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The elephant man

Tim Vicary


Put the story in order by writing the numbers in the correct order.

 

Lower level

 

A. Dr. Treves entered the room and saw the elephant man sitting on a chair.

 

B. He was very ugly and dirty.

 

C. He studied him carefully and then gave the elephant man his card.

 

D. The doctor felt very sad and asked to see the elephant man at the hospital.

 

E. In the end, the elephant man died in his bed of a broken neck.

 

F. He paid the shopkeeper 12 pence to visit the elephant man.

 

G. The elephant man was very happy living in the hospital and began making friends.

 

H. The next day the doctor took the elephant man to the hospital by cab.

 

I. The elephant man went to live at the hospital.

 

J. One day a doctor saw a picture of an ugly man in the window of a shop.

 

K. He was very happy living there.

 

 

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Difficult level

A. The picture said that for two pence, he could visit the ugly man.

 

B. One of his friends was the Queen.

 

C. Finally, the shopkeeper let Dr. Treves visit the elephant man for twelve pence.

 

D. Dr. Treves entered the room and saw the elephant man sitting on a chair.

 

E. The next day the doctor took the elephant man to the hospital by cab.

 

F. Six weeks later, he died in his bed of a broken neck.

 

G. A couple of years later, the elephant man was found by police and the card from Dr. Treves was still in his pocket.

 

H. The police brought him to the hospital to see Dr. Treves and from that point on, the elephant man began living in the hospital.

 

I. He studied him carefully and then gave the elephant man his card.

 

J. The elephant man was very happy living in the hospital and he began making friends.

 

K. One day a doctor saw a picture of an ugly man in the window of a shop.

 

L. After many months in the hospital, Merrick went to the countryside and stayed there for six weeks. He was very happy.

 

M. The shopkeeper did not want Dr. Treves to visit the elephant man because he was closing.

 

N. The doctor felt very sad and asked to see the elephant man at the hospital.

 

O. Unfortunately, when he returned to the hospital, his happy days were almost over.

 

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