Unit 3 Reading Worksheet 1

Name

1 Read and number the pictures in the order they are mentioned.

My parents like to go out on their own once in a while, but it’s not always easy for them. They usually needed to hire a babysitter to look after
1 my 4-year-old sister and me. However, since I turned 15 this year, when Dad offered to take Mom out for a meal to celebrate their wedding
anniversary, I decided to help them out.
Babysitting My Sister

Mom had reservations at first about leaving me alone with my sister, but I convinced her that everything would be fine—how hard could it be,
2 after all? Besides, I knew how much my parents were looking forward to an evening out. I think I’m very responsible, and I really want to make
some money, so I jumped at the chance to make a quick buck by taking care of my sister.

What I thought would be a walk in the park quickly turned out to be one of the most frustrating evenings of my life! I do not know how my mother
3 does it! It all started when we had dinner. I decided to give my sister her dinner in the living room, so we could continue watching TV. The thing is, I
lost myself in the show, so I did not notice my sister spilling all the milk from her bowl of cereal until it had completely drenched the carpet.

While I was cleaning up, my sister disappeared. I left the carpet, even though it was still wet form the spilled milk, and I looked for her. I found
her in my parents’ bedroom. In the bedroom closet to be precise! She’d pulled all the clothes off the hangers, so they were lying in a heap on
4 the floor. I started to hang the clothes back up, but I didn’t finish hanging them, because now my sister had disappeared again. I followed the
sound of her laughter downstairs and into the kitchen. She had climbed up to the kitchen cabinet, and was about to throw the dishes down on
the floor. I saved them just in time and then had to grab her before she lost her balance and fell!

5 After tonight, I might not be so eager to help out this way again. And I will never say earning money as a babysitter is easy!

2 Read again and circle the option that the underlined word refers to. G lossary
0. ...it’s not always easy for them. (Paragraph 1) babysitter: a
a. the parents b. the children c. the boy person hired to
take care of a
1. …until it completely drenched the carpet. (Paragraph 3) child
a. the cereal b. the milk c. the sister make a quick
2. They were all over the floor. (Paragraph 4) buck: to earn
money quickly
a. the clothes b. the people c. the parents
a walk in the
3. …it was still wet from the spilled milk... (Paragraph 4)
park: an easy
a. the carpet b. the clothes c. the baby activity done
4. I didn’t finish hanging them… (Paragraph 4) with little effort

a. the dishes b. the TV c. the clothes spill: to cause

a liquid to fall
5. I saved them just in time to grab her... (Paragraph 4) accidentally
a. the sister b. the dishes c. the floor drench: to make
6. …she lost her balance and fell! (Paragraph 4) (someone or
something)
a. the people b. the sister c. the kitchen completely wet
eager:
Stop and Think! Have you ever taken care of a child? What do you have to take enthusiastic,
into consideration when looking after a child? interested

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