Joseph (Form 1)

INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the missing words as they are read to you by your partner and 'dictate' to your partner the words that are printed on your paper. Do not spell. Do not look at your partner's paper.

When I lived in my village, _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ . One Saturday, on my way home, _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________. He looked like a nice person. _________________ _________________

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_________________. On the way, we talked _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

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_________________ _________________. The man, whose name was JOSEPH, _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________. He said he was having a hard time __________________________________

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because he needed money. _________________ _________________ _________________

__________________________________ and I agreed to buy it. _________________ _________________ _________________

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_________________ _________________ _________________. He did as he said, _________________ _________________

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RUPEES. I thought I was helping a poor man _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________. But a few days later, _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________. He said he had seen his lost dog in my garden._________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ because I had bought the dog from someone else,

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_________________ when I saw the dog was WAGGING his tail at the man.

- based on a story by an ESL student, name unknown, written about 1985

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