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LEVEL 1

PENGUIN READERS

Teacher Support Programme

While reading
Pages 1–8
1Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

aMotherTeresa’snamewasAgnes.

c

bHerfamilynamewasGonxha.

c

cHerbrotherwasbornbeforeher.

c

dShehadnosisters.

c

eHerparentswereborninSkopje.

c

fSkopjewasaSerbiancity.

c

gHerfamilyhadnomoney.

c

hHerfatherdidn’twork.

c

2Write.
Agnesandhermotheraretalkingatthetrain

station.Writewhattheysay.

3Writeletters.
AgnesisinDarjeelingnowandshe’swritinga

lettertoherfamily.Writetheletter.Writeher
mother’slettertohertoo.

4 Readpage4again.Onamapoftheworld,

drawhowMotherTeresagotfromSkopjeto
Darjeeling.

5 Putthesentencesintherightorderfrom1(first)

to5(last).

aSheheardstoriesaboutChristian

missionariesinIndiaandpoorAfrican
countries.

c

bAgnes’sfatherdiedwhenshewaseight.

c

cAgneswantedtobeanuninIndia.

c

dShehelpedpeopleintheslums.

c

eShebecameanunin1928.

c

6Writetherightyear.
1910 1918 1928 1930 1944 1946
1948
………MotherTeresa’sEnglishwasnowgood.
………Herfatherdied.
………ShetookatraintoDarjeeling.
………Shewasborn.
………Shebecametheheadteacher.
………ShewenttoDublin.
………TheHeadoftheCatholicChurchin

Calcuttasentheraletter.

Pages 8–14
7Match.
Women

foodandbed

Nun

ill

Doctor

sari

Children’shomehospital
Hospital

bigbuilding

Government

help

8Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

aIndianwomenusuallydressinsaris.

c

bIn1948,manynunsworkedwithMother

TeresaintheslumsinIndia.

c

cTheMissionariesofCharityopeneda

homeinCalcuttain1952.

c

dTheMissionariesofCharityopened

homesinRomeandTanzaniaafter1965. c

eMotherTeresadiedin1987.

c

9Correcttheinformationinthesesentences.

aMotherTeresadressedinanexpensiveredand

blueSari.

bIn1952,MotherTeresastartedahomefor

childreninCalcutta.

cIn1965,theMissionariesofCharitystarted

workinginRome.

dManylettersarrivedforMotherTeresaafter

aBBCradioprogrammeaboutherworkin
1969.

eIn1979,MotherTeresagottheNobelPrize

forMedicine.

10 Getamapoftheworldandfindthesecities:
Skopje
Dublin
Calcutta
NewYork
Whatcountriesaretheyin?Writetwosentences

abouteachcountry.

11 ImagineyouareMotherTeresa.Youhavejust

arrivedinCalcutta.Writeashortnotetoyour
familyaboutthecityandyourplanstoworkin
theslums.

After reading
12Thepicturesinthestory.
Lookatthephotosinthebook.Writeone

sentencetodescribethephoto.

13Write.
HavestudentswriteanentryinMotherTeresa’s

diarythedaysheleftherfamily.

25September1928.TodayIsaidgoodbyetomy

familyatthestation.Iwanttobeanun.

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1Writewhattheydidordidn’tdo.

aAgnes(be)……………borninSkopje.
bHerparents(be)……………fromSkopje.
cThefamily(have)……………ahappyhome.
dShe(work)……………whenherfatherdied.
eHermother(love)……………herfamily.
fThepeoplenearherhouse(buy)……………alot

offood.

gAgnes(love)……………God.
hThefamily(pray)……………everyday.
iMissionaries(work)……………inIndiaand

Africa.

jThere(be)……………missionariesfromSkopje

inIndia.

2Writetherightwordinthesentences.Thereare

twelvewords,butyoucanonlyuseten.
died God head helped hospital missionaries
nun poor prayed slums world church
aAgneswentto……………everyday.
bHerfather……………whenshewasyoung.
c……………wasimportantforher.
dShe……………poorpeople.
ePoorpeopledidn’tgoto……………whenthey

wereill.

fAgneswantedtobea…………….
gAgnes……………toGodeveryday.
hChristian……………workedwithpoorpeoplein

IndiaandAfrica.

iPoorpeoplelivedin…………….
jTherearealotofpoorpeopleinthe……………

today.

3Matchthequestionsandtheanswers.

aWhenwasAgnesborn?
bWhendidshegotoIreland?
cHowdidshegotoDublin?
dHowdidshegotoCalcutta?
eHowmanybrothersandsistersdidshehave?
fHowmanypeopledidshehelp?
gWheredidshesaygoodbyetoherfamily?
hWheredidshestayinIreland?
iDidshetraveltoDarjeelingbyplane?
jDidshehaveanyfriendsinSkopje?

1)Byboat.
2)Alot.
3)Yes,shedid.
4)Two.
5)In1928.
6)AtthehomeoftheLoretonuns.

7)In1910.
8)Bytrainandboat.
9)No,shedidn’t.
10)Atthestation.
4Whathappenedfirst?Numberthesentences.

a cAnoldwomandiedwithMotherTeresanextto

her.

b cMotherTeresaaskedpeopleforfood.
c cShemovedtoaroomnearaslum.
d cSheopenedstreetclinics.
e cShereceivedabigbuildingfromthe

government.

f cShestartedahomeforchildren.
g cShestartedahomefordyingpeople.
h cShestartedMissionariesofCharity.
i cTheyopenedhomesin23placesinIndia.
j cTwoIndianstudentsfromLoretoEntally

startedhelpingher.

5Whichistherightword?

aCatholicsgotochurch/hospitaleverySunday.
bWhenherfatherdied/prayedAgneswassad.
cWomeninIndiawearaskirt/sari.
dTheNobelprize/churchisveryimportant.
eCountrieshaveaGod/government.
fWhenpeopleareill,theygotoaslum/hospital.
gSomepoorpeopleliveinabuilding/slum.

6Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

aTherewereMissionariesofCharityinSouth

Americabefore1965.

c

bTheyopenedahomeinRomein1969.

c

cTheBBCprogrammeaboutMotherTeresa

wasonTVin1969.

c

dPeoplewatchedtheprogrammealloverthe

worldin1969.

c

eMotherTeresawasfamousbecauseshe

receivedtheNobelPrize.

c

fMotherTeresawrotealovelettertotheworld. c
gMotherTeresasawGodinpeople.

c

hShethoughtherworkwasverydifficult.

c

iShegottheNobelPrizein1970.

c

jShethoughtthatworldpeacewasimportant.

c

kSheopened100homesin1980.

c

lSheonlyworesaris.

c

mThere’saMissionariesofCharityhomein

NewYork.

c

nShediedwhenshewas80.

c

oPeoplefromallovertheworldwantedtosay

goodbyetoher.

c