Mrs. Williams lived in a small street in London, and now she had a new
neighbour. Her name was Mrs. Briggs, and she talked a lot about her expensive
furniture, her beautiful carpets and her new kitchen.
‘Do you know,’ she said to Mrs. Williams one day, ‘I’ve got a new
dishwasher. It washes the plates and glasses and knives and forks beautifully.’
‘Oh?’ Mrs. Williams answered. ‘And does it dry them and put them in the
cupboard too?’Mrs. Briggs was surprised. ‘Well,’ she answered, ‘the things in the machine
are dry after an hour, but it doesn’t put them away, of course.’
‘I’ve had a dishwasher for twelve and a half years,’ Mrs. Williams said.
‘Oh?’ Mrs. Briggs answered. ‘And does yours put the things in the cupboard
when it has washed them?’ She laughed nastily.
‘Yes, he does,’ Mrs. Williams answered. ‘He dries the dishes and puts them
away.’

A. Answer these questions.
1. Where did Mrs. Briggs live?

In London.
2. Why was Mrs. Briggs surprised?

Because the machines don’t put the plates in the cupboard.

3. Did Mrs. Briggs’s dishwasher dry the plates and other things?

No.
4. Did it put them away?

No.
5. Did Mrs. Williams’s dishwasher put the things in the cupboard?

Yes
6. Who was Mrs. Williams’s dishwasher?

She’s man.

B. Write these sentences. Put one of these words in each empty place:
an any no none some
1. Mrs. Briggs was rich, but Mrs. Williams was not. Mrs. Briggs had
some beautiful carpets, but Mrs. Williams didn’t have none .
2. Mrs. Briggs had an expensive furniture, but Mrs. Williams had not.
3. Mrs. Briggs had some expensive dishwasher, but Mrs. Williams did
not have no machines in her kitchen.
4. Mrs. Briggs had any nice roses in her garden, but Mrs. Williams had
none flowers in hers.
5. Mrs. Briggs had any big trees in her garden too, but Mrs. Williams
had none .

C. Write this story. Put one of these words in each empty place:
he him his her it its she
Mrs. Williams had a good baby: him never cried, and his clothes were
always clean. Mrs. Briggs was very surprised and said, ‘When my daughter
was small, I gave her lots of food, but she cried a lot, and her clothes were
always dirty. Why is your baby so different? How do you do its ?’
‘Well,’ answered Mrs. Williams, ‘my first child was a boy. I always gave
him a lot of food, his got very fat, and its stomach was always full. He
cried a lot and was dirty. Now I give my new baby much less, and he is
happy and clean.’