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A. How much did you understand?

The right order of these sentences is 2, 1, 3

The baboons and the monkeys were friends.

“Look up at the sky. Isn't it beautiful?”

“We can climb on to each other, and sit on each other's shoulders.”

The right order of these sentences is 1, 3, 2

The biggest baboon was at the bottom of the pile.

And he pushed his finger into the big baboon's bottom.

At once, all the other baboons fell down to the ground.

The right order of these sentences is 3, 1, 2

He gave the monkeys white hair above their eyes.

God made the baboons’ tales shorter, and made their bottoms red.

And so they learned to live in peace.

B. THE SAME and DIFFERENT FROM

1. In the old days, the baboons and the monkeys were the same.
2. The faces and hands of the baboons and the monkeys were the same.
3. The baboons were different from the monkeys, because they were bigger.
4. God gave the monkeys white hair above their eyes to make them different from the baboons.
5. God made the baboons’ tails shorter so that they were not the same as the monkeys.
6. The baboons and the monkeys live in peace because they are different from each other.

C. Adjectives

1. The old monkey wanted to reach the sky because he thought it was beautiful.
2. The baboons climbed on top of each other, and made a high tower.
3. A big baboon was at the bottom of the pile.
4. One naughty little monkey pushed his finger into the big baboon's bottom.
5. The frightened monkeys ran into the forest.
6. God gave the monkeys white hair above their eyes.
7. He gave the baboons red bottoms.