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THE SILVER ELEPHANT - ACTIVITIES

George P. McCallum

"I knew that
your gift would be
very unusual"

 

ACTIVITY "C".
Do you know these verbs from the menus? Use the ríght form of the verb to complete the sentences.
Check here your answers.

1. Eric Warren with Janet many times.
2. After a few months, he
he wanted Janet lo be his wife.
3. He was about to
the store when he saw the little silver pin.
4. Eric
the gift box away before Janet could see it.
5. The young man knew he should be
to Janet's mother.
6. He just couldn't 
about the pin.
7. Janet
all the candles on the cake.
8. Janet
the silver pin could be hers.
9. George had
Janet a box of wríting paper.
10. Janet said Eric had
her very happy.

ACTIVITY "D".
Can you use these words from the menus? Use the ríght word to complete the sentences. You may use a word more than once.
Check here your answers.

1. Eric met Janet in the office they both worked.
2. George Perkíns was another man
went out with Janet once in a while.
3. Eric's glft,
was made in Mexico, was a very unusual pin.
4. Eric couldn't give Janet something
she already had.
5. Janet asked Eric
he wasn't talking very much.
6. Janet's friend, Marie,
lived next door, was at the party, too,
7. Marie's mother had gotten the pin
she was in Mexico.
8. Janet was very happy
she saw Eric's gift.
9. The pin was exactly
she wanted.

Source: Contributed by LuisCarlos Valladares, Spain.

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