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1 Write what they did or didn’t do. 7) In 1910.
a Agnes (be) …………… born in Skopje. 8) By train and boat.
b Her parents (be) …………… from Skopje. 9) No, she didn’t.
c The family (have) …………… a happy home. 10) At the station.
d She (work) …………… when her father died. 4 What happened first? Number the sentences.
e Her mother (love) …………… her family. a c An old woman died with Mother Teresa next to
f The people near her house (buy) …………… a lot her.
of food. b c Mother Teresa asked people for food.
g Agnes (love) …………… God. c c She moved to a room near a slum.
h The family (pray) …………… every day. d c She opened street clinics.
i Missionaries (work) …………… in India and e c She received a big building from the
Africa. government.
j There (be) …………… missionaries from Skopje f c She started a home for children.
in India. g c She started a home for dying people.
2 Write the right word in the sentences. There are h c She started Missionaries of Charity.
twelve words, but you can only use ten. i c They opened homes in 23 places in India.
died God head helped hospital missionaries j c Two Indian students from Loreto Entally
nun poor prayed slums world church started helping her.
a Agnes went to …………… every day. 5 Which is the right word?
b Her father …………… when she was young. a Catholics go to church / hospital every Sunday.
c …………… was important for her. b When her father died / prayed Agnes was sad.
d She …………… poor people. c Women in India wear a skirt / sari.
e Poor people didn’t go to …………… when they d The Nobel prize / church is very important.
were ill. e Countries have a God / government.
f Agnes wanted to be a …………… . f When people are ill, they go to a slum / hospital.
g Agnes …………… to God every day. g Some poor people live in a building / slum.
h Christian …………… worked with poor people in 6 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
India and Africa. a There were Missionaries of Charity in South
i Poor people lived in …………… . America before 1965. c
j There are a lot of poor people in the …………… b They opened a home in Rome in 1969. c
today. c The BBC programme about Mother Teresa
3 Match the questions and the answers. was on TV in 1969. c
a When was Agnes born? d People watched the programme all over the
b When did she go to Ireland? world in 1969. c
c How did she go to Dublin? e Mother Teresa was famous because she
d How did she go to Calcutta? received the Nobel Prize. c
e How many brothers and sisters did she have? f Mother Teresa wrote a love letter to the world. c
f How many people did she help? g Mother Teresa saw God in people. c
g Where did she say goodbye to her family? h She thought her work was very difficult. c
h Where did she stay in Ireland? i She got the Nobel Prize in 1970. c
i Did she travel to Darjeeling by plane? j She thought that world peace was important. c
j Did she have any friends in Skopje? k She opened 100 homes in 1980. c
1) By boat. l She only wore saris. c
2) A lot. m There’s a Missionaries of Charity home in
3) Yes, she did. New York. c
4) Two. n She died when she was 80. c
5) In 1928. o People from all over the world wanted to say
6) At the home of the Loreto nuns. goodbye to her. c

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