Reading

1. Read the text and answer true (T) or false (F).

Cristina Aranjuez lives with her family in Quito, in Ecuador, South America. Cristina loves her city.
It is very beautiful and has many parks and lovely old buildings.
Every morning, Cristina wakes up at half past five, has a shower and then has breakfast with her
family. She usually has some milk and some fruit for breakfast.
Sometimes her mother drives her to school, but she usually goes by bus. She meets her friends on
the bus and chats about the homework. Her favourite lesson is English, but she also likes Maths.
The first lesson starts at half past seven. The students have a break at half past nine and Cristina
plays with her friends and has an apple or banana. School finishes at one oclock and she always
gets the bus home. She has lunch with her family. After lunch she does her homework and then
she often plays tennis with her friends.
Once or twice a week she goes to a friends house for a swim because they have a swimming pool.
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Cristina lives in Quito.

She doesnt like Quito very much.

She wakes up at 5.30 every morning.

She never has any fruit for breakfast.

English is her favourite lesson.

She doesnt always get the bus home from school.

She usually does her homework before lunch.

She goes swimming three times a week.

2. Answer the following questions.
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What does Cristina do after breakfast?

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What is Cristinas favourite lesson?

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What time does her first lesson start?
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Grammar and vocabulary

3. Present Simple: Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Sam: Hello, Im Sam. Whats your name?
Brad: Hi, Im Brad.
Sam: Where
Brad: I
Sam:

do you come

(come) from Sydney, Australia.

Brad: No,

(you/come) from, Brad?

(you/work) in Australia?
3

Sam: Where

.I
5

Brad: In Birmingham.

(work) in a school in England.

(you/live)?

Sam:

Brad: No,
sister 9

(your parents/live) in England, too?

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Sam: Where

. My parents
(live) here now.
10

(work) in Australia. But my

(she/work)?

Brad: In a hospital. Shes a nurse.

4. THE TIME: Write the times.
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20.55 five to nine

4.30

12.35

10.30

07.15

11.50

09.00

18.20

03.45
5. Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets in the correct place.

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They have breakfast at seven oclock.
(always)
They always have breakfast at seven
o'clock.
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Nancy has a party. (twice a year)

They get up late. (never)

The bus arrives late. (sometimes)

We go to concerts. (often)

I ride my bike to school. (usually)

6. Simple past (WAS/WERE): Complete the conversation. Write the contractions in the
negatives.

A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:

Hi, Felipe. 0 were you at football club this afternoon?

No, I 1
.
Why not?
I2
well. I 3
in bed.
Is that why you 4
at drama club yesterday?
Yes. 5
Anna and Mercedes there?
Yes, they 6
. And there 7
a new member, too Emil.