Mother: “Why are you crying?”

Sally: “Because I fell and hurt myself.”

Mother: “When did that happen?”

Sally: “About twenty minutes ago.”

Mother: “But you’ve only just started crying.”

Sally: “I know. Earlier, I thought you’d gone out.”

Vocabulary Help

  • cry – chorar
  • earlier – antes
  • fall (fall, fell, fallen) – cair
  • go out (go, went, gone) – sair
  • happen – acontecer
  • hurt – machucar
  • mother – mãe
  • start – começar
  • think (think, thought, thought) – pensar
  • twenty minutes ago – vinte minutos atrás