Sick on Saturday (simple past)

I have just had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired that I slept all
morning. When I woke up I had a head ache and my throat was sore. My body
ached all over. My nose ran and I coughed a lot. My mother took my temperature
but I did not have a fever.
My mother made me some soup for lunch and I ate it in bed. I drank some juice. I
tried to read a book but I couldnt keep my eyes open. I lay in bed all afternoon. I
drifted in and out of sleep. I drank more juice. I felt miserable all afternoon. I
didnt want to do anything.
I got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pia for dinner and I was able
to eat some of it. I drank more juice! I felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up.
I snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some !" with my parents. I
fell asleep in front of the !".
!he ne#t morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold! She looked
miserable. It was her turn to be sick.
Comprehension Check:
$id you understand the story% &re these sentences true%
'. !he boy was sick on Saturday. (es or no%
). On Sunday his father was sick. (es or no%
*. +e had a fever on Saturday. (es or no%
,. +e ate dinner in bed on Saturday. (es or no%
Fill in the Blanks:
-. !he family had ............... for dinner on Saturday.
/. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he ...........................
0. +e had a head .............. and his throat was .................
1. !he boy drank lots of ................
2. What is the present tense of these verbs% tried .............3 took ................3
felt ................3 did .................
Vocabulary help:
ache 4verb5 6 hurts3 is painful
asleep 4adjective5 6 to be sleeping
couch 4noun5 6 furniture to sit on
drifted 4verb5 past tense of to drift 6 to move slowly
drifted in and out of sleep 6 when you are not really awake
but not really asleep either
miserable 4adjective5 6 sad3 unhappy3 unpleasant
snuggled 4verb5 past tense of to snuggle 6 to move into a
warm3 comfortable position
terrible 4adjective5 6 very bad3
woke up 4verb5 past tense of wake up 6 to stop sleeping
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