Write three more verbs from the story in each box.

Thinking	Saying	Doing
believe — believed	say — said	kill — killed

7th Form

SoloMoN MAKES A WISE dECISIoN

one day two women came to Solomon. They stood before him. one of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house.

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I gave birth to a baby. Three days later this woman also gave birth to a baby. There were only two of us in the house. one night this woman rolled over on her baby in her sleep, and the baby died. So during the night she took my son from my bed while I was asleep. She carried him to her bed. Then she put the dead baby in my bed. The next morning I got up and was going to feed my baby, but I saw that he was dead! When I looked at him more closely I saw that he was not my son”.

But the other woman said, “No! The living baby is my son! The dead baby is yours!”

But the first woman insisted, “No! The dead baby is yours, and the living one is mine!”

So the two women argued before the king.

Then the King Solomon said, “Each of you says that the living baby is your own. And each of you insists that the dead baby belongs to the other woman”.

Then King Solomon sent his servants to get a sword. When they brought it to him, he said,”Cut the living baby into two pieces. Give each woman half of the baby”.

The real mother of the little boy was full of love for her son. She said to the King,”Please, my master don’t kill him! Give the baby to her!”

But the other woman said, “Neither of us will have him. Cut him into two pieces!”

Then King Solomon said, “Give the baby to the first woman. don’t kill him. She is the real mother”.

Read the text. Read the statements and say if they are true or false.

1) The two women gave birth to their babies on the same day.

2) one of the women tried to deceive the other.

3) Solomon made the first decision to tell who the real mother was.

4) The two women tried to handle the matter out without some­

body’s help.

5) At the end the real mother got her baby back.

6) one of the women became unhappy because of her own fault.

7) Solomon’s final decision was just.

2.	Pu	t the sentences into the correct order.
	1)	There was no one in the house except the two women.
	2)	The two women argued before the king.
	3)	one day two women came to Solomon.
	4)	one night one of the babies died.

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5) Solomon made a wise decision.

6) The two women gave birth to their children.

7) one of the women exchanged the babies.

8) The real mother got her baby back.

Finish the sentences.

1) Solomon’s servants brought .

2) ”Give the baby to ”, said Solomon.

3) one day two women .

4) Three days later .

5) When the woman looked at him closely she saw .

6) The two women argued .

7) The other woman wanted into pieces.