QWERTYUIOP EXERCISE

Lucy Beck was young and small and mouse-coloured, easily overlooked.
She had a lonely ‘O’ level and a typing speed that would make a tortoise laugh.

“Whoever will want to employ me?” she had asked Mrs. Price once, and
Mrs. Price had been at a loss to answer.

Lucy wanted a job. More than anyone, more than anything, she wanted a
job. She was tired of being poor. She was fed up with macaroni cheese and baked
beans. She was sick of second-hand clothes.

‘’ We are jumble sailors on the rough sea of life.’’ her mother would say.

1) What was Lucy Beck like?

2) What does the phrase’…. a typing speed that would make a

tortoise laugh.’ mean.

3) Why did Lucy want a job?

4) If you were an employer, would you employ Lucy Beck?(2

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