Exercise 15

THE GIFT

The colorfully-wrapped box was lying on the table when Mario got home. Thinking that it was his parents’ birthday gift to him, he took it and quickly tore it open. It was the coolest looking pair of shoes he had ever seen. Mario put them on, walked out into the street and jumped into a puddle. “Mario, why are you wearing your brother’s shoes?” his Mother cried. When he looked down, he said, “Oh no, that’s a lot of cleaning I have to do.”

Answer the following questions: