Mum's Crumpets

Jim: Mum, may Tom Mitcham come home with we for tea\ tomorrow?

Mrs S m i t h: Of course, Jim. Have I met Tom before?

Jim: You met him in the summer. He's very small and smart.

Mrs Smith: Oh yes. I remember Tom. Does his family come from Cambridge?

J i m: Yes. Oh, Mum! Will you make some home-made crumpets tomorrow?

Mrs Smith: Mm... maybe. If I have time.

J i m: I told Tom about your crumpets, Mum. That's why he's coming for tea tomorrow!

272. Read the rhymes and learn them.

1. Needles and pins, needles and pins,

When a man marries, his troubles begin.

2. Tom, Tom, the piper's son,

Stole a pig, and away he run,

The pig was eat,

And Tom was beat.

And Tom ran crying down the street.

273. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. One man, no man.

2. Many men, many minds.

3. To make a mountain out of a molehill.

4. To make both ends meet.

5. To find a mare's nest.

6. Money is a good servant but a bad master.

7. Money often unmakes the men who make it.

8. Money begets money.

Sound [n]

274. Track 85. Tick the words a), b) or c) that you hear in the sentences.

     1 a) Ron	□	b) wrong	□
     2 a) ran	□	b) rang	□
     3 a) sinks	□	b) sings	□
     4 a) win	□	b) wing	□
     5 a) ban	□	b) bang	□
     6 a) sinners	□	b) singers	□

275. Track 86. First practise the target sound /N/ in words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud.

ring strong string King Lang morning evening something interesting pink drink thinking Duncan fingers Angus hanging ringing singing banging bringing putting talking whispering shouting standing saying going doing holding helping walking getting sleeping running happening

Noisy Neighbours

(Duncan King is lying in bed trying to sleep. Sharon King is standing near the window watching the neighbours, Angus and Susan Long.)

DUNCAN KING: (angrily). Bang! Bang! Bang! Sharon! What are the Langs doing at

nine o'clock on Sunday morning?

SHARON KING: Well, Angus Lang is talking, Duncan.

DUNCAN KING: Yes, but what's the banging noise, Sharon?

SHARON KING: (Looking out of the window) Angus is standing on a ladder and banging some nails into the wall with a hammer. Now he's hanging some strong string on the nails.

DUNCAN KING: And what's Susan Lang doing?

SHARON KING: Susan's bringing something interesting for Angus to drink.

Now she's putting it under the ladder, and ... Ohh!

DUNCAN KING: What's happening?

SHARON KING: The ladder’s going

DUNCAN KING: What's Angus doing?

SHARON KING: He's holding the string in his fingers and he's shouting to Susan.

DUNCAN KING: And is Susan helping him?

SHARON KING: No. She's running to our house. Now she’s ringing our bell.

BELL: RING! RING! RING!

DUNCAN KING: I’m not going to answer it. I’m sleeping.

Practise reading the corrected dialogue aloud.