One morning, Dave woke up feeling kind of strange. He pulled back his sheets and discovered he had become a potato. His skin was all brown and dirty. And he had eyes poking out all over. He tried to get out of bed, but he fell on the floor. Then he rolled under his bureau. He heard his mother calling. "Dave, what's going on in there?" He could not speak, because he had no mouth.
His mother knocked on his door, then entered the room. "Dave, where are you?" she asked. The family's dog, Barney, stuck his nose under the bureau and barked. "What is it, Barney?" his mother asked. Dave's mother got down on her knees and looked under the bureau. "Oh, a potato! Good. Now we have something for breakfast!" She grabbed the potato and hurried off to the kitchen to make Dave his breakfast--or, rather, to make a breakfast out of Dave.
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This story was written by Ken Nash [http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/davepotato.htm] accessed November 15th, 2006
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[*] Answer the questions about the text
1/ What happened to Dave?
2/ What body part did Dave have a lot of?
3/ Why didn't Dave say anything?
4/ What type of text is this? How do you know?
5/ What was Dave's mother going to do with him?
6/ What does his refer to? [parag 2_line 2]
7/ How can you identify the story of Dave?
8/ Give a title to the text.
[*] Find the words in the text
1/ clean # ________ (parag 1) 2/ took firmly = __________ (parag 2)
[*] Are the sentences true or false? justify
1/ Dave’s brother is called Barney.
2/ Dave was in the living room.
[*] Draw a picture reflecting what you feel about the text
His mother knocked on his door, then entered the room. "Dave, where are you?" she asked. The family's dog, Barney, stuck his nose under the bureau and barked. "What is it, Barney?" his mother asked. Dave's mother got down on her knees and looked under the bureau. "Oh, a potato! Good. Now we have something for breakfast!" She grabbed the potato and hurried off to the kitchen to make Dave his breakfast--or, rather, to make a breakfast out of Dave.
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This story was written by Ken Nash [http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/davepotato.htm] accessed November 15th, 2006
(((((((((())))))))))
[*] Answer the questions about the text
1/ What happened to Dave?
2/ What body part did Dave have a lot of?
3/ Why didn't Dave say anything?
4/ What type of text is this? How do you know?
5/ What was Dave's mother going to do with him?
6/ What does his refer to? [parag 2_line 2]
7/ How can you identify the story of Dave?
8/ Give a title to the text.
[*] Find the words in the text
1/ clean # ________ (parag 1) 2/ took firmly = __________ (parag 2)
[*] Are the sentences true or false? justify
1/ Dave’s brother is called Barney.
2/ Dave was in the living room.
[*] Draw a picture reflecting what you feel about the text




