Conversation
Most of Tom’s students at the Technical College are between 15 and 18. Most of them are diligent students, too. A few are not. Tom is talking with one of the few now. She has just told him, she can’t come to school tomorrow because her grandmother is ill.
Tom: You’ve already missed too many lessons this term,
Miss Grey.
Miss Grey: Yes. I know. I have. I’m very sorry. You see, I
have terrible headaches and …
Tom: Headaches? Only last week you said you had
trouble with your stomach!
Miss Grey: Err ____well ____ I have headaches and
trouble with my stomach, you see. That’s why
I’ve been absent so often.
Tom: And you often come to college late, as well.
Yesterday, for instance, you….
Miss Grey: Yes. I’m very sorry about that. You see, my alarm
clock didn’t go off and…
Tom: Your alarm clock? But you told me yesterday that
the bus had broken down!
Miss Grey: Oh, did I? Well ____err ___ I suppose I just
forgot to say that my alarm clock hadn’t gone off,
either.
Tom: It’s a very complicated story, Miss Grey.
Now, tell me again why you want tomorrow off.
Miss Grey: Well ____err ___you see ….my grandfather’s ill.
He’s in hospital and ….and he’s going to have an
operation. I want to visit him.
Tom: Oh, I see. So, your grandfather’s ill, as well.
Miss Grey: As well? I …. I don’t understand.
Tom: Neither do I, Miss Grey. When we began this
conversation, you said your grandmother was ill.
In addition, you didn’t say she was going to have
an operation! You said she’d already had one!
Moreover, by the way, you said she was in an old
people’s home, not in a hospital!
Questions
Miss Grey has been absent a lot. What reason did she give for this last week?
What reason did she give for being late yesterday?
What did she say about her grandmother earlier?
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