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Read the letter 15, Via Roma Milan, Italy 16th November Dear Simon, My name’s Laura Minelli. I am fourteen-year-old student. I am from Milan, Italy, where I live with my parents. I have got two brothers: Mario and Roberto. We are good friends. My father is a computer operator, my mother is a policewoman and my brother Roberto (23) works in a bank in Venice. They love their jobs. Mario (20) studies Biology in Rome. He loves writing detective stories, it’s his favourite hobby. He has got a lovely dog called Sherlock. My two brothers love animals. They also like playing tennis and computer games. I also like tennis. I play tennis twice a week and I am quite good at it. I like music and talking to my friends, too. I love music: I listen to music every day, it’s my favourite hobby. I always get up at 7:30. At 8:00 I take the 41 bus to school. My favourite school subject is Science. I would like to be a scientist. I don’t go home for lunch, I have it at school. You know, I have classes in the morning and after lunch. They finish at 4:30 p.m. After dinner I watch TV, listen to music or phone my friends. I go to bed at 11:00 p.m because I get up early in the morning. What about you? Have you got a big family? Do you listen to music every day? Do you do sports? Please write to me soon. It’s great to have a pen friend. Love, Laura A - Answer the questions 1. Who is Laura? ________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is Mrs Minelli’s job? ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Is Sherlock her cat? ________________________________________________________________________ 4. How often does Laura play tennis? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What would she like to be? ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Does she have lunch at home? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. When does she have classes? ________________________________________________________________________ B - Ask questions: 1. _____________________________________________________________________? Laura and her parents live in Milan, Italy. 2. _____________________________________________________________________? Yes, she does. (She likes music) 3. _____________________________________________________________________? Laura always gets up at 7:30. 4. _____________________________________________________________________? She finishes classes at 4:30. C – Complete with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets: 1. Laura’s mother _____________ (not / to be) an actress. She _____________ (to be) a policewoman. 2. Laura usually _____________ (to listen) to music. She _____________ (not / to play) an instrument but she _____________ (to love) listening people playing the piano. 3. Her friends usually _____________ (to study) at night. They _____________ (not / to study) in the afternoon because they _____________ (to have) music lessons. 4. Some people _____________ (not / to like) playing tennis, but they often _____________ (to watch) football matches. 5. And you? _____________ (you / to like) sports? What _____________ (to be) your favourite sport? D – Rewrite the sentences in the negative and in the interrogative. 1. I like soup. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. She plays chess after lunch. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. John and Susan make the bed in the morning. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Her parents are American. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ E – Fill the gaps with the right form of the verb (present simple or present continuous). 1. It (rain) ___________________ again. 2. Mary (like) ___________________ ice-cream. 3. Peter and Rose sometimes (go) ____________________ to the cinema together. 4. What (be) __________________ wrong with you? 5. Susan and Mark (not/like) ___________________ painting. 6. My friends (play) __________________ hide and seek now. 7. Lucy, you (drink) __________________ my orange juice! F – Sue is one of Laura’s friends. Look at the images and write about her daily routine: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________