Read the story and choose the correct word next to numbers 1-5. There is one example.
Example
programme
borrow
guessed
friendly
texts
important
office
ways
turned
disappear
Katy was listening to her favourite music programme on the radio when she heard something exciting! The woman said, 'Here's some (1) important news! The Gold Stars' pop concert will be in City Hall next Sunday. Buy your tickets quickly! Lots of people will want to come!'
'Wow! I must tell my friends,' Katy thought. She (2) guessed on her tablet but she couldn't get online or find her phone anywhere.
'Can I (3) borrow your phone, Mum?' she asked. 'I must send a message to all my friends!'
'Sorry,' Mum said. 'I left my phone in my (4) office yesterday. Why don't you cycle to your friends' homes instead?'
'Cycle?' answered Katy.
'I had to do that when I was young!' Mum said. 'There was no internet and you couldn't use phones to send messages or find out information.'
'No wifi? No apps? No (5) texts? That's terrible, Mum!' Katy said and then she laughed and ran outside and got on her racing bike.
(6) Now choose the best name for the story.
Tick one box.
Katy gets an amazing new phone
Katy needs to talk to her friends
Katy sings in a special concert
Answer (2)
In this story, Katy is listening to her favorite music program on the radio when she hears about a pop concert of the Gold Stars happening the following Sunday. She gets excited and wants to share the news with her friends. However, she encounters a problem: she can't use her tablet because the internet isn't working, and she can't find her phone.
As she needs to contact her friends, she asks her mom if she can borrow her phone to send messages. However, her mom tells her that she left her phone in the office, suggesting instead that Katy cycles to her friends' homes to tell them the news in person.
Katy is surprised by this suggestion, as she is used to using technology to communicate, unlike her mom's childhood experiences. Her mom reminisces about a time when there was no internet, apps, or text messages.
Katy is amused by this, laughs at how different things used to be, and decides to use her bike to reach her friends.
In summary, here are the correct words for each number:
important - describing the news about the concert that Katy hears on the radio.
guessed - refers to Katy's attempt to get online to find her phone but is unsuccessful.
borrow - Katy asks to borrow her mother's phone to message her friends.
office - the location where Katy's mom left her phone, making it unavailable for Katy to use.
texts - Katy is astonished at the idea of a time without text messages.
The best name for the story given the options is:
Katy needs to talk to her friends.
This is because the main focus of the story is Katy's attempt to inform her friends about the concert.
Katy hears exciting news about a concert and wants to tell her friends but can't find her phone. She asks her mom to borrow her phone, but her mom suggests cycling to visit her friends instead. The best title for the story is 'Katy needs to talk to her friends' as it focuses on her desire to inform them about the concert.
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