Giffen's Great Glue by Paul Jennings

Giffen is a successful salesman because he ... sells his product at a cheap price is funny only sells good products knows how to get people's attention What does Giffen know that the customers don't know? The glue doesn't stick. The glue lasts only for four hours. The glue only sticks on certain materials. Who sticks the following objects? rare china Miss Tibbs canoe Scott Bridges a car Giffen A strap box flyer Flinty What do you think Giffen was most worried about? not being able to sell more glue people wanting their money back the harm that might be caused by his glue his glue being poisonous Put the sentences in the correct sequence as they happened in the story: 1 Giffen goes to a town. 2 He makes a presentation. 3 Someone buys the glue. 4 The glue is used on something important. 5 The glue stops sticking. 6 Something horrible happens. Sort the sentences into TRUE and FALSE columns: True Giffen thought Flinty was trying to fool him at the beginning. When Flinty started flying, Giffen realized the invention was worth a fortune. The glue on Giffen's Strap Box Flyer didn't last long enough for him to get away. False Flinty thought that most people were suckers. Flinty showed Giffen how to attach the two parts of his invention. Giffen was planning to use the strap box flyer as a trick to make money. What happens to Giffen at the end? He flies away. He dies. He makes a fortune from the Strap Box Flyer. Click on the blanks and choose the correct word to complete the sentences. BEWARE OF GIFFEN'S GREAT GLUE!Yesterday, a man was selling tubes of glue in the park. If you were one of his customers, please contact the police at once. The glue is extremely dangerous. It is very strong in the beginning, but it only lasts for four hours. It has already caused damage to property and the loss of a person's life. Miss Tibb's collection of rare china was ruined. She had used the glue to put up a shelf. Scott Bridges used it to join together two parts of a broken canoe. Divers found his body late last night.So, if you bought the glue, don't be a fool and think it will work for you! Giffen broke the law against false advertising in many ways. Mark only the sentence which is NOT correct: He told them this was the best glue in the world. He didn't tell the customers the glue lasted only for four hours. He offered them their money back if the glue didn't work. He demonstrated how strong the glue was. Which of these sentences from the story is NOT in the passive: The car was lifted up into the air. Miss Tibbs was woken up by a loud noise. Giffen put glue on the ropes and joined them together. All her favorite pieces of china were ruined.