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The Babysitter Reading Comprehension Exercises 41728

A girl babysat for two young boys in an isolated house in the forest. While watching TV in the living room, she became disturbed by a strange clown statue. When she called the father to ask about it, he said they never owned such a statue. As she heard this, a white hand took the phone from her, holding a large knife. The babysitter was then never seen again.

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The Babysitter Reading Comprehension Exercises 41728

A girl babysat for two young boys in an isolated house in the forest. While watching TV in the living room, she became disturbed by a strange clown statue. When she called the father to ask about it, he said they never owned such a statue. As she heard this, a white hand took the phone from her, holding a large knife. The babysitter was then never seen again.

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THE

BABYSITTER

On a cold winter evening, a girl went babysitting


for two young boys in a big isolated house in the
forest.

1 When she arrived, it was quite late. The children were in their pajamas, eating
dinner in the kitchen. The parents talked to the babysitter for a few minutes,
and they left. 2 After dinner, she went upstairs with the children, read them a
nice story and sent them to bed.

3 Then she went back downstairs to watch TV in the living room. It was a dark
room with lots of strange objects everywhere: stuffed animals,
old music instruments, and a big clown statue next to the TV
set. The statue was particularly ugly, with its smiley white face
and black shiny eyes. The babysitter was trying to concentrate
on her TV series, but her eyes were going back to the statue,
again and again.

4 Suddenly, she heard the phone in the kitchen ring and she went to answer it.
It was the children’s father, who asked if everything was OK. She said yes,
then she hesitated a little and added: “There’s just one thing... I’m sorry, I feel
really stupid but... it’s just that clown statue in the living room, it looks so
scary!”

upstairs
LIVING
ROOM

KITCHEN
downstairs
Read the story and highlight (or underline) the information in different colours:

 WHO WHAT  WHERE  WHEN


(in blue) (actions > in red) (in green) (in black)
1

Read the story and highlight (or underline) the information in different colours:

 WHO WHAT  WHERE  WHEN


(in blue) (actions > in red) (in green) (in black)
1

There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."

Just then the babysitter heard a ‘click’ as a white hand was taking
the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny
knife.

The babysitter was never seen again.

There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."

Just then the babysitter heard a ‘click’ as a white hand was taking
the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny
knife.

The babysitter was never seen again.

There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."
Just then the babysitter heard a ‘click’ as a white hand was taking
the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny
knife.

The babysitter was never seen again.

There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."

Just then the babysitter heard a ‘click’ as a white hand was taking
the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny
knife.

The babysitter was never seen again.

There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."

Just then the babysitter heard a ‘click’ as a white hand was taking
the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny
knife.

The babysitter was never seen again.

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