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NAME: CLASS:

SKIMMING AND SCANNING – Read the text carefully and answer the questions!

The Hodgson family from Texas, USA is probably the most talented family in the country.
Thomas is the father of the family. He's 52 years old and he can do everything. He can run for
a long time. Every day, he goes running in his neighborhood for 40 minutes. He can also
swim very well. He swims for his state's over-50 team! Thomas can't speak any foreign
languages, but his wife, Judy, certainly can! She can speak French, Spanish and even
Japanese. And she can teach them too. She works at the Pinewood Language Academy.
Thomas and Judy Hodgson have three children and they can all do many things too. Robbie,
23, can't run for long distances like his father, but he can run very fast. He can run 100 meters
in just 11 seconds. That's very fast. He can also fly! Not like a bird, but using a hang-glider.
He goes hang-gliding every weekend in the hills near the family home. The middle child is
Janine, who is 19. She's similar to her mother and she loves foreign languages. She studies
Italian and French and can speak both of them very well. When she's with her mother, they
can speak French and nobody in the house understands them!
Clara is the baby of the family. She's only 9 years old. She can't speak French and she can't
fly. What can she do? She can bake the best cakes in the world! And her parents and her
brother and sister can eat them.

1. The family lives in the American state of [ ]


2. Thomas likes swimming and [ ]
3. He [ ] speak any foreign languages.
4. Judy speaks English, [ ] languages.
5. Judy is a [ ]
6. Robbie can’t run far, but he can [ ]
7. Clara can [ ] very good cakes.
8. Her family [ ] the good cakes.
TEXT COMPREHENSION – Mark (T) for True or (F) for False for the statement below!
On Sunday, Tom gets up at 10 o'clock. Then he reads his newspaper in the kitchen. He has
breakfast at 11.30 and then he telephones his mother in Scotland.
In the afternoon, at 1.00, Tom plays tennis with his sister and after that, they eat dinner in a
restaurant. At 6.00, Tom swims for one hour and then he goes by bike to his brother´s house.
They talk and listen to music.
Tom watches television in the evening and drinks a glass of warm milk. He goes to bed at
11.30.

1. Tom gets up at 10am on Sundays.


2. Tom reads the newspaper in the lounge.
3. His father lives in Scotland.
4. Tom plays tennis with his sister.
5. Tom and his sister eat before playing tennis.
6. Tom goes swimming at five o'clock.
7. Tom drives to his brother's house.
8. Tom and his brother listen to music.
9. Tom drinks a glass of wine in the evening.
10. Tom goes to bed at 11.30pm.

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