Rain on a Monday Morning

¡¡¡¡£¨Monday is the first work day of the week for most Americans and also the first school day of the week£©

¡¡¡¡It is eight o’clock on a Monday morning£¬ and it is raining.

¡¡¡¡A cold wind is blowing£¬ and the sky is gray. Men and women are going to work. Some are walking. Some are riding on buses. Some are waiting for buses on windy corners in the rain. Others are driving their cars£¬ or riding in the cars of neighbors and friends. The city streets are full of cars and buses. All are moving slowly£¬ one after another£¬ along the city streets and on the roads between cities and towns.

¡¡¡¡Children are going to school. Some are riding on school buses. Some are riding in their parents’cars. Many are walking£¬ and they are not very happy.

¡¡¡¡Life is not beautiful on a rainy Monday morning.

¡¡¡¡Exercises

¡¡¡¡l. Fill in the blanks using the correct preposition.

¡¡¡¡1£© Some people are riding _________ buses.

¡¡¡¡2£© The streets are full __________ cars and buses.

¡¡¡¡3£© All are moving slowly _______ the streets __________ the rain.

¡¡¡¡4£© They are going __________ work.

¡¡¡¡5£© Some people are riding ___________ cars.

¡¡¡¡6£© They are waiting _________ a bus.

¡¡¡¡7£© Children are going __________ school.

¡¡¡¡8£© Life is not beautiful __________ a rainy Monday morning.

¡¡¡¡2. Fill in the missing adjective forms of the following words.

¡¡¡¡Noun Adjective Noun Adjective

¡¡¡¡1£© wind _____________ 2£© rain __________

¡¡¡¡3£© sun _____________ 4£© cloud __________

¡¡¡¡5£© snow ____________