1. Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
2002 OCR Unit 4 MONEY
Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
by Judith Viorst
J.Mitchell

2. …pieces of metal shaped like coins, used instead of money.
Tokens
…pieces of metal shaped like coins, used instead of money.
It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is…bus tokens.

3. rent I always wanted to rent his snake for an hour.
To pay a fee for the use of something
I always wanted to rent his snake for an hour.

4. I absolutely was saving my money!
Without a doubt!
I absolutely was saving my money!

5. positively For sure, certainly, confidently
I positively was saving the rest of my money.

6. I brought some non-returnable bottles to Friendly’s Market.
Something that cannot be taken or given back.
I brought some non-returnable bottles to Friendly’s Market.

7. vanish
disappear
But then Nick did a magic trick that made my pennies vanish into thin air.

8. The end!