South Valley University

Faculty of Arts
Department of French
First Year
Course: English Lecture IV 2nd Term (2020-2021)

Read the following passage and then answer the questions

One day Mr. and Mrs. Brown went up to London to do some
shopping. They had a busy day, though in the end they did not buy very
much and by about four o'clock they were both looking forward to
having a cup of tea. They found a restaurant but, just before they went
in, Mrs. Brown remembered that she had to buy some medicine for their
son who had a bad cough.

While she was in the chemist's, her husband noticed a bookshop

on the other side of the street. He went across to have a look in the
window and saw a copy of a novel written by an author who was famous
in the last century . . . .

1. Vocabulary:
Busy (adj): full of activity
Chemist's (n): drugstore; pharmacy; a shop where medicine is sold
Pleased (adj): feeling or showing satisfaction or happiness
Opportunity (n): chance
Window (n): shop window
Bookshop (n): bookstore; a shop where books are sold
Lit up (v): became bright with light
2. Say whether the following statements are true or false.
a. False

b. True

c. True

d. False

e. True

3. Answer the following questions.

a. Mrs. Brown went to the chemist's to buy some medicine for their son.

b. While his wife was at the chemist's, Mr. Brown went across the street
a look to have in the window of a bookshop.

c. Mrs. Brown didn't like old books because she thought that they made
her house dirty.

d. They remembered that their ex-neighbour was a great talker.

e. The ex-neighbour said that Mr. Brown was lucky because the book
was a rare edition and was worth several pounds.

See you next week!

End of Lecture IV