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A Happy Christmas for the Ghost

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    Festive Christmas Tales: comprehension questions to the story - past simple
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  • What _____ the Ghost busy doing on Christmas Eve? (BE)
    It WAS busy decorating the coal shed.
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  • What ____ Max ____ about Santa Claus? (SAY)
    He SAID there was no Santa Claus.
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  • Why ____ Max not see the Ghost? (CAN)
    He didn’t believe in them.
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  • What ___ Bertie ___ing to get for Christmas? (HOPE)
    He WAS HOPING to get a red & yellow bike.
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  • What __ the Ghost ___ Bertie to do about Max’s doubts about Christmas? (ADVISE)
    Bertie would have to do his believing for Max.
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  • What ___ Max ___ on early Christmas morning? (GET)
    He GOT a telescope & a gun
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  • What ___ Elsie ___ on early Christmas morning? (GET) - 4 items
    She GOT a blue scarf, a diary, a pen and a talking doll.
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  • Who ___ the smallest child in the family? (BE)
    Bertie
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  • What ___ Tojo ___ing on Christmas evening, just after the Christmas dinner? (DO)
    He WAS CHEWING the biggest-rubber-bone-in-the-world.
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  • What ____ to Max after Christmas dinner? (HAPPEN)
    He HAD a sick tummy
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  • What book ___ Bertie’s aunt ___ him for Christmas? (send)
    She SENT him a book about spiders.
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  • What ____ Mr Boggs find on late Christmas evening? (NOT CAN)
    He COULDN'T find his slippers.
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  • What ___ the Ghost ___ when Mrs Boggs saw him? (BE LIKE)
    He WAS FAST ASLEEP.
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  • How ___ Mrs Boggs ___ when she ____ the Ghost? (REACT / SEE)
    She STOOD absolutely still, her mouth DROPPED open
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  • What ___ Mrs Boggs ___ not to wake the Ghost? (DO)
    She PUT OUT the lights and TIPTOED gently out of the room
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  • Who ___ the Ghost ___ of and whose picture hung in the coal shed? (PAINT)
    Florence Nightingale
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