Joe Richards finished school when he was 18, and then his father said to him, 'You've passed your examinations now, Joe, and you got good marks in them. Now go and get some good work. They're looking for clever people at the bank in the town. The clerks there get quite a lot of money now.'
A few days later, Joe went to the bank and asked for work there. A man took him into a small room and gave him some questions on a piece of paper. Joe wrote his answers on the paper, and then he gave them to the man.
The man looked at them for a few minutes, and then he took a pen and said to Joe, 'Your birthday was on the 12th of June, Mr Richards?'
'Yes, sir,' Joe said.
'What year?' the man asked. 'Oh, every year, sir,' Joe said.

A) Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write T or F.

1. Joe Richards was seventeen years old.
2. Joe Richards passed his examinations.
3. Joe passed his examinations at the university. 4. Joe wanted to work in a bank.
5. Joe was born on the 12th of June.
6. Joe did not give the right answer.

B) Answer these questions.

1. What did Joe's father say when Joe finished school?
2. Where did Joe go a few days later?
3. What did he want?
4. What did a man do then?
5. What did the man ask Joe?
6. What did Joe say?
7. What did the man ask?
8. And what did Joe say?

C) Write these. Write the correct words. Do not write the wrong ones.

1. Joe (passed; passed) his examination his examinations last week.
2. He (passed; has passed) them last July.
3. He (got; has got) good marks in them.
4. Now Joe (went; has gone) to the bank.
5. He (went; has gone) there at 11 o'clock.
6. A man (gave; has given) his answers.
7. Joe (gave; has given) his answers to the man now.
8. He (gave; has given) them to him a few seconds ago.
9. (Did; Has) the man read them? No, he is going to read them now.