It all began after work one day when some friends and I were talking about theme parks. A girl called Rosie said she loved big, scary rides, and for some reason, I said that I loved them too. What I should have said is that I'm terrified of them. Two days later, Rosie told me that she had booked tickets for a group of us to go to a nearby theme park the following weekend. She insisted that I go and promised that I would love the roller-coaster because it was the highest and fastest in Europe!When we arrived at the theme park, Rosie and her friends went straight to the roller coaster. As we waited in line, I got more and more nervous. By the time we got to the front of the line, I was panicking. I refused to ride. I was so embarrassed that I went home alone. The next day, I spoke to Rosie and apologized for ruining the trip. She was very sympathetic and didn't blame herself at all for being afraid. What she couldn't understand was why I'd lied in the first place - and she couldn't

1 Is the story written in the first or third person? 2 On how many different days do the events take place? Does each day have its own paragraph? 3 What time expressions does the writer use to
move the story forwards?
4 Find three adjectives