The golden boys

Are you ready for a story?

Listen to it and do the exercises below.



 For each of the 10 questions below, choose the one ending that is NOT correct.

1. The narrator goes on holiday…
 a. every month
b.  every year
c. every August

2. With his family, he always goes
a. to the same beach
b. to the same town
c. to a lot of different places

3. Mr Morelli 
a. runs the café
b. doesn’t like the narrator
c. talks to the narrator’s parents

4. The narrator
a. reads books
b. plays volleyball
c. makes lots of friends

5. The Hamiltons 
a. are a family of four
b. have a red and white umbrella
c. are good friends of the narrator

6. Richard and Philip organise
a. cheese sandwiches
b. a barbecue
c. an event for everyone on the beach to come to

7. Mrs Moffat 
a. is very rich
b. always has gold jewellery
c. is very friendly

8. Mrs Moffat has lost
a. her bag
b. her purse
c. her necklace

9. Richard and Philip 
a. find Mrs Moffat’s purse
b. are asked questions by the police
c. are taken to the police station

10. The narrator
a. never goes back to the beach again
b. knows who really took the purse
c. says Richard and Philip took the purse

Taken from Learn English. British Council