Jack and Betty Collins are 12-year-old twins who live in Manchester with their parents, little sister, and grandfather. They go to school every day on a big red bus while their parents go to work, with their father as a factory worker and mother as a teacher at a school near the factory. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a big surprise for their children - they are taking the family on a holiday trip to Blackpool to visit Aunt Gloria and Uncle James.

1. The twins

2.  Jack and Betty Collins are twins. They’re twelve
years old.

3.  They live in Manchester.

4. They live with their parents, their little
sister and their grandfather.

5.  Every day the twins go to school in a big red bus.

6.  Their mother and father go to work in a little blue
car.

7.  Mr. Collins is a factory worker.

8.  Mrs. Collins is a teacher.

9.  Her school is not far from the factory.

10.  Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a big surprise for their
children.

11.  They are going on a holiday trip to Blackpool.

12.  Aunt Gloria and Uncle James live
there. “Blackpool!” the twins shout. “A fine idea!”