Reading Comprehension. Intermediate. Objective: Introduce descriptions and the
negative form in the simple present in order to make the students talk about ...
Reading Comprehension Intermediate Objective: Introduce descriptions and the negative form in the simple present in order to make the students talk about their family, friends or life.
Read the following text carefully then do the activities below. Brian's Family. My Family lives in New York City. There are six members in my family. My mother, father and my youngest brother, Ted, live in a house. It is not big but it is very comfortable. My married brother and sister live in different houses. New York is the largest city in New York State and in the United States. It is located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson River; a major financial and cultural centre. My father works in an office. He is an accountant. My mother does not work. She takes care of the house. She always wakes up at 6:30 to prepare breakfast. My father and brother, Ted, never wake up before 7. Ted, who is a student at the department of economics, usually takes the bus to University. My father goes downtown on foot. He works hard all day. He takes one hour for lunch. He usually eats in a cafeteria near his office. Ted prefers having a sandwich for lunch. In the evening, my family meets in the living room. They watch TV while they have dinner. After that, my father retires to his bedroom to read a newspaper before he sleeps. My brother usually listens to music before he goes to bed. My mother generally washes and dries the dishes, watches her daily film then goes to bed by 11 p.m.
SECTION ONE: Comprehension. Exercise 01: How many negative sentences are there in the above passage? Exercise 02: Match each of these ideas with its corresponding paragraph(s). a. Brian’s family occupations. b. Brian’s family home location. c. Brian’s family regular activities. d. The location of the city where Brian’s family live.
Exercise 03: Answer the following questions according to the text. a. How many persons are there in Brian’s family? b. Does Brian’s mother have a job? c. Where does Brian’s father have lunch?
Exercise 04: Match the words and their meaning. Words 1. Downtown:
Meanings a.A large and very populated town.
2. City: b.A place in a house where people can sit and talk and relax. 3. living room: c. The commercial centre of a town or city. SECTION TWO: Mastery of Language. Exercise 01: Give the “adverb” of frequency that corresponds to each definition. Definition: 1 At all times: 2. Many times at short intervals: 3. Not often: 4. At no time in the past or future:
Adverbs 1. 2. 3. 4.
Exercise 02: Fill in each blank with one word so that the paragraph makes sense. Youcef is an Algerian pupil he goes He
is near his house. It
fifteen. He
at a secondary school. The
him ten minutes on foot.
studying French and English very much.
is a very good pupil.
Reading comprehension Intermediate Objective: The students will be able to describe people and situations in daily life, in order to improve their vocabulary and their reading abilities. Read the following text carefully then do the activities below. Miss Ann Johnson is 27 years old. She lives in an apartment on the Main Street. Her apartment is on the third floor. Miss Johnson is a musician. She plays the piano. She practices for two hours every day. She usually sings and plays the piano after lunch. Mr. Wallace is the owner of the building. He lives on the first floor. He is an old man and rarely goes out. He is a retired banker. He is a little deaf, but he loves radio programs and television. He always turns on the radio early in the morning. He usually listens to the radio all morning and then turns on the TV after lunch. People in the street often hear clearly the programs too. A family of four lives on the second floor. Mr. Post is a teacher. He teaches English in a big high school. Mrs. Post is an engineer. She is Mr. Post's second wife. She does not like Mr. Post’s two sons. She always criticizes them. The boys are Michael and James. Michael is 16 years old and James is 10. She says the boys are lazy and noisy. They play records in the morning and after school every day. They like loud music but Mrs. Post hates noise. SECTION ONE: Comprehension. Exercise 01: Choose the appropriate title for the text. a.The family. b.Mr. Wallace's parents. c.The neighbors. Exercise 02: Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned in the text? Choose the correct answer. a.Ann is an unmarried woman. b.Mr. Wallace works in a bank. c.Four persons live on the second floor. d.The mother of Michael and James died last year. Exercise 03: Answer the following questions according to the text. a.How many families are mentioned in the text? Name them. b.How often does the musician practice the piano? c.Why doesn't Mrs. Post like Michael and James?
d.What are Michael’s and James’s hobbies? Exercise 04: Match the words and their meaning. Write 1,2 or 3 in the box. Words 1.seldom=
Meaning a.hates.
2.dislikes= b.often. 3.frequently= c.rarely. SECTION TWO: Mastery of Language. Exercise 01: Match the words and their opposites. Write 1,2, 3 or 4 in the box. Words 1 noisy =/=
Opposites a. never.
2. dirty =/= b. quiet. 3. loves =/= 4. always =/=
c. clean. d. hates
Exercise 02: Every sentence contains one and one mistake only. Spot the mistake then re-write the sentence correctly. a. What does she does every weekend? b. I enjoy read detective and love stories. c. Mary has always in blue trousers and white boots. d. John and Pam have visited never Algeria. Exercise 04: Complete the following conversation. A: B: I live in Oran. A: B: I am sixteen years old. A: B: Of course, I go to school A: B: My favorite subjects are Mathematics, Physics and Biology.
