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Joseph (Form 2)

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.

__________________________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________, I

went to the market every Saturday. _________________ _________________, _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________, I met a man. _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________. He offered to help me carry my shopping bags. _________________

_________________ _________________, _________________ _________________ because it was a long way between my house

and the market. _________________ _________________, _________________ _________________ _________________

JOSEPH, was an interesting person. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ and he wanted to sell his pet dog

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________. I like dogs very much _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________. He promised to bring his

dog to my house the next day. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________, and I bought the dog for two hundred RUPEES. _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ who really needed some

money. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ a stranger came

to my house. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________. I

refused to believe him _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________, but I realized I had been cheated

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

WAGGING _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________.

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