READING Sick on Saturday

Sick on Saturday (simple past) I have have just had a terri terrible ble weeken weekend! d! On Saturd Saturday ay I was so tire tired d that that I slept all morning. When I  I  woke  woke  up I had a head ache ache and my throat throat was sore. was sore. My body ached all ached all over. My nose ran and ran and I coughed a coughed a lot. My mother took my took my temperature but I did not did not have a fever. My mother made me made me some soup for lunch and I ate it ate it in bed. I drank some drank some juice. I tried to tried to read a book but I couldn’t keep couldn’t keep my eyes open. I lay in lay in bed all afternoon. I drifted  drifted  in and out of sleep sleep.. I drank  drank  more juice juice.. I felt miserable felt miserable all afternoon. I didn’t want didn’t want to do anything. I got out got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pia ordered pia for dinner and I was able was able to eat some of it. I drank more drank more juice! I felt a felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up. stayed  up. I snuggled under snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some watched some " with my parents. I fell asleep fell asleep in front of the ". he he ne#t ne#t morni morning ng I felt bett better er but now my moth mother er had a col cold! She She looked miserable. It was her was her turn to be sick.

Comprehension Comprehension Check: $id you understand the story% &re these sentences true% '. he boy was sick on Saturday. (es or no% ). On Sunday his father was sick. (es or no% *. +e had a fever on Saturday. (es or no% ,. +e ate dinner in bed on Saturday. (es or no%

Fill in the Blanks: -. he family had  for dinner on Saturday. /. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he . 0. +e had a head  and his throat was . 1. he boy drank lots of . 2. What is the present tense of these verbs% tried 3 took 3 3 felt 3 did 

Vocabulary help: 

ache 4verb5 6 hurts3 is painful

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asleep 4adjective5 6 to be sleeping

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couch 4noun5 6 furniture to sit on

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drifted 4verb5 past tense of to drift 6 to move slowly

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drifted in and out of sleep 6 when you are not really awake but not really asleep either

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miserable 4adjective5 6 sad3 unhappy3 unpleasant

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snuggled 4verb5 past tense of to snuggle 6 to move into a warm3 comfortable position

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terrible 4adjective5 6 very bad3

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woke up 4verb5 past tense of wake up 6 to stop sleeping

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