Josh hears a voice in his math class that only he can hear. The voice comes back when Josh is falling asleep, and Josh decides to talk to it. He learns the voice belongs to a boy named Taz who goes to a nearby school. Josh plans to meet Taz the next Saturday to discuss the voice further.

1. Two Left Feet
True or False (PCM 5.5.1)
___________1.Josh lives with his Mum, dad and younger sister, Jodie.
___________2.It is Josh’s birthday in two weeks’time.
___________3.For his birthday, Josh wants to go for a pizza with all his friends.
___________4.Josh invites two friends to his birthday celebration; they say ‘yes’.
___________5.Josh’s mum is worried about him because he doesn’t go out much.
___________6.Josh’s dad thinks there is something wrong with him.

2. Two Left Feet
True or False
True 1.Josh lives with his Mum, dad and younger sister, Jodie.
True 2.It is Josh’s birthday in two weeks’time.
False 3.For his birthday, Josh wants to go for a pizza with all his friends.
False 4.Josh invites two friends to his birthday celebration; they say ‘yes’.
True 5.Josh’s mum is worried about him because he doesn’t go out much.
False 6.Josh’s dad thinks there is something wrong with him.

3. Match the sentence halves to make true statements about the story. (PCM
5.5.2)
Josh was … … very good at playing football.
Jodie said … … want Josh to play on their football
team.
Jodie had … … tell his left from his right.
Josh wished … … that Josh might be an alien.
Josh wasn’t … … lots of friends.
Josh couldn’t … … adopted by his parents when he
was very young.
Other children didn’t … … he had more friends.

4. Answer
Josh was … … adopted by his parents when he
was very young.
Jodie said … … that Josh might be an alien.
Jodie had … … lots of friends.
Josh wished … … he had more friends.
Josh wasn’t … … very good at playing football.
Josh couldn’t … … tell his left from his right.
Other children didn’t … … want Josh to play on their football
team.

5. 1.What does Josh hear in the maths lesson?
Ans:
2.Does anyone else hear it?
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3.What happened that night as Josh was falling asleep?
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4.What does Josh do next?
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5.What does he find out?
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6.What does Josh plan to do next?

6. 1.What does Josh hear in the maths lesson?
Ans: A voice asking, ‘Is there anybody there?’
2.Does anyone else hear it?
Ans: No, only Josh can hear the voice.
3.What happened that night as Josh was falling asleep?
Ans: He hears the voice again.
4.What does Josh do next?
Ans: He talks to the voice.
5.What does he find out?
Ans: The voice is from a boy called Taz, who goes to a school
nearby.
6.What does Josh plan to do next?
Ans: Meet Taz the next Saturday morning

7. Cut out and put the following statements in order.
The voice comes back later, when Josh is falling asleep.
He can’t ignore it.
Josh finds out the voice belongs to a real boy called Taz.
Josh wants to talk to Taz, although he can’t see him.
Josh hears a voice in the math class. Only he can hear it.
He hopes it will go away.
Josh is excited when he finds out that Taz goes to school
in the same town.

8. Cut out and put the following statements in order.
4 The voice comes back later, when Josh is falling asleep.
He can’t ignore it.
1 Josh finds out the voice belongs to a real boy called Taz.
2 Josh wants to talk to Taz, although he can’t see him.
3 Josh hears a voice in the math class. Only he can hear it.
He hopes it will go away.
5 Josh is excited when he finds out that Taz goes to school
in the same town.

9. Answer True or False to the following statements. PCM5.5.4
Josh was sent to Earth from the planet Tekram III.
They (Tekram III) want Josh to return to the planet Tekra III.
They (Tekram III) knew that there were kind people on Earth, although
there was a lot of fighting.
The planet Tekram III still exists.
They (Tekram III) want Josh to work hard to live a good life on Earth.
Only Josh received the message on the computer.
Josh doesn’t want to talk to Taz about the message.
Josh doesn’t want to be an alien.

10. Answer
True Josh was sent to Earth from the planet Tekram III.
False They (Tekram III) want Josh to return to the planet Tekra III.
True They (Tekram III) knew that there were kind people on Earth, although
there was a lot of fighting.
False The planet Tekram III still exists.
True They (Tekram III) want Josh to work hard to live a good life on Earth.
False Only Josh received the message on the computer.
False Josh doesn’t want to talk to Taz about the message.
False Josh doesn’t want to be an alien.

11. Gap Fill, Questions