ENGLISH 1- 20% READING TASK
Name: _________________________ Date: ________________ Course code:______________. Purpose: Identifying personal information. 1. Read the passage and then answer the questions. My Name is Ben My name is Ben and I come from Australia. I am 24 years old and I live in a small town near Sydney called Branton. I don't have a job now, but normally I clean shop windows. I am not married but I live with my very beautiful girlfriend, Maria, in a nice house in Branton. We don't have any children...maybe next year. My girlfriend is an actress, but she isn't very famous. She acts in a small theatre in our town. At the weekend, we like to go swimming in a big lake near our house. I normally get up at eight o'clock, but on Thursday I get up at six o'clock because that is the day when I go running in the park. 2. Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? Correct those that are wrong with full sentences.
a. Ben lives in Sydney, Australia. _______________________________________________________. b. Ben is 26 years old. ________________________________________________________________. c. Ben's normal job is cleaning windows. _________________________________________________. d. Ben plays tennis on Thursdays. _______________________________________________________. e. Ben gets up early on Thursdays. ______________________________________________________.
3.
Answer these questions about the "My Name Is Ben" reading.
a.
Where does Ben come from? ________________________________________________________.
b.
Where does Ben live? ______________________________________________________________.
c.
What do they do at the weekend? ____________________________________________________.
d.
When does Ben go running? _________________________________________________________.
e.
Where does his girlfriend work? ______________________________________________________.
Adapted from http://www.esl-lounge.com/level1a/lev1amynameben.php for academic purposes. Designed by Carlos Perez, February 2017 “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn”. Benjamin Franklin.