Chapter 6 ----Lunch-time in the English family [30 gaps]

"Roger, your _____ is on the table!"

Roger Frost is writing in English on his ________, but there are ______ French

books on his desk.

"I'm coming, dear!" he shouts.

Downstairs in the ________, Diana is serving the _________. She puts a

potato on Isaac's _______ and cuts it up into small ________.

"How many potatoes _______ you like, Elisabeth - one or two?"

Elisabeth is ________ eating sausages and beans. She has a good appetite.

"Two please, mummy!" she answers _________.

On weekday mornings, the two _______ go to a play group in the ______ of

Wembley. Some mothers and fathers help with the play group, but ________

parents are free to do _________ and other jobs.

"It's just a simple lunch, ______!" Diana tells Roger. "Monday's my busy

day!"

Diana is a nurse at a _________ in West London. She works four days a week

from 3 o'clock in the __________ to 10 o'clock in the _________.

"Every day's your _______ day!" Roger tells her. "That's why you're my

wife!"

Roger is also very busy, but he does not ________ leave the house. He works

_________ on his computer. He ____________ books from French, Italian and

Spanish into good English.

"Well, today you can work very hard with your ____________. Rosa's

coming ______ at half past two and she can look after the children." Diana tells

him.

The _______ is also very simple, but the children _______ it. It is jelly and

ice-cream - a hospital favourite _______ it is quick to _____ and easy to eat!

Diana leaves her husband with the children and ______ upstairs to get ready

for work. It is his job to put the _______ on and do the washing up.