Exercícios de Interpretação

1. Translate:
“Sick on Saturday” (simple past)
   I have just a had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired 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 couldn’t 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 didn’t want to do anything.
   I got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pizza 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 TV with my parents. I fell asleep in front of the TV.
   The next morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold!
   She looked miserable. It was her turn to be sick.

2. Are these sentences true or false?
1. The boy was sick on Saturday ( )
2. On Sunday his father was sick ( )
3. He had a fever on Saturday ( )
4. He ate dinner in bed on Saturday ( )


3. Fill in the Blanks :
1. The family had _ _ _ _ _ for dinner on Saturday.
2. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he _ _ _ _ _.
3. He had a head _ _ _ _ _ and his throat was _ _ _ _ _.
4. The boy drank lots of _ _ _ _ _.
5.  What is the present tense of these verbs? Tired: _ _ _ _ _. Took: _ _ _ _ _. Felt: _ _ _ _ _. Did: _ _ _ _ _.