she spend thousands of pounds?
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4. Which is the most colourful season in her garden?
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5. Why did Verena want to move?
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6. Did Mr and Mrs Grey like the cottage when they first saw it?
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7. Why were they shocked when they arrived at the cottage?
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8. How much did Verena pay to move her garden?
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9. What are her plans for her new garden?
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10. What are Mr and Mrs Grey going to do?
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Here are some answers. Complete the questions. (10 POINTS)
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Thousands of pounds.
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Summer. Because of all the roses.
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To see Verena’s garden.
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Yes, it was very easy.
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Because they wanted to have a garden.
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At the end of summer.
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It looked terrible. There weren’t any flowers, just stones and rocks.
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Yes she has, it is much bigger.
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She’s going to make it even more beautiful and she’s going to have a pond.
10. __________________________________________________ ______________________
Their solicitor.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. (10 POINTS)
1. We usually _______________________________ (take) the train to work, but because of
the strike we __________________________________ (stay) at home.
2. What _________________________ you usually _________________________ (do) on
Saturday evenings?
3. It is already midnight, why _________________________ you _____________________
(work) so late?
Because I ______________________________________ (have) an exam tomorrow.
4. What ____________________ you _________________________ (do) last weekend?
I __________________________________ (go) to Nice.
5. ______________________ you __________________________ (know) Brad?
Yes, I ____________________________ (meet) him last week at Cannes.
6. I ________________________________ (wake) up early this morning.