Episode 28

I. True or false

1. The windows of the car were open.

2. The air conditioner wasn't working.

3. Ed had gotten gas in a restaurant.

4. He needed to get to his destination by the next day.

5. Ed was going to an important appointment.

6. He still had 300 miles to go.

7. He increased his speed.

8. Ed's car had a good engine.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. He had about 300 more ____________________ to go through the hot ____________________ that beat down on the ____________________ of the car mercilessly.

2. Ed had stopped for ____________________ and filled up his gas ____________________ at the service ____________________ that was next to the restaurant.

3. He knew that driving across the ____________________ during the hottest part of the ____________________ was a little ____________________.

4. "A little ____________________ isn't going to stop me," he ____________________ to himself.

5. He squinted through his dark ____________________ at the sun which was almost straight ____________________ and pressed on the ____________________ a little more to increase his ____________________.

6. "It'll get me ____________________ in plenty of ____________________.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. windows rolled ____________________

2. ____________________ cool enough

3. ____________________ after Ed

4. get to his ____________________

5. ____________________ old car

6. like a ____________________

7. may be ____________________

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. How far did Ed have to go?

2. What happened to the air conditioner?

3. When did he have to get to his destination?

4. What was Ed going to?

5. What kind of motor did the car have?

EPISODE 29

I. True or false

1. Martha had been in the store almost an hour.

2. Howard was not accustomed to Martha's tardiness.

3. He wanted to get home to fix dinner.

4. He honked the horn angrily.

5. He decided to go look for her.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. By the ____________________ on the dashboard, Howard could see that ____________________ an hour had passed since Martha had gone into the ____________________.

2. I have to get a ____________________ of things and I'll be right ____________________!"

3. Many years of ____________________ with her tardiness had made him almost ____________________ to her tardy ____________________.

4. His income tax ____________________ still had to be ____________________ before the ____________________.

5. He looked at his ____________________ again - nearly 55 ____________________ had passed!

6. He started to honk the ____________________, but then thought ____________________ of it and didn't.

7. He saw Martha come out of one of the big ____________________, her arms laden with ____________________.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. for a ____________________

2. unkept ____________________

3. more and more ____________________

4. want to ____________________

5. ____________________ that he was getting

6. ____________________ that woman

7. ____________________ as he was about

8. sigh of ____________________

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. Where had Martha gone?

2. Why was Howard impatient to get home?

3. How long had he been waiting?

4. Why didn't he honk the horn?

5. What did Martha have in her arms?