General Pershing was a famous American officer. He was in the American army, and fought in Europe in the First World War.

After he died, some people in his home town wanted to remember him, so they put up a big statue of him on a horse.

There was a school near the statue, and some of the boys passed it every day on their way to school and again on their way home. After a few months some of them began to say, 'Good morning, Pershing', whenever they passed the statue, and soon all the boys at the school were doing this.

One Saturday one of the smallest of these boys was walking to the shops with his mother when he passed the statue. He said, 'Good morning, Pershing' to it, but then he stopped and said to his mother, 'I like Pershing very much, Ma, but who's that funny man on his back?

A     Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write Tor F.

1. General Pershing was British.
2. Some people put up a statue of him in his home town.
3. The statue was in a school.
4. The boys at the school always said, 'Good morning, Pershing.'
5. The little boy was walking with his mother.
6. The little boy thought, 'Pershing is the horse.'

B          Answer these questions.

1. Who was General Pershing?
2. What did he do in the First World War?
3. Why did people in his town put up a statue of him?
4. Who began to say 'Good morning, Pershing' whenever they passed the statue?
5. Who was walking past the statue one Saturday?
6. Who was with him?
7. What did he say to the statue?
8. What did he ask his mother then?

C      Do this puzzle.

Across:

2. The name of the 6 down.

7. 'He will …... in Europe next week' means 'He will get to Europe next week'.

8. 

9. When you are……., you want to drink.

11. The ……. boy in the school said, 'Who's that funny man on Pershing's back?

Down: 1. These are.... 

3. Before they put the statue up, they dug a hole in the...……. and put the bottom of the statue in it.

4. More than two.

5. 'She always says to us, “Please visit my house,"' ' means 'She always .... ... us to her house'.

6. And 2 across: The statue on the horse was of……... (two words).

10. Mother.