Family - Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension

 Read the text carefully.                                                              

Mary's family

Mary is ten years old. She is from Dorset. Her hair is long and brown. She has got brown eyes. She has got a cat and a dog. Their names are Pat and Fluffy. Pat, the dog has got a small house in the garden. Mary's cat, Fluffy is 3 years old.

                                                            

  Mary's mother is Jane. She is a teacher. She's thirty-six years old. Her husband is Nick. He is thirty-eight. He's a bus driver. He has got brown hair and blue eyes. Jane's hair is blonde and her eyes are brown. They have got three children Mary, Sean and Peter.

Sean is six and Peter is twelve years old. The children are pupils. Sean's hair is blonde, Peter's hair is brown. The boys have got blue eyes.

Jane hasn't got a pet. She has a friend. Her name is Laura.

Nick has got a horse. Its name is Lightning. Nick's friends are bus drivers. They are Tom, Charles and John.

Peter's pet is a hamster. Its name is Tiny. She is so small. Sean has got a goldfish. Its name's Goldie.

                                                                                                              

  Peter and Sean have got four friends. Peter's friends are James and Doug. Brian and Adam are Sean's friends. Mary's friends are Maggie and April.

 Fill in the chart with the suitable information from the text. Write "no" if we have no information.

name	Mary
age				36
hair					blonde
eyes
job		bus driver
friend(s)
pet(s)			hamster
pet’s name

 True or false. Put a tick into the correct place.

sentence	true	false
1)      Mary has got a spider.
2)    Mary's mother is 38 years old.
3)    Nick is Sean’s father.
4)    Sean has got a sister.
5)    Mary has got two brothers.
6)    The children have got four friends.
7)    Tiny is a horse.
8)    John is a bus driver.
9)    Tom is Peter's friend.
10) Fluffy is a cat.

 Write short answers to the following questions.

1)      How many pets has the family got?     .

2)    Has the family got a garden?              .

3)    Where is the family from?                 .

4)    Who is the daughter in the family?     .

5)    How many friends has the family got? .

6)    Who has got a fish?                           .

7)    Who has got blonde hair?                   .

8)    Who is Peter?                                    brother.

9)    Who has got blue eyes?                      .

10) Who is Doug?                                    .

 Here are some definitions. Can you guess the word or name? (The words are from the text.)

1)      It's an animal. It is small. It has got four legs. 

2)    It's a person. He is a bus driver. He has got a long name. He is the father's friend. 

3)    He is Jane’s son. He is very young. 

4)    Mary, Sean and Peter. 

5)    It is an animal. We have it at home. 

6)    It is not in the house. 

7)    Not big. 

8)    He has got a horse. 

9)    It is a job at school. 

10) Not a girl. 

HOMEWORK

Read the text again. Then write a composition about your family. Write down the following information about mother, father, sister(s), brother(s) and you: name, age, hair, eyes, pets and friends. You can use the text to help you.

                                                                                                 

        

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Family Tree

Write the relationship. Ex: Bill is Henry's son. David is Mary's  Tom is Laura's  Mary is Rachel's  Martha is Hannah's  George is Henry's  Laura is David's  Sue is George's  Mary is George's  Laura is Martha's  George is Tom's  Sue is Rachel's  Laura is George's  Henry is Tom's  Bill is Michael's   Laura is Tom's  Hannah is Tom's  George is Sue's  Tom is Mary's  Henry is George's  George and Mary are Henry  Mary is Martha's  Henry is Laura's  Sue and David are Mary's  Michael is Sue's  Mary and George are Bill's   Martha is George's  George and Mary are Tom's  Jasoal 2010

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Present Simple

 

 

 

 

 

 A. Fill in the correct from of the verbs in brackets.

 

1. Jack is a truck driver. He  (drive) hundreds of kilometers every day. He  (love)

his work. When he  (drive) he  (listen) to the radio.

 

2. Tom and Rom  (like) to read books. Rom  (like) historical novels, but Tom  (prefer) science fiction. They never (go) to the same movies either. Rom  (insist) on love stories and she always  (enjoy) them, but her brother  (find) them boring.

 

3. Sharon  (study) medicine at the university.

 

 

4. Kim always  (do) her homework.

 

5. They rarely  (drink) coffee before they go to sleep.

 

6. Roni and Vika  (have) a dog.

 

7. Vika and I (do/ does) our homework together.

 

8. Sara (pass/ passes) our house on her way to school.

 

9. Our cat (eat/ eats) fish.

 

10. Mike is very handy. He (fix/ fixes) everything.

 

11. This plane (fly/ flys/ flies) to the USA every Friday.

B. Write the third person singular of the following verbs.

 

1. brush                                     2. come 

3. do                                            4. drink 

5. eat                                           6. get up 

7. go                                            8. have 

9. leave                                     10. play 

11. put on                                 12. read 

13. try                                        14. walk 

15. wash                                    16. watch 

17. dress                                   18. smile   

19. teach                                   20. cry 

C. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs.

 

Amit  (get up) at 7.00 and (go) into the bathroom to wash.

 He  (wash) his face and  (brush) his teeth. Then he  (put on) his clothes. 

Amit's mother and father (have) coffee in the morning, but Amit  (drink) orange juice to drink. At 7.45, Amit leaveleaves (leave) his house and walkwalks(walk) to the bus-stop. He  (try) not to be late for school. Amit  (come) home from school at 2.00 in the afternoon. He eatseat (eat) lunch and dodoes (do) his homework. Then he (watch) television,  (read) a book or  (play) with his friends.

 

    

        

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Simple Present - Reading

1. Read the text below - leiam o texto abaixo

A dedicated teenager


Jane is a very intelligent teenager. She is fifteen years old and has two brothers. She goes to school in the morning and helps her parents in the afternoon. In the evening, she studies English at a school. She loves ice cream and barbecue; she eats an ice cream every day and, on the weekend, she eats barbecue. Her brothers don’t like to study but they help their parents too. They want to open a small restaurant because they like to work with food. Jane likes science and she wants to be a doctor. Her father tells her that it is necessary to study a lot to be a doctor. Jane tells her father: “Yes, you are correct. This is my dream and I know it is possible because I am dedicated.” 

Jane’s family has problems but they believe there are solutions and they never give up. Jane doesn’t have everything she wants but she works hard.

Vocabulary:

- Teenager: adolescente
- Has(have na terceira pessoa, forma afirmativa): tem
- Want: querer
- Open: abrir
- Tell: dizer, contar
- A lot: muito
- Dedicated: dedicado(a)
- Give up: desistir
- Everything: tudo
- Works hard: trabalha duro, se esforça bastante.

2. Answer the questions - respondam as perguntas

a. How old is Jane?
__________________________________________________

b. When does she go to school?
__________________________________________________

c. Does Jane have everything she wants?
__________________________________________________


3. True or False - Verdadeiro ou Falso

a. Jane doesn't help her mother in the afternoon. (........)
b. Jane studies English at a university. (........)
c. She doesn't like meat. (........)
d. Her brothers love to study.(........)
e. Jane wants to be a doctor.(........)

ANSWER-KEY
2)a-She is 15 years old.
b-She goes to school in the morning.
c-No, she doesn't.  have everithing she wants

3)a-F
b-F
c-F
d-F
e-T
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 Verb to be: Past tense

1. I waswerelate yesterday.

2. werewas she drawing?

 

3. Hewaswasn't at home yesterday, he went to school.

 

4. Theywerewas playing football last week.

 

5. She waswere wearing a beautiful dress last Thursday.

 

6. My grandfather waswere a teacher.

 

7. waswere the weather fine yesterday?

 

8. My friendswaswere playing golf last week.

 

9. He waswere ill last night.

 

10. Wewasweren't intersted in the movie, it was boring.

        

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Simple Past - Verb to be

Hello and Welcome! In this excersie you have to complete the text using the simple past of the verb TO BE. DO NOT USE CAPITAL LETTERS.

Hi Sean!

How your winter holidays? My holidays brilliant! 

The first week I  in Buenos Aires with Carla. On Monday we at "Parque de la Costa"

an amusement park. The rides fantastic. My favorite game the house of horrors. It very scary. There many games as pintball,water rides, etc.

The next day we at Temeiken. It is a huge zoo. There a lot of fascinating animals!

We visited many other places! 

Write soon,

Maglia.

        

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