Rosa Saves the Day Ex. 4

One afternoon, Mrs Gonzales and her four-year-old daughter Rosa were in the kitchen making dinner. The kitchen light burned out.

Mrs. Gonzales got an old stepladder and went up the ladder to change the light bulb. Mrs. Gonzales fell. When she fell, she hit her head on the stove.

“Mama! Mama!” Rosa screamed, but Mrs. Gonzales did not answer. Rosa ran to the telephone and called 9-1-1. An ambulance arrived in six minutes. Mrs. Gonzales and Rosa went to the hospital in the ambulance.

Rosa’s telephone call to 9-1-1 saved her mother’s life.

The kitchen light burned out.
1. was on fire
2. stopped working
3. was not turned on
Mrs. Gonzales got on a stepladder.
1. a small ladder
2. a tall chair
3. a tall ladder
Mrs. Gonzales went up the ladder to change the light bulb.
1. to take out the old light bulb and put in a new one
2. to buy a new light bulb
3. to check out the old light bulb and put it back in
“Mama! Mama!” Rosa screamed.
1. laughed
2. cried quietly
3. cried loudly
The ambulance arrived in six minutes.
1. a special van to take people to a hospital
2. a taxi
3. a special van to take people to their doctor's office