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Fair’s Fair was written by Narinder Dhami. She is a British children’s author.Dhami's father was is an Indian and her mother is English. She grew up in a multi-cultural environment, with Asian Indian and western cultures both major influences in her life, and was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School and Birmingham University, where she graduated in English in 1980. She has written many award winning children's story books. Her work are mostly children's books for pre-teens on other subjects and now increasingly for older teens too. Her characters reflect the British urban ethnic mix. Some of her famous books are Bang, Bang You're Dead! ,The Beauti-

ful Game , Bend It Like Beckham and many more. For more details about this author you can check it out by yourself at http:/www.narinderdhami.com/

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SYNOPSIS It is a short story about three best friends Lee, Raj and Sam who want to go to the fair.They are neighbours who live next door to each other. Raj and Sam have money for the fair while Lee doesn’t have any. Raj and Sam decide to help Lee to get some money by doing some chores for their parents. First, they wash Sam’s father’s car. Instead of washing the car, they start playing with water and make a mess. This angers Sam’s father and they don’t get any money from him.Next, they take Mrs Green’s dog Micky for a walk at the park. Mrs Green gives Lee a pound. But, earlier Micky caused a little girl’s ball at the park to become flat. Lee gives his one pound to the girl so that she could buy a new ball. Lee is fed up because he doesn’t have money for the fair. Lee, Raj and Sam discuss what other jobs to do. They see a woman walking by carrying a big bag of heavy shopping. Her purse falls out from the bag. She doesn’t notice. Lee picks up the purse and finds a lot of money inside. He decides to return it to the woman. The woman is happy and gives Lee five pounds. Lee is happy now that he can go to the fair with his best friends Raj and Sam.

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Characters

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Friendly Cheerful Kindhearted Honest Hardworking Caring Easily gets fed up

Friendly Helpful Cheerful Hardworking Caring

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Friendly Cheerful Resourceful Honest Hardworking Caring Helpful

Values

1. Working together  Lee, Raj and Sam worked together to find some money. 2. Thoughtful  Sam gave some ideas on how to find money for Lee. 3. Kindhearted  Lee gave his one pound to the little girl so that she could buy a new ball. 4. Honest  Lee gave back the purse to the lady. 5. Thankful  The woman was thankful for getting her purse back and gave Lee five pounds as a reward.

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Exercise 1—Write the correct answer in the blanks.

1.

What are the names of Lee’s best friends?

______________________________________________________________. 2.

What has come to town?

______________________________________________________________. 3.

Who is taking them to the fair?

______________________________________________________________. 4.

Why Lee couldn’t go to the fair?

______________________________________________________________. 5. How did Lee feel when he couldn’t go to the fair? ______________________________________________________________. 6. How did Lee’s friends feel when he told that he couldn’t go to the fair? ______________________________________________________________. 7. What did they decide to do to help Lee go to the fair? ______________________________________________________________. 8. Name three types of jobs in the story… ______________________________________________________________. 9. Where do they live? ______________________________________________________________. 10. What did they plan to do at the fair? ______________________________________________________________.

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Exercise 2— Fill in the blanks with the correct answers

CHAPTER 1 PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

NEGATIVE VERBS

ADJECTIVES

CHAPTER 2 PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

ADJECTIVES

NEGATIVE VERBS

CHAPTER 3 PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

ADJECTIVES

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NEGATIVE VERBS

Exercise 3— Write the correct answer in the blanks

1.

ran

bath

lived

going

big

said

fed up

wash

jobs

fun

Raj and Sam wanted to do some ______________ for their mums and dads to get some money for Lee.

2.

Lee, Raj and Sam are neighbours. They _____________ in the same street.

3.

Lee, Raj and Sam are ________________ to the fair.

4.

Sam and Lee ______________ to their houses to ask for permission from their parents to go to the fair.

5.

“I don’t have any money for the fair” ___________ Lee’s mother.

6.

Lee, Raj and Sam like going to the fair because it is ______________.

7.

Lee was ______________ when he couldn’t go to the fair with Raj and Sam.

8.

Lee’s mother was giving the baby a ______________.

9.

Lee, Raj and Sam wanted to go on the ______________ wheel.

10. Sam suggested that they _____________ her father’s car to get some money for the fair.

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Exercise 4— Match the ’Present Simple’ in A to the ’Past Simple’ in B

PRESENT SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

A

B

see

was

eat

went

wash

looked

pay

walked

bath

ate

take

got

find

made

walk

were

look

decided

are

saw

get

took

go

paid

make

washed

is

found

decide

bathed

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Exercise 5— Fill in the blanks with the correct ‘Continuous’ form (+ing)

1. A fair _________________________ (come) to town. 2. Lee, Raj and Sam _________________________ (go) to the fair. 3. Raj’s father ___________________________ (take) them to the fair. 4. Lee’s mum ________________________ (give) the baby a bath. 5. Raj and Sam suggested ___________________ (do) some jobs for their mum’s and dad’s 6. Lee, Raj and Sam ___________________________ (wash) the car. 7. Lee, Raj and Sam ___________________________ (play) with water. 8. Lee _________________________________ (shout) at Sam. 9. Raj’s mum __________________________ (have) a cup of tea with Mrs Green. 10. Micky the dog ____________________________ (bark) at Mrs Green. 11. A woman ____________________________ (walk) by ______________________ (carry) a heavy shopping bag. 12. Lee _____________________________ (pick) up the purse.

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Exercise 6— Fill in the blanks with suitable ‘Adjectives’ from the text

1. The woman is carrying a ____________ and _____________ shopping bag. 2. The little girl is crying because her ball is ______________. 3. The children want to go on the _______________ wheel. 4. There are a lot of ________________ things to play at the fair. 5. Sam’s father has an ______________ and ______________ car in the garage. 6. The children are all ________________ playing with water. 7. Micky is a _____________ dog. It is not a ___________ dog. 8. Lee is __________________ because he can’t go to the fair.

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Exercise 7— Fill in the blanks with the ‘PAST’ form.

1. Lee, Raj and Sam _____________ (have) ______________ (live) in the same street for many years. 2. Raj _______________ (ask) Lee if he _______________ (want) to go to the fair. 3. Lee _________________ (run) back to his house to ask his mother if he _________________ (can) go to the fair. 4. Sam ________________ (throw) some water at Lee and it __________________ (hit) his face. 5. Lee ___________________ (shout) at Sam for throwing water at him. 6. Micky _______________(is) excited. It _____________ (bark) at Mrs Green. 7. The children __________________ (take) Mickey for a walk at the park. 8. Mickey _________________(run) around the park. It ____________(get) hold of a ball. 9. The little girl _____________ (want) her ball back. 10. Lee _______________ (give) Mickey a dog biscuit.

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Exercise 1—Answers

1.

Sam and Raj.

2.

The Fair.

3.

Raj’s father / dad.

4.

He doesn’t have money to go to the fair.

5.

He was fed up.

6.

They were disappointed. / they were sad.

7.

They decided to do some jobs for their parents.

8.

Wash cars, do some shopping and take a dog for a walk.

9.

They all lived in the same street.

10. They planned to go on the ghost train, go on the big wheel and eat lots of candy floss.

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Exercise 2 -Answers CHAPTER 1 PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

ADJECTIVES

NEGATIVE VERBS

see

had

giving

fed up

don’t

come

lived

going

cool

can’t

go

went

shopping

big

won’t

eat

got

fun

haven’t

take

said

back

called

bath

ran

are

was

fun

asked

pay wash

CHAPTER 2 PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

ADJECTIVES

NEGATIVE VERBS

find

went

having

old

It’s not

make

hit

playing

dirty

I’m not

get

shouted

crying

good

didn’t

look

threw

bad

wouldn’t

want

laughed

flat

walk

came

wet

let

barked took ran hold gave

CHAPTER 3

did

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’

ADJECTIVES

NEGATIVE VERBS

looked

walked

walking

heavy

Hasn’t

fell

standing

big

picked dropped opened

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Exercise 3 -Answers

1.

ran

bath

lived

going

big

said

fed up

wash

jobs

fun

Raj and Sam wanted to do some jobs for their mums and dads to get some money for Lee.

2.

Lee, Raj and Sam are neighbors. They lived in the same street.

3.

Lee, Raj and Sam are going to the fair.

4.

Sam and Lee ran to their houses to ask for permission from their parents to go to the fair.

5.

“I don’t have any money for the fair” said Lee’s mother.

6.

Lee, Raj and Sam like going to the fair because it is fun.

7.

Lee was fed up when he couldn’t go to the fair with Raj and Sam.

8.

Lee’s mother was giving the baby a bath.

9.

Lee, Raj and Sam wanted to go on the big wheel.

10. Sam suggested that they wash her father’s car to get some money for the fair.

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Exercise 4 -Answers

PRESENT SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

A

B

see

was

eat

went

wash

looked

pay

walked

bath

ate

take

got

find

made

walk

were

look

decided

are

saw

get

took

go

paid

make

washed

is

found

decide

bathed

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Exercise 5 -Answers

1. A fair is coming (come) to town. 2. Lee, Raj and Sam are going (go) to the fair. 3. Raj’s father is taking (take) them to the fair. 4. Lee’s mum is giving (give) the baby a bath. 5. Raj and Sam suggested doing (do) some jobs for their mum’s and dad’s 6. Lee, Raj and Sam are washing (wash) the car. 7. Lee, Raj and Sam are playing (play) with water. 8. Lee is shouting (shout) at Sam. 9. Raj’s mum is having (have) a cup of tea with Mrs Green. 10. Micky the dog is barking (bark) at Mrs Green. 11. A woman is walking (walk) by carrying (carry) a heavy shopping bag. 12. Lee is picking (pick) up the purse.

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Exercise 6 -Answers

1. The woman is carrying a big and heavy shopping bag. 2. The little girl is crying because her ball is flat. 3. The children want to go on the big wheel. 4. There are a lot of fun things to play at the fair.

5. Sam’s father has an old and dirty car in the garage. 6. The children are all wet playing with water. 7. Micky is a good dog. It is not a bad dog. 8. Lee is fed up because he can’t go to the fair.

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Exercise 7 -Answers

1. Lee, Raj and Sam had lived in the same street for many years.

2. Raj asked Lee if he wanted to go to the fair. 3. Lee ran back to his house to ask his mother if he could go to the fair. 4. Sam threw some water at Lee and it hit his face.

5. Lee shouted at Sam for throwing water at him. 6. Micky was excited. It barked at Mrs Green. 7. The children took Mickey for a walk at the park. 8. Mickey ran around the park. It got hold of a ball. 9. The little girl wanted her ball back. 10. Lee gave Mickey a dog biscuit.

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