Reading comprehension: Get in the car!

My son David left school five years ago. Last week, he got in touch with an old school
friend, Stefan. He invited Stefan to our house.
I decided to go out to let them have the house
to themselves. I decided to go to town and buy
a new top and a skirt. As I was driving along our
lane, I saw Stefan. He was walking the six miles
from his place to ours. He had a moustache and
a beard. He was wearing red shorts and a yellow
T-shirt. I pulled over. I greeted him and I
asked him if he wanted a lift. ‘Come on, get in the car!’ I said, ‘I will drive you the last
mile to the house.’ Stefan said no thank you, he was fine, he did not want a lift to my
house. When I got home three hours later, I saw Stefan with my son David. He had no
moustache and no beard. He was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. I don’t know who that
man on our lane was, but it certainly wasn’t Stefan! By Lilian

Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. David is Lilian’s daughter. F – Lilian’s son.
2. David left school ten years ago.
3. He invited Stefan to the pub.
4. Lilian decided to go to town to buy a pizza.
5. As she was driving along the lane, she saw a man and she thought it
was Stefan.
6. The man she saw had blond hair and no beard.
7. She offered to drive ‘Stefan’ to the house.
8. The man was not Stefan.
9. She got home six hours later.
10. The real Stefan didn’t have a moustache or beard.

Answer the following questions in full sentences:

a. What relation is Lilian to David? She _____________________________________
b. When did David leave school? ___________________________________________
c. Who did he invite to the house? _________________________________________
d. What did Lilian decide to do? ___________________________________________
e. Why? ______________________________________________________________
f. Who did she see as she was driving along the lane? __________________________
g. What did she tell the man to do? ________________________________________
h. How far from the house was she when she pulled over? _______________________
i. When did she get back home?
___________________________________________
j. Who did she see with her son? __________________________________________
k. What did Stefan look like? _____________________________________________
l. What was the misunderstanding? ________________________________________
KEYS
T/F

1f, 2f – 5 years ago. 3F- to the house. 4f – a top and a skirt. 5t, 6f – long hair and a beard. 7t, 8t, 9f –
three, 10t

Q&AS

a. She is his mother

b. He left school five years ago
c. He invited his old school friend Stefan to the house
d. She decided to go to town.
e. To let them have the house to themselves
f. She saw a man. She thought it was Stefan./She saw a man who she thought was Stefan
g. She told him to get in the car.
h. She was a mile away.
i. She got back three hours later.
j. She saw Stefan (the real one!) with her son.
k. He had no moustache and no beard.
l. She mistook a stranger for Stefan.