LAS FLORES HIGH-SCHOOL

READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY

SIMPLE PRESENT
Students: ______________________________________________Date: March 27th, 2017
1. Read the text and answer the questions.
Lucy and William are married. They are from Canada but they dont live in Canada
now. They live in London. They are both teachers and they teach in a big school in
London. They live in a nice house in the suburbs of
London. They have a German car and a Japanese
computer.
Lucy and William like Italian food and wine, and
they both speak Italian because they go to Italy on
holiday. They dont like French food and they dont
speak French.
They play sports. They like football and skiing but
they dont like tennis.
1. Where are they from? ______________________________________________
2. Where do they live now? _____________________________________________
3. What are their jobs? ________________________________________________
4. Where do they teach? ______________________________________________

5. Where do they live in London? _______________________________________

6. What do they have? _________________________________________________
7. What food do they like? ______________________________________________
8. What sports do they like? ____________________________________________
9. What sports dont they like? _________________________________________
10. What language do they speak? _________________________________
11. Where do they go on vacation? _________________________________
2. Read and complete the text about Michael Phelps.
Use the verbs in the box.
Live swim want come drink speak like have (x2) eat

Michael Phelps
has 23 Olympic gold medals. He describes his life.

HOME 'I _______from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. My father is a police officer, and my
mother is a teacher. My parents are divorced. I __________ two
sisters, both older than me. I still __________ in Baltimore.
I __________my own apartment, but I _________ (to my mother on the
phone every day.
TRAINING I train for six hours a day, six days a week. I __________ 10
miles, that's 16 kilometers, every day. I ___________ a lot of pasta,
omelets, bread, cereal, sandwiches, cheese, pizza. In one day
I eat enough for six people. I _____________ coffee and special THE BEST SWIMMER IN THE
WORLD
energy drinks.

INTERESTS I ________ football (American football, of course!), music (hip hop - Lil
Wayne is my favorite), playing video games, and taking my dog, Herman, for a walk.
I ______________ to win 10 medals at the next Olympic games.'