Fair's Fair - Form 1

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Narinder Dhami


Fair’s Fair was written by Narinder Dhami. She is a British children’s au-

thor.Dhami's father was is an Indian and her mother is English. She grew up in

a multi-cultural environment, with Asian Indian and western cultures both ma-

jor influences in her life, and was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High

School and Birmingham University, where she graduated in English in 1980. She

has written many award winning children's story books.

Her work are mostly children's books for pre-teens on other subjects and

now increasingly for older teens too. Her characters reflect the British urban

ethnic mix. Some of her famous books are Bang, Bang You're Dead! ,The Beauti-

ful Game , Bend It Like Beckham and many more. For more details about this

author you can check it out by yourself at http:/www.narinderdhami.com/

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SYNOPSIS

It is a short story about three best friends Lee, Raj and Sam who

want to go to the fair.They are neighbours who live next door to each other.

Raj and Sam have money for the fair while Lee doesn’t have any. Raj and

Sam decide to help Lee to get some money by doing some chores for their

parents.

First, they wash Sam’s father’s car. Instead of washing the car,

they start playing with water and make a mess. This angers Sam’s father and

they don’t get any money from him.Next, they take Mrs Green’s dog Micky

for a walk at the park. Mrs Green gives Lee a pound. But, earlier Micky

caused a little girl’s ball at the park to become flat. Lee gives his one pound to

the girl so that she could buy a new ball.

Lee is fed up because he doesn’t have money for the fair. Lee, Raj

and Sam discuss what other jobs to do. They see a woman walking by carry-

ing a big bag of heavy shopping. Her purse falls out from the bag. She doesn’t

notice. Lee picks up the purse and finds a lot of money inside. He decides to

return it to the woman. The woman is happy and gives Lee five pounds. Lee

is happy now that he can go to the fair with his best friends Raj and Sam.


Characters

1. Friendly

2. Helpful

3. Cheerful

4. Hardworking

5. Caring

1. Friendly

2. Cheerful

3. Kindhearted

4. Honest

5. Hardworking

6. Caring

7. Easily gets fed up

1. Friendly

2. Cheerful

3. Resourceful

4. Honest

5. Hardworking

6. Caring

7. Helpful


Values

1. Working together

Lee, Raj and Sam worked together to

find some money.

2. Thoughtful

Sam gave some ideas on how to find

money for Lee.

3. Kindhearted

Lee gave his one pound to the little girl

so that she could buy a new ball.

4. Honest

Lee gave back the purse to the lady.

5. Thankful

The woman was thankful for getting

her purse back and gave Lee five

pounds as a reward.


Exercise 1—Write the correct answer in the blanks.

1. What are the names of Lee’s best friends?

______________________________________________________________.

2. What has come to town?

______________________________________________________________.

3. Who is taking them to the fair?

______________________________________________________________.

4. Why Lee couldn’t go to the fair?

______________________________________________________________.

5. How did Lee feel when he couldn’t go to the fair?

______________________________________________________________.

6. How did Lee’s friends feel when he told that he couldn’t go to the fair?

______________________________________________________________.

7. What did they decide to do to help Lee go to the fair?

______________________________________________________________.

8. Name three types of jobs in the story…

______________________________________________________________.

9. Where do they live? ______________________________________________________________.

10. What did they plan to do at the fair? ______________________________________________________________.


CHAPTER 1

PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE + ‘ING’ ADJECTIVES NEGATIVE

VERBS

CHAPTER 2

PRESENT TENSE


VERBS

CHAPTER 3

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’ ADJECTIVES NEGATIVE

VERBS

Exercise 2— Fill in the blanks with the correct answers


Exercise 3— Write the correct answer in the blanks

1. Raj and Sam wanted to do some ______________ for their mums and dads

to get some money for Lee.

2. Lee, Raj and Sam are neighbours. They _____________ in the same street.

3. Lee, Raj and Sam are ________________ to the fair.

4. Sam and Lee ______________ to their houses to ask for permission from

their parents to go to the fair.

5. “I don’t have any money for the fair” ___________ Lee’s mother.

6. Lee, Raj and Sam like going to the fair because it is ______________.

7. Lee was ______________ when he couldn’t go to the fair with Raj and Sam.

8. Lee’s mother was giving the baby a ______________.

9. Lee, Raj and Sam wanted to go on the ______________ wheel.

10. Sam suggested that they _____________ her father’s car to get some money for the fair.

ran bath lived going big

said fed up wash jobs fun


Exercise 4— Match the ’Present Simple’ in A to the ’Past Simple’ in B

PRESENT SIMPLE

A

see

eat

wash

pay

bath

take

find

walk

look

are

get

go

make

is

decide

PAST

SIMPLE

B

was

went

looked

walked

ate

got

made

were

decided

saw

took

paid

washed

found

bathed


Exercise 5— Fill in the blanks with the correct ‘Continuous’ form (+ing)

1. A fair _________________________ (come) to town.

2. Lee, Raj and Sam _________________________ (go) to the fair.

3. Raj’s father ___________________________ (take) them to the

fair.

4. Lee’s mum ________________________ (give) the baby a

bath.

5. Raj and Sam suggested ___________________ (do) some jobs

for their mum’s and dad’s

6. Lee, Raj and Sam ___________________________ (wash) the

car.

7. Lee, Raj and Sam ___________________________ (play) with

water.

8. Lee _________________________________ (shout) at Sam.

9. Raj’s mum __________________________ (have) a cup of tea

with Mrs Green.

10. Micky the dog ____________________________ (bark) at Mrs

Green.

11. A woman ____________________________ (walk) by

______________________ (carry) a heavy shopping bag.

12. Lee _____________________________ (pick) up the purse.


Exercise 6— Fill in the blanks with suitable ‘Adjectives’ from the text

1. The woman is carrying a ____________ and _____________

shopping bag.

2. The little girl is crying because her ball is ______________.

3. The children want to go on the _______________ wheel.

4. There are a lot of ________________ things to play at the fair.

5. Sam’s father has an ______________ and ______________ car

in the garage.

6. The children are all ________________ playing with water.

7. Micky is a _____________ dog. It is not a ___________ dog.

8. Lee is __________________ because he can’t go to the fair.


Exercise 7— Fill in the blanks with the ‘PAST’ form.

1. Lee, Raj and Sam _____________ (have) ______________ (live)

in the same street for many years.

2. Raj _______________ (ask) Lee if he _______________ (want) to

go to the fair.

3. Lee _________________ (run) back to his house to ask his

mother if he _________________ (can) go to the fair.

4. Sam ________________ (throw) some water at Lee and it

__________________ (hit) his face.

5. Lee ___________________ (shout) at Sam for throwing water

at him.

6. Micky _______________(is) excited. It _____________ (bark) at

Mrs Green.

7. The children __________________ (take) Mickey for a walk at

the park.

8. Mickey _________________(run) around the park. It

____________(get) hold of a ball.

9. The little girl _____________ (want) her ball back.

10. Lee _______________ (give) Mickey a dog biscuit.


Exercise 1—Answers

1. Sam and Raj.

2. The Fair.

3. Raj’s father / dad.

4. He doesn’t have money to go to the fair.

5. He was fed up.

6. They were disappointed. / they were sad.

7. They decided to do some jobs for their parents.

8. Wash cars, do some shopping and take a dog for a walk.

9. They all lived in the same street.

10. They planned to go on the ghost train, go on the big wheel and eat lots of candy floss.


CHAPTER 1

PRESENT TENSE


VERBS

see had giving fed up don’t

come lived going cool can’t

go went shopping big won’t

eat got fun haven’t

take said

back called

bath ran

are was

fun asked

pay

wash

CHAPTER 2

PRESENT TENSE


VERBS

find went having old It’s not

make hit playing dirty I’m not

get shouted crying good didn’t

look threw bad wouldn’t

want laughed flat

walk came wet

let barked

took

ran

hold

gave

did

looked

CHAPTER 3

PAST TENSE

+ ‘ING’ ADJECTIVES NEGATIVE

VERBS

walked walking heavy Hasn’t

fell standing big

picked

dropped

opened

Exercise 2 -Answers


1. Raj and Sam wanted to do some jobs for their mums and dads to get some

money for Lee.

2. Lee, Raj and Sam are neighbors. They lived in the same street.

3. Lee, Raj and Sam are going to the fair.

4. Sam and Lee ran to their houses to ask for permission from their parents to

go to the fair.

5. “I don’t have any money for the fair” said Lee’s mother.

6. Lee, Raj and Sam like going to the fair because it is fun.

7. Lee was fed up when he couldn’t go to the fair with Raj and Sam.

8. Lee’s mother was giving the baby a bath.

9. Lee, Raj and Sam wanted to go on the big wheel.

10. Sam suggested that they wash her father’s car to get some money for the fair.

ran bath lived going big

said fed up wash jobs fun

Exercise 3 -Answers


PRESENT SIMPLE

A

see

eat

wash

pay

bath

take

find

walk

look

are

get

go

make

is

decide

PAST

SIMPLE

B

was

went

looked

walked

ate

got

made

were

decided

saw

took

paid

washed

found

bathed

Exercise 4 -Answers


1. A fair is coming (come) to town.

2. Lee, Raj and Sam are going (go) to the fair.

3. Raj’s father is taking (take) them to the fair.

4. Lee’s mum is giving (give) the baby a bath.

5. Raj and Sam suggested doing (do) some jobs for their

mum’s and dad’s

6. Lee, Raj and Sam are washing (wash) the car.

7. Lee, Raj and Sam are playing (play) with water.

8. Lee is shouting (shout) at Sam.

9. Raj’s mum is having (have) a cup of tea with Mrs Green.

10. Micky the dog is barking (bark) at Mrs Green.

11. A woman is walking (walk) by carrying (carry) a heavy

shopping bag.

12. Lee is picking (pick) up the purse.

Exercise 5 -Answers


1. The woman is carrying a big and heavy shopping bag.

2. The little girl is crying because her ball is flat.

3. The children want to go on the big wheel.

4. There are a lot of fun things to play at the fair.

5. Sam’s father has an old and dirty car in the garage.

6. The children are all wet playing with water.

7. Micky is a good dog. It is not a bad dog.

8. Lee is fed up because he can’t go to the fair.

Exercise 6 -Answers


1. Lee, Raj and Sam had lived in the same street for many

years.

2. Raj asked Lee if he wanted to go to the fair.

3. Lee ran back to his house to ask his mother if he could go to

the fair.

4. Sam threw some water at Lee and it hit his face.

5. Lee shouted at Sam for throwing water at him.

6. Micky was excited. It barked at Mrs Green.

7. The children took Mickey for a walk at the park.

8. Mickey ran around the park. It got hold of a ball.

9. The little girl wanted her ball back.

10. Lee gave Mickey a dog biscuit.

Exercise 7 -Answers


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