8th form "Buddy and Me" Grammar / Vocabulary

1. Buddy is my best friend. He never gets mad ____ me. He never runs off to play with another boy.

2. He always listens when I need someone ____ to. When he sees me, his brown eyes are sweet as a smile.

3. But Buddy is more than my friend. He's my arms and legs. He helps me do things I ____ by myself.

4. I can't do a lot of things other kids can. I have a disease that ____ my muscles weak. It's called muscular dystrophy.

5. Before Buddy, Mom and Dad helped me. Mike and other friends helped, too. But friends sometimes get tired of ____, and I wanted to do things on my own.

6. Buddy was my wish come true. We met at a camp ____ Buddy was trained to help someone like me.

7. As a puppy, he was special. Loving and smart, he ____ to be a Service Dog.

8. Buddy was the star dog in his graduation class of puppy kindergarten. In two years, he ____ sixty commands.

9. I had to learn all the commands in two weeks and how ____ of Buddy, too.

10. It was hard. Much harder ____ I thought. We worked long hours and had tests every day.

11. Over and over I practiced giving commands. It wasn't _____ to make Buddy obey me. He acted like a kid who didn't pay attention to his teacher.

12. Many times I got angry. Sometimes I cried. ____ I never gave up, even I wanted to. Persistence and love helped! Now we are best friends and it will be forever!