Watch Out For Boris!
BorisBoris the KunekuneKunekune pig got a bit too close to an AucklandAuckland womanwoman when she stoppedstopped to rescue him from the busy traffic.traffic.
Boris the runaway Kunekune pigHe had escapedescaped from his grassygrassy paddockdock through a big hole in the fence and was havehaving a lovelylovely time chasechasing the fast cars. The woman was afraid he would get run over so she stoppedstopped and trytried to openopen a padlockedpadlocked farm gate so she could shoo him back in. Instead, he nibblednibbled on her cottoncotton trousers and then, when she got into her little car to get away from him, he followeded her in and climbeded ontoonto her comfortablecomfortable lap, as though he was a pet dog. Naughty Boris had to be draggeddragged out by his hind legs. His ownerowner said that he would have been feelingfeeling lonelylonely and wantingwanting entertainingentertaining companycompany because the familyfamily was away.
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Comprehension Clarify these words: Kunekune, rescue, paddock, padlocked, shoo, nibbled, cotton, comfortable, hind, entertaining, company. Retell what happened in this newspaper report. What is the headline of this report? What job does a headline do? What is the introduction? What job does an introduction do? Make inferences or give opinions about:
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Word Study Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed and ing to: stop, rescue, have, chase, stop, try, nibble, drag. Other affixes: What happens when we add other prefixes and suffixes like y, ly, able to these words: grass, love, lone, comfort. What two words make up these compound words: padlocked, onto.
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