• the big argument

Listen, as often as is necessary, then do exercises below –
use paper and pencil,
write down your answers

Exercise 1 – true or false

1. Budi is eight years old.
2. Budi takes Siti’s ball without asking.
3. Their mother comes into the garden.
4. Siti has an old ball.
5. Budi gives the ball back at once.
6. Their mother asks what is wrong.
7. Their father comes into the garden.
8. Budi says he is sorry.
9. Siti is happy when Budi takes her ball.
10. Budi and Siti shout at each other.
11. Their mother says Budi must ask before he takes something.
12. Siti throws her ball away.
13. Budi likes football.
14. Siti is ten years old.
15. Budi and Siti play together later.

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Exercise 2 – multiple choice

1. What day is it?

• a) Sunday
• b) Monday
• c) Saturday morning

2. How old is Budi?

• a) Eight
• b) Ten
• c) Twelve years old

3. How old is Siti?

• a) Six
• b) Ten
• c) Eight

4. What does Budi like?

• a) Football
• b) Reading books
• c) Playing with dolls

5. What does Siti have?

• a) A new book
• b) A new ball
• c) A new football shirt

6. Where does Budi want to play?

• a) In the house
• b) At school
• c) In the garden

7. What does Budi do?

• a) He takes Siti’s ball.
• b) He asks his mother.
• c) He gives Siti a new ball.

8. How does Siti feel?

• a) Happy
• b) Angry
• c) Tired after playing football

9. What does Siti want?

• a) Her ball back
• b) A new game
• c) To go to school with Budi

10. What do Budi and Siti do?

• a) They laugh.
• b) They sleep.
• c) They shout at each other.

11. Who comes into the garden?

• a) Their father
• b) Their mother
• c) Their grandmother and grandfather

12. What does their mother ask?

• a) What is wrong?
• b) Where is the ball?
• c) Why do you want to play football in the garden?

13. What must Budi do before taking something?

• a) Run away
• b) Say goodbye
• c) Ask first

14. What does Budi say?

• a) Thank you
• b) I am sorry.
• c) I want to play outside all day.

15. What does Siti do with her ball?

• a) She takes it.
• b) She gives it to Budi.
• c) She puts it in her bedroom.

16. What do Budi and Siti do later?

• a) They argue again.
• b) They go to school.
• c) They play football together.

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Exercise 3 – WH-questions, short answers

1. What day is it?
2. Where are Budi and Siti?
3. How old is Budi?
4. How old is Siti?
5. What does Budi like?
6. What does Siti like playing with?
7. Where does Budi want to play football?
8. What does Budi take from Siti?
9. Why does Siti get angry?
10. What does Siti want back?
11. Who comes into the garden?
12. What does their mother ask?
13. What must Budi do before he takes something?
14. What does Budi say to Siti?
15. What do Budi and Siti do together later?

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Exercise 4 – match the sentence halves

Sentence beginnings

1. Budi and Siti are
2. Budi wants to play
3. Siti has
4. Budi takes the ball
5. Siti gets
6. Their mother comes
7. Their mother says Budi must
8. Budi gives the ball
9. Budi says
10. Later, Budi and Siti

Sentence endings

a. back to Siti.

b. angry with her brother.

c. at home on Sunday afternoon.

d. play football together.

e. into the garden.

f. ask before he takes something.

g. football in the garden.

h. a new ball.

i. without asking.

j. he is sorry.

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Exercise 1:
1. F, 2. T, 3. T, 4. F, 5. F, 6. T, 7. F, 8. T,
9. F, 10. T, 11. T, 12. F, 13. T, 14. F, 15. T
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Exercise 2:
1. a, 2. b, 3. c, 4. a, 5. b, 6. c, 7. a, 8. b, 9. a,
10. c, 11. b, 12. a, 13. c, 14. b, 15. a, 16. c

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Exercise 3:

1. Sunday. 2. At home. 3. Ten years old. 4. Eight years old. 5. Football. 6. Her ball. 7. In the garden. 8. Siti’s new ball. 9. Because Budi takes her ball without asking. 10. Her ball. 11. Their mother. 12. She asks what is wrong. 13. He must ask first. 14. He says he is sorry. 15. They play football together.

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Exercise 4:

1. c, 2. g, 3. h, 4. i, 5. b, 6. e, 7. f, 8. a, 9. j, 10. d

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The Big Argument

It is Sunday afternoon. Budi and Siti are at home with their mother and father. Budi is ten years old, and Siti is eight. Budi likes football. Siti likes playing with her ball.

Budi wants to play football in the garden. He sees Siti with her new ball. He wants to play with it, too. He takes the ball from Siti without asking.

Siti gets angry. She wants her ball back, but Budi does not give it to her. She asks him to give it back. Budi says no. They argue. Siti shouts at her brother, and Budi shouts at her, too.

Their mother hears them. She comes into the garden and asks what is wrong. Siti tells her about the ball. Their mother looks at Budi. She says that he must ask before he takes something from another person.

Budi gives the ball back to Siti. He says he is sorry. Siti takes her ball and smiles.

A little later, Budi asks Siti to play with him. Siti says yes. They play football together in the garden. Their mother smiles, too. Now the brother and sister are happy again.

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