Test
A Big Mistake in Small Shoes(Test)
ต.ค.
Nopadol and The Shoemaker
Read the story and complete the exercises below
📖 The Story
One of Nopadol’s feet was bigger than the other.
“I can never find boots or shoes that fit my feet,” he said to his friend Dick.
“I’ve never been to a shoemaker,” Nopadol said. “Aren’t they very expensive?”
“No,” Dick said. “Some of them aren’t. There’s a good one in our village, and he’s quite cheap. Here’s his address.”
He wrote something on a piece of paper and gave it to Nopadol.
Nopadol went to the shop a week later and looked at the shoes. Then he said to the shoemaker angrily:
“You silly man! I said, ‘Make one shoe bigger than the other,’ but you’ve made one smaller than the other!”
🎯 Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer
1. What was Nopadol’s problem?
2. Who told Nopadol about the shoemaker?
3. When did Nopadol go to the shoemaker’s shop?
✅ Exercise 2: True or False
📝 Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks
1. One of Nopadol’s feet was __________ than the other.
2. Nopadol had never been to a __________.
3. Dick wrote the shoemaker’s __________ on a piece of paper.
4. Nopadol went to the shop a __________ later.
5. Nopadol said the shoemaker was a __________ man.
🤔 Exercise 4: Think and Answer
1. Why do you think Nopadol was angry with the shoemaker? Was it really the shoemaker’s fault?
2. What’s funny about this story? Explain the joke.