Read the text and fill in the gaps.

Tuesday, the seventeenth of November

Classwork

1. Read the text and fill in the gaps.

My family 1) … big: dad, mum, me, my brother and sister and our cat. My name is Maria. My mum’s 2) … is Lisa. She’s forty-one and she’s a 3) … of French at the University. She’s very clever, she can 4) … English, too.

My dad is forty-two, 5) … name is Paul. 6) … is a professional painter. He is cool, and he works for a design company.

My elder sister Nataly is nineteen, she 7)… to the University and she wants to be a teacher of history. She is fond of 8)… books and playing the guitar.

9)… younger brother Jim is only six 10)… old. He is very funny and noisy. I like to spend my free 11)… with him. Jim likes playing with our cat.

My grandparents are sixty. They like gardening. 12)… spend a lot of their time in the garden.

Our cat’s name is Fabio. He is red and white with green eyes. He’s clever, sometimes he’s naughty.

I love my 13)… very much. We always help each other. Everyone in my family is my best friend.

2. Mark the sentences T (true), F (false), NS (not stated). Correct the wrong statements.

a) There are five of them in Maria’s family ……………

b) Her mother is a music teacher. …………..

c) Her dad is a pilot. ……………

d) Nataly is Maria’s mother, she’s a history teacher. …………

e) Jim is sixteen, he goes to university. …………

f) They’ve got a dog, Alex by name. …………..

g) The cat Fabio is clever but naughty. …………

h) Maria’s grandparents are forty. …………..

i) Nataly plays the violin and the piano. …………

j) Nataly is a very good student. …………….

3. Homework.

Do exercise 3 (classwork) in written form.