or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr Brown; but you should never say Mr John. They use Mr, Mrs or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. “When you were born, why did your parents call you Jim?” they ask.” Why did they choose that name?” The answer is they didn’t call Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That’s because it is shorter and easier than James.
1.Most English people have____ names.
A one B two C three D four
2. ____ is Jim’s family name.
A Jim B Green C Allan D James
3. English people use Mr, Mrs or Miss with ____ .
A the family name B the first name
C The middle name D the first name and the middle name
4. The teacher’s name is Mary Joan Shute. Her students call her ____.
A miss Mary B Miss Joan C Miss Mary Joan D Miss Shute
5. People usually call the writer Jim instead of James because _____.
A It’s the name of his grandfather B It’s easier for people call him C It’s the name that his parents chose for
him D It’s more difficult than James
13.On Christmas Eve ----- the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.
Mr Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney into the fireplace and