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The Heavy Cupboard(Test)
Miss Sornthip’s Cupboard
Read the story and complete the exercises below
📖 The Story
Miss Sornthip had a heavy cupboard in her bedroom. Last Sunday, she said, “I do not like this cupboard in my bedroom. The bedroom’s very small, and the cupboard’s very big. I’m going to put it in a bigger room.”
But the cupboard was very heavy, and Miss Sornthip was not very strong. She went to two of her neighbours and said, “Please carry the cupboard for me.”
Then she went and made some tea for them.
The two men carried the heavy cupboard out of Miss Sornthip’s bedroom and came to the stairs. One of them was in front of the cupboard, and the other was behind it.
They pushed and pulled for a long time, and then they put the cupboard down.
“Well,” one of the men said to the other, “we are never going to get this cupboard upstairs.”
“Upstairs?” the other man said. “Aren’t we taking it downstairs?”
🎯 Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer
1. Where was the cupboard at the beginning of the story?
2. How many neighbours helped Miss Sornthip?
3. What did Miss Sornthip make for the men?
✅ Exercise 2: True or False
📝 Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks
1. Miss Sornthip had a heavy __________ in her bedroom.
2. She wanted to put it in a __________ room.
3. She asked two of her __________ to help her.
4. The two men came to the __________.
5. One man thought they were going __________, the other thought they were going downstairs.
🤔 Exercise 4: Think and Answer
1. Why is the ending of the story funny? What was the problem with the two men?
2. What should Miss Sornthip have done before the men started moving the cupboard? How could this problem have been avoided?