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Reading comprehension
Task 1 - Read the text carefully.
Mary’s family
Caroline is ten years old. She is from California. Her hair is
long and brown. She has got brown eyes. She has got a cat and
a dog. Their names are Toby and Basted. Toby, the dog has got
a small house in the garden. Caroline’s cat, Basted is 3 years
old.
Caroline’s mother is Jessica. She is a teacher. She’s
thirty-seven years old. Her husband is Jonathan. He is thirty-
nine. He’s a taxi driver. He has got brown hair and blue
eyes. Jessica’s hair is blonde and her eyes are brown. They
have got three children Caroline, Jhon and Pedro.
John is six and Pedro is twelve years old. The children are
pupils. Jonathan’s hair is blonde, Pedro’s hair is brown. The
boys have got blue eyes.
Jessica hasn’t got a pet. She has a friend. Her name is
Christine. Jonathan has got a horse. Its name is Lightning.
Jonathan’s friends
are bus drivers. They are Tulio, Carlos and Juan.
Pedro’s pet is a hamster. Its name is Little. She is so small.
John has got a goldfish. Its name’s Goldie. Pedro and
Johnhave got four friends. Pedro’s friends are James and
Daniel. Brian and Adam are Sean’s friends. Caroline’s friends
are Diana and April.
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brownTask 2 - Fill in the chart with the suitable information from the text.
name Caroline Jonathan Pedro Jessica Jhon
age 10 39 12 37 6
hair long and brown brown brown blonde blonde
eyes brown blue blue brown blue
job student taxi driver student teacher student
friend(s) Diana and April Tulio, Carlos James and Christine Brian and
Juan Daniel Adam
pet(s) Dog and horse a hamster hasn’t goldfish
cat got a pet
pet’s Toby and Lightning. Little hasn’t Goldie
name Basted got a pet
Task 3 - True or false. Put a tick into the correct place.
sentence true false
1) Caroline has got a spider. *
2) Caroline’s mother is 38 years old. *
3) Jonathan is John’s father. *
4) John has got a sister. *
5) Caroline has got two brothers. *
6) The children have got four friends. *
7) Little is a horse. *
8) John is a bus driver. *
9) Tom is Pedro’s friend. *
10)Basted is a cat. *
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Task 4 - Write short answers to the following questions.
1) How many pets has the family got?
The family has got five pets.
2) Has the family got a garden?
No, they don't have a garden.
3) Where is the family from?
They from of California.
4) Who is the daughter in the family?
the daughter in the family is Caroline.
5) How many friends has the family got?
They have ten friends.
6) Who has got a fish?
Is jhon.
7) Who has got blonde hair?
Jessica and Jhon.
8) Who is Pedro?
Pedro is the elder brother
9) Who has got blue eyes?
Johnathan and Pedro
10)Who is Daniel?
Daniel is the younger brother
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Task 5 - 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 tax
driver. He has got a long name.
He is the father’s friend.
3 - He is Jessica’s son. He
is very young.
4 - Caroline, John and Pedro.
5 - It is an animal. We have
them 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.
The Cat Basted
Carlos
Daniel
Studet
Dog
Horse
Hamster
Jhonatan
Jessica is teacher
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Exercise
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.
I'm Duvier Felipe Ceballos Bolivar. I am 32 years old and is from El Cerrito –
Valle del Cauca. My hair brown. I have got two dogs. Their names are Toby and
´Nieves. Toby, the dog has got a small house in the garden. Nieves is 5 years
old and is a frespuder.
My mother is Dora Alba Bolivar. She is the rector of a school. She’s 58
years old. My father is Luis Fernando Ceballos. He is 60 years old. He’s a teacher
of primary. He has got brown hair and black. My mother is blonde and her
eyes are brown. We are five brothers Luis Angel, Andrey, Emilia, Dora Estella
and my.
Luis Angel is the elder brother, he is 38 years old and Dorita is the younger
brother, she is 25 years old; only I live in the paternal house, My brothers are
parents of four beautiful girls, Ana Lucia, Sara Lucia, Renata y Victoria. They
are the adoration of the family.
My brother Andrey is a doctor and he is 34 years old. He lives in Chile with his
wife Viviana and his two daughters Sara and Ana. Emilia is an actress, lives in
Bogota and has no children.
In our family we are very close and we love very much.