Reading Comprehension

Read the text carefully

My name is Sarah Van Eyck and I’m 10 years old. I’m a student at St. James School. I
live in London, but1 I am from Belgium. My mother’s name is Johanna Van Eyck. She is
a nurse at a big hospital. My father’s name is Simon Van Eyck. He is an artist. They are
38 years old.
I have a brother and a sister. Their names are Peter and Hanna. They are 6 years old.
They are twins2. We have got a hamster and a dog. This Christmas we are going to visit
our family in Belgium. My best friends are my cousins Alicia and Manon. I like
Christmas. It’s my favourite time of the year.

1. True or False?

a) Her surname is Sarah.

b) She is British.
c) Johanna is Sarah’s sister.
d) Sarah’s mother is an artist.
e) Sarah has got two sisters.
f) They have got a parrot.
g) Her best friends are her cousins.

2. Answer the following questions.

a) What’s Sarah’s surname?

b) How old is she?

c) How old are her parents?
d) Is her brothers twins?
e) Have she got two cats?
f) Who are Alicia and Manon?

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 Vocabulary

1. Write the missing days of the week and the missing months.

2.Write the cardinal and the ordinal numbers in full

3 3rd
5 5th
8 9th
11 13th
12 18th
14 20th
19 22nd
20 25th
33 31st
42 32nd
54 33rd

Grammar

1.Change the underlined words to he, she it, we and they.

a. Sarah is 10 years old.

b. Simon and Johanna are Sarah’s parents.
c. Peter is her brother.
d. My hamster is Kiko.
e. Alicia and I are best friend.
f. Are you and Lucy married?
 2. Replace the personal pronouns or nouns by possessive adjective

a) I’m a student. ______name is Alex.

b) Lia is my best friend._____favourite colour is blue.

c) John is American. ______ birthday is on 10th November.

d) The kangaroo is cute. _______ fur is light brown.

e) George and I are engineers and_________favourite sport is hockey.

f) Susie and Francis are French, but _______________________ best friends are Italian.

3. Complete the text with verb to be

Hello! I _________ Ruby. I _________ (not) the only child because I have a brother,
Daniel. We go to the same school, but we _________ (not) in the same class. He
_________ eight and I _________ five. We have a dog. Her name _________ Polly.
Right now we _________ in the dining room, but Polly _________ with us. She
_________ sleeping in the kitchen. Tonight, we________with our grandparents because
our parents_______doctors and work some nights a week.

4. Complete the questions and the answers.

a) .......she a dancer? No,................

b) .......they from Japan? Yes,..........

c) .......he a bus driver? No,.............

d) .......it a pet? No,....................

e) .......they dirty? Yes,..................

f) .......Mary from Italy? No,............