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One night Mr and Mrs McDonald went to a restaurant for dinner. The street where the restaurant was situated was crowded. Mr McDonald couldn’t find a place to park his car. Finally, he came to a bus stop. He parked the car at the end of the bus stop. There was still plenty of room for a bus.

Mr and Mrs McDonald went to the restaurant. They had a leisurely dinner. Several hours later they left the restaurant. They walked arm in arm along the street to their car. It wasn’t there! “Isn’t this where we parked the car?” Mr McDonald asked his wife. “Yes,” she said, puzzled. “Where is it?” asked a worried Mr McDonald. “It must have been stolen,” whispered
Mrs McDonald. But it hadn’t been stolen. Do you know what had happened to the McDonald’s car?

A. Read the story and answer the questions.
1. Why couldn’t Mr McDonald find a place to park his car?Because it was crowded
2. Where did he finally park his car?At the back of the bus stop.
3. How long did Mr and Mrs McDonald stay at the restaurant?For a few hours.
4. How did they walk along the street?Arm in arm along the street.
5. How did Mrs McDonald feel when she saw the car was missing?Upset that she thought her car was missing
6. How did Mr McDonald feel?Sad and angry
7. What did they think had happened to their car?That if it was stolen

B. Fill in the spaces with words from the story.
The _street___where____the restaurant was _situated________ wasn’t _there_________.
Mr McDonald found a place____for his car they went_____ to __there_____  car.
He didn’t _ know_______ at the __point________ of the __missing_______ ___missing car_________and Mr McDonald didn’t have a  pleasant __________ dinner.

C. Now rewrite the sentences so that they tell the true story.

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If you park your car in a ‘No Parking’ area, on a bus stop or across an entrance saying ‘Keep Clear’, your car is likely to go missing. It won’t have been stolen. Your car will have been towed away by a tow truck. Instructions to tow it away will have come from the Traffic Department. Your car will be locked up in a tow yard. To get your car back you will have to pay a fine to the Traffic Department. You will also have to pay a towing fee.

E. Read the text above and answer the questions:
1. What do these mean? ‘No Parking’ ‘Keep Clear’ it mean’s do not park and keep clear mean’s keep the parking clear.
2. Name three places which are ‘tow away’ areas. Can you think of anymore?
3. Who gives instructions to have cars towed away?The person who towed away the car??

F. Devise five interview questions (with answers) for one of the characters in the story.Mrs and Mr mcdonald's

G. Identify and explain the major theme of the story.They couldn’t find a place to park their car so then they parked it at the end of the bus stop.

H. Explain how the story would have differed if the car was not towed away.They could of waited and parked in the right places not at the end of the bus stop if they didn’t park their then there car will get towed away.