Alisa’s New School
Read the story and complete the exercises below
📖 The Story
Alisa was an English girl, but she lived in Loei. She was six years old. Last year her mother said to her, “You’re six years old now, Alisa, and you’re going to start going to school here. You’re going to like it very much, because it’s a nice school.”
“Is it an English school?” Alisa asked.
“Yes, it is,” her mother said.
Alisa went to school and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon. Last Monday, her mother went to the school at 4 o’clock, and Alisa ran out of her class.
“We’ve got a new girl in our class today, Mummy,” she said. “She’s six years old, too, and she’s very nice, but she isn’t English. She’s Thai.”
“Does she speak English?” Alisa’s mother asked.
“No, but she laughs in English,” Alisa said happily.
🎯 Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer
1. Where did Alisa live?
2. How old was Alisa when she started school?
3. What nationality was the new girl in Alisa’s class?
✅ Exercise 2: True or False
📝 Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks
1. Alisa was an __________ girl.
2. Her mother picked her up at __________ o’clock.
3. The new girl was __________ years old.
4. The new girl couldn’t speak English, but she __________ in English.
5. Alisa lived in __________.
🤔 Exercise 4: Think and Answer
1. What do you think Alisa meant when she said the new girl “laughs in English”?
2. How do you think Alisa and the new Thai girl can become friends even if they speak different languages?

