[Storytelling] Funny Family

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Storytelling - Funny Family

FUNNY FAMILY

Mr. John had two children: one was a girl named Betty, and a boy named Joseph. Betty was 15 years old and Joseph was 12. Mrs. Ola was Mr. John’s wife. She cooked instant noodles almost every morning for breakfast. Betty was always complaining, because she was bored with the menu. “I want something different, Mom.” She said. But her mother just ignored her complaint.

One day on Saturday morning, Mrs. Ola was preparing for breakfast. As always, she cooked instant noodles again. But somehow something wrong she did when she was cooking. On that day she woke up at five o’clock, and immediately she went to the market to buy a few packs of instant noodles and some vegetables. She got home at 6:15, and she started cooking.

To begin with she took a pan and put it on the stove. Secondly, she poured some water into the pan and turned on the stove. While waiting for the water boiling she sliced the vegetables thinly. Next she put the noodles into the pan. The noodles were cooked so she put it out. After that she mixed the noodles with the seasoning and the vegetables. Lastly, she brought the dish to the dining room.
The breakfast was finally ready to eat. She was cooking in a hurry, as the result she didn't realize that she had added a lot of spicy sauce in the bowl when preparing the seasoning. The breakfast time came, so Mrs. Ola asked her family members to eat.

Mr. John helped her wife waking their children. Betty and Joseph were still sleeping soundly. After they woke up Mr. John got them wash their faces first before having meal. Joseph was really hungry, so he took his ration of food. Without hesitations, he started to eat. Since he suffered from hot spices, he shouted very loudly, “Oh... This is too spicy, Mum!” Anyone didn't believe that the noodles were too hot, especially his mother, because she thought that she didn't add any sauce. Mr. John, Mrs. Ola and Betty were starting to eat.

Finally, they also shouted because the food was really hot. Everybody was shouting – the dining room was very noisy. They all got a terrible stomach ache. Mr. John yelled, “Let’s see the doctor right away.” After that they were quickly going to the garage and got in the car. Mr. John drove to the doctor very fast.

VOCABULARY

(v) to complain (complained – complained – complaining)
(n) complaint
(adj) bored
(adj) boring
(v) to ignore (ignored – ignored – ignoring)
(v) to respond (responded – responded – responding)
(v) to prepare (prepared – prepared – preparing)
(pv) to wake up (woke – waken – waking)
(adv) immediately
(n) vegetables
(adv) to begin with / firstly / first / first of all
(adv) secondly / second
(n) a pan
(v) to pour (poured – poured – pouring)
(v) to slice (sliced – sliced – slicing)
(v) to mix (mixed – mixed – mixing)
(n) seasoning
(adv) lastly / last
(v) to buy (bought – bought – buying)
(n) dish
(n) dining room
(adv) in a hurry
(v) to realize (realized – realized – realizing)
(v) to bring (brought – brought – bringing)
(v) sleep (slept – slept – sleeping)
(adv) soundly
(v) shout (shouted – shouted – shouting)
(adj) noisy
(ph) ration of food
(ph) terrible stomach ache
(ph) without hesitations
(adv) right away
(ph) suffer from hot spices
(adv) quickly / fast

QUESTION - ANSWER

1) How many children did Mr. John have?

2) Did he have six children?

3) Was Mr. John Joseph’s father?


4) How old was Joseph?


5) Was Betty older than Joseph?


6) Who was Mrs. Ola?


7) Did Mrs. Ola cook instant noodles every morning?

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