Hi! My name is Ryan Jameson and I am 14 years old.

I live with my family in an apartment. My father is a judge and

my mother is a lawyer. My brother, Ben, is only six years old.
He is very nice.
We have a small dog, called Sammie.
I like painting and going to the park in my free time.
I live in New York. People often call the city “The Big Apple”. It
is the largest city in the northeast of the United States of
America and it has a rich cultural history.
There are a lot of things to do and see in New York. Every year many tourists visit the city by taxi
(yellow cab) by subway or by bus. They can see Chinatown in Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, the
Empire State Building or Central Park.
Central Park is in the middle of Manhattan and it has got two lakes and a famous Zoo.
In Chinatown you can find a lot of interesting restaurants and shops.
In New York there is a National Football league team, the Buffalo Bills, and people like to watch
their games.
I love my town!
A - Match the words from the text with their synonyms.

1. nice a) centre
2. city b) lovely C – Answer these questions on the text.
3. middle c) town
4. love d) like
1. What is Ryan’s father job?
B – Are these sentences True or False? 2. How old is Ben?
3. What are Ryan’s hobbies?
4. Has Ryan got a pet?
1. Ryan is fourteen years old. 5. How do tourists visit New York?
6. What is there in Central Park?
2. He lives in a farmhouse.
7. Has Chinatown got lots of restaurants?
3. Ryan’s brother is 3 years old. 8. What is the name of the football team of New
4. He paints in his free time. York?

5. New York is in the south of the USA.

6. Central Park is a big park in Manhattan.