Task 2. Answer the questions on the text

1. There are several opinions concerning what happened toUncle Oscar, aren't there? What are they?

2. What was Uncle Oscar like?

3. Was he satisfied or unsatisfied with his family life?

4. What was Uncle Oscar's hobby?

5. What did Aunt Agatha do with her husband's stamp after his missing?

6. What happened to the Leightons after Uncle Oscar's disappearance? How did their life change?

7. What did Uncle Oscar's nephew receive one day?

8. Where was the letter from?

9. How did the nephew guess who the addressee was?

10. Was he going to keep Uncle Oscar's secret? Why?

 

Task 3. In your point of view how many logical parts there are in the story? What are they?

Task 4. Right now try to retell the story to your partner or to your teacher. We believe that some phrases will be of great help to you. You can find them at the end of the grammar reference at p.117

 

OK. So now off you go to the next story!

Story 11. Broken Promises

(after Lorraine M. Gregoire)

 

Before reading the story be sure you know how to pronounce these proper nouns well:

 

Mathew

Supremo Numero-Uno

Mr. Know-It-All

 

Do you try to keep your promises? How often does it happen?