Chapter 2 ----Meeting the English family [30 gaps]

We are now in a street in West London. The sky is very dark and it is ______.

This ___ Rosa’s big day. Her first day in England.

Rosa is _______ out of a London taxi. The taxi driver is ______ a very heavy

suitcase. They _____ through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house.

A small girl _____ the door. She is four years old. Her brother ___ standing

behind her. He is only two years old. One minute later, a young woman ______

to the door.

"Welcome to Wembley!", she ____ and she offers Rosa her hand. "These ____

my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac."

"Pleased to _____ you, Mrs Frost!" says Rosa with a strong Spanish accent.

The two children _____ back into the living-room.

"Don’t _____ about them! They’re a little shy. And please _____ me Diana!

Now let me _____ you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or

would you _______ coffee?"

"I’d like to _____ a cup of English tea, made in England."

"This is your bedroom. There’s a nice view of the football stadium and here’s

a little desk where you can _____. The bathroom and toilet ____ just opposite

your door. Now I’ll just ___ and ____ the kettle on."

"Excuse me. What’s a kettle?"

"In England, we ___ a kettle to ____ hot water. We can then ____ the hot water

in a teapot or use it to make instant coffee."

Rosa is happy with her new home, but she is ________ about her mother’s

opinions. Perhaps Maruja is right. The British are not normal people. They do

not ___ when they meet and they ____ in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite

drink ___ tea and they use strange metal kettles to ____ the water hot. What is

she going to ____ to Elisabeth and Isaac? How can she make friends with two

shy English children? Perhaps the answer is in the big, black psychology book.