Add Numbers

Maria was learning to add numbers. She liked to add numbers. It was easy to add numbers. She could add one and one. She knew that one and one are two. She knew that two and two are four. She knew that three and three are six. But that was it. She didn't know what four and four are. She asked her mom. Her mom told her that four and four are eight. "Oh, now I know," Maria said. "I am four years old now. In four more years, I will be eight." Maria was a fast learner. She wasn't a slow learner.

1.     Can you ___ four and four? B. Yes, I can. Four and four are eight.

2.     ___ is your name?

3.     Eight is a bigger ___ than four.

4.     A student is a ___. Are you a fast ___?

5.     You talk too fast; please ___ down.

6.     She isn't a slow learner; she is a ___ learner.

7.     I am eight ___s old.

8.     Do you ___ how much two and two are?

9.     Don't wait; do it right ___.

10.  I ___ cats, but I don't ___ dogs.

11.  What did you ___ in school today?

 

from: English as a second language