I- Reading and comprehension

Read the text.

Natalie and Rachel are friends but they live in different cities. They are talking.

Rachel: Your school is really cool, isn’t it?

Natalie: Yes, it is. It’s a big modern school with great facilities.

Rachel: Are there any tennis courts?

Natalie: Yes, there are two. On Wednesday we usually play

tennis in the afternoon. There’s a swimming pool too. The
swimming team swims every morning before the classes start.

Rachel: Is there a computer room?

Natalie: Yes, there is. It has got 40 computers.

Rachel: How many buildings are there?

Natalie: There are two buildings: the main building and the gymnasium. In the main building
there’s a library and an auditorium on the left of the entrance door. There are two labs opposite
the library downstairs. The classrooms are upstairs.

Rachel: What do you usually do at weekends?

Natalie: Well, I usually go to the shopping centre with my friends and we go to the cinema. We
sometimes do cool things at the adventure camp. I’ve got a photo here. Look, here Sarah is
jumping from tree to tree, Robert is climbing a rope and I am going on a roller coaster ride.

Rachel: Wow, really cool!

I'm Natalie Taylor. There are six people in my house, well my parents house: my younger
brother John “Junior”, my parents: Julie and John “Big” and me, of course. My grandmother
and my grandfather doesn't work more. My grandmother is always busy gardening. My
grandfather is always sit in a chair in my living room. He is also the family chef, but my
grandmother cooks very well!

Today we all helped in the house chores. John and I cleaned our rooms and John helped
mum set the table for dinner. I washed the dirty dishes and put them away in the cupboard. We
also vacuum the house and dusted the furniture. My mother did the laundry and ironed all our
clothes. My grandmother clean the bathrooms. Our house is really clean! It isn't messy!
1. Tick the sentences with true or false.

1. There are two tennis courts at Natalie’s school.

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2. The swimming team swims on Wednesday afternoon.

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3. There are two labs upstairs.

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4. Natalie and her friends sometimes go to the adventure camp.

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5. Sarah is watching a film at the cinema.

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2. Answer the questions. Remember: Write complete sentences.

1. What is Natalie's school like?

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2. What do they do on Wednesday afternoon?

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3. Is there a computer room?

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4. How many buildings are there?

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5. What is Robert doing in the photo?

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6. Who washes the dishes today at Natalie's ?

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7. What do the family do together ?

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3. Complete the sentences with Natalie's family members.

a. Natalie's ________________ cooks very well.

b. Natalie's ________________ set the table for the dinner.

c. ________________ put the dishes away in the cupboard.

d. ________________ dusted the furniture.

e. Natalie's ________________ cleaned the bathrooms.

f. Natalie's ________________ didn't do any house chores.

II- Grammar

1. Natalie and her friend Laurie are talking. Complete their dialogue with the help of the
words in brackets.

Laurie: __________________________________________________________ ? (why / be /

your / school / cool)

Natalie: My school is really cool because it is big and modern with great facilities.

Laurie: __________________________________________________________ ? (there / be

/ two buildings / your / school)

Natalie: Yes, there are. There are two buildings in my school.

Laurie: __________________________________________________________ ? (what / be

/ your / favourite / subject)

Natalie: My favourite subject is Maths.

Laurie: __________________________________________________________ ? (what /

you / do / at the weekend)

Natalie: At the weekend I usually go to the shopping centre.

2. Complete the sentences with: there is; there isn’t; Is there?; there are; there aren’t;
Are there?

1. In Natalie’s school _________________________________ two labs opposite the library.

2. _________________________________ two buildings?

3. Yes, _________________________________ a swimming pool.

4. _________________________________ any students in the classrooms because it is

Sunday.

5. _________________________________ a football field? No, ______________________ .

3. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous of the verbs
in blue.

a. At the moment Rachel swims / is swimming. She usually is swimming / swims in the
morning.

b. At the weekend Natalie and her friends aren’t staying / don’t stay at home. They always go /
are going

out. Now they are having / have fun at the adventure camp.

c. Does / is Maria ride / riding her bicycle every day? Yes, she does / is.

d. Are / Do the boys watching / watch a film now? No, they aren’t / don’t. They study / are
studying.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct question tag. Choose from the box.

1. Natalie and her sister are preparing a Pyjama party, _____________________________

2. Thomas doesn’t go to school on Sunday, ______________________________________

3. Rachel is listening to music, ________________________________________________

4. They don’t like sports, _____________________________________________________

5. Mr Wilson isn’t phoning his son, _____________________________________________

6.We study after school, _____________________________________________________

5. Complete the next text with verbs to be and to have got in past tense, past simple and
present continuous.

The Taylor's _______________ in their garden. They _______________ two children.

Their children _______________ (neg) Irish. They _______________ English. Natalie, Rachel
and John _______________ a pet, a cat called Fly-cat. It _______________ brown fur and its
ears_______________ small. Natalie's friends _______________ (neg) short ginger hair; his
hair is long brown hair. Grandpa_______________ seventy-four years old. He ____________
(neg) a moustache.

Natalie's usually _______________ at half past seven in the morning. Julie's children
_______________ (neg) to bed late because they _______________ classes in the morning.

Now, she _____________________ TV, but yesterday she _______________ playing the
guitar. Last week, John _______________ (neg) watch TV.
6. Write sentences about Natalie's daily routine using the adverbs of frequency.

Get up early X X X X X X X

Have lunch at home X X X X X

Go to work by bus

Watch TV after dinner X X

Go to bed late X X X

a. ________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________________

d. ________________________________________________________________________

e. ________________________________________________________________________

7. Complete the gaps with adverbs + prepositions.

Natalie's is good ____________ history, but is bad ____________ arts. She prefers ICT, but
she get good marks ____________ geography. She is interested ____________ English.

She is afraid ____________ dogs. She is never late ____________ school.

Natalie's ____________ her second home. What are they doing ____________ school today?

We were surprised ____________ you. My mother is furious ____________ me.

8. Ask questions for the following sentences.

a. _________________________________________?

b. _________________________________________?

c. _________________________________________?

d. _________________________________________?

e. _________________________________________?

f. _________________________________________?

g. _________________________________________?
h. _________________________________________?

i. _________________________________________?

j. _________________________________________?