Read the text and type -s or -es at the end of the words.

Mrs. Williams lived in a small street in London, and now she had a new neighbour. Her name was Mrs. Briggs, and she talked a lot about her expensive furniture, her beautiful carpet and her new kitchen.
'Do you know,' she said to Mrs. Williams one day, 'I've got a new dishwasher. It wash the plate and glass and knives and fork beautifully.'
'Oh?' Mrs. Williams answered. 'And do it dry them and put them in the cupboard too?'
Mrs. Briggs was surprised. 'Well,' she answered, 'the thing in the machine are dry after an hour, but it doesn't put them away, of course.'
'I've had a dishwasher for twelve and a half year,' Mrs. Williams said.
'Oh?' Mrs. Briggs answered. 'And do your put the thing in the cupboard when it has washed them?' She laughed nastily.
'Yes, he does,' Mrs. Williams answered. 'He dri the dish and put them away.'

  

Exercise 1

Split the story into syntagmas. The sign "|" means a short pause and the "||" - a long pause. Read the story according to the syntagmas and pauses.

| | , | | . || | , | | , | | . ||
',' | , | '. | | | | .' ||
'?' | . | ' | ?' ||
. | ',' | , | ' | , | .' ||
' | ,' | . ||
'?' | . | ' | | ?' | | .||
',' | . | ' | | .' ||

  


Exercise 2


Finish the questions to match the answers.

1. Mrs. Briggs live? - In a small street in London
2. Mrs. Briggs surprised? - Because Mrs. Williams asked if her dishwasher put the things in the cupboard.
3. Mrs. Briggs's dishwasher dry the plates and other things? - It did.
4. it put them away? - It did not.
5. Mrs. Williams's dishwasher put the things in the cupboard? - Yes.
6. Mrs. Williams's dishwasher? - A man.


  


Exercise 3