READING AND VOCABULARY

I Read the text

My family
Hi everyone! My names Lucy. My family isnt very big. Ive got one brother. His names is
Josh. Hes 15 years old and hes very tall. Hes got small eyes and spiky fair hair. Im 12
years old and Im quite tall. Ive got long and straight fair hair and small eyes too. Our
parents are 40, and theyre both doctors. Their names are Paul and Laura. Dad hasnt got
brothers or sisters, but mums sister is a Maths teacher at my school. Her names Lorene.
Her husband is my uncle Patrick. He works in a bank. Theyve got two children but they
havent got any daughter. The boys names are Brad and Colin. They dont go to school
because theyre at university in another city.
II Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1. There are lots of people in Lucys family.

4. Lucy and Josh have got small eyes.

2. Josh has got two sisters.

5. Joshs uncle isnt a teacher.

3. Lucys brother has got spiky dark hair.

6. Lucy has got two cousins

III Read the text again and complete Lucys family tree with the numbers:
1)Brad 2)Lorene
9)Grandpa Tom

3)Grandma Lilly

4)Josh

5)Laura

6)Colin

7)Patrick

8)Paul

VOCABULARY
I Underline the correct answer.
0 My dad is my granddads son/uncle.
1 My uncles wife is my cousin/aunt.
2 My mums mum is my granddad/grandma.
3 Steven and I have all our school lessons together. Hes my classmate/teammate.
4 My cousins father is my uncle/brother.
5 My mum and dad are my grandparents/parents.
II Complete the words. The first letter is there to help you. There is one space for
each other letter in the word.
012345-

My baby brother has got blue eyes. Theyre beautiful

Bens grandma is 75. Shes quite o______________.
My friend Laura is 1.75 m. Shes t______________.
My brother can do a lot of clever things. Hes very i______________.
Jacks brother is two years old. Hes y______________.
My hair isnt straight. Its c______________.

III Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

0 My mums parents are my
a grandma
b granddad
c grandparents
1 My uncle and ____ have got three children.
a sister
b aunt
c mum
2 George has got ____ eyes.
a short
b fair

c blue

3 My hairs quite ____ and curly now.

a long
b spiky

c straight

4 My new computer is very ____ for my school work.

a careful
b useful
c lucky
5 Davids really ____. Hes 1.95 m.
a tall
b usual

c funny

GRAMMAR
I Complete the sentences with the correct form of have got.
0 I ve got a new computer. Its very good.
1 We _____________ a big garden at our home. Its very small.
2 Harry _____________a new skateboard. He really likes it!
3 _____________you _____________ brothers and sisters?
4 Sam _____________ fair hair. His hair is very dark.
5 _____________Jack _____________ a dog?

II Match the questions (15) with the answers (af).

0 Have you got a sister? f
a Yes, she has.
1 Have Tim and Jane got a big family?
b No, he hasnt.
2 Has Sarah got a bicycle?
c Yes, they have.
3 Have we all got skateboards?
d No, it hasnt.
4 Has Jack got a computer?
e Yes, we have.
5 Has your house got three bedrooms?
f No, I havent.
III Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
Hi! My names Luke. There are four people in my family my parents, my brother Harry and
me. Harry is 0 older (old) than me, and Im 1 _____________ (short) than him. Weve
both got blue eyes, but Harrys hair is longer and 2_____________ (curly) than mine. I think hes
3
_____________ (intelligent) than me, too. Hes 4_____________ (good) than all his classmates on the
computer. But people say Im 5 _____________ (funny) than him!
IV Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.
0 I a big family with three brothers and four sisters.
a ve got
b s got
c havent got
1 __ Luke got a skateboard?
a Does
b Have
c Has
2 A: Have you got a dog?
B: Yes, I __.
a have
b do
c has
3 We __ got an MP3 player.
a hasnt
b havent
c dont
4 Im __ than my sister. Im 1.5 m and shes 1.6 m.
a older
b bigger
c shorter
5 My computer is better __ my brothers.
a then
b than
c that

LISTENING
You hear a girl called Steffi e talking about the people she knows.
What does she say about each person? Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.
0 Tims got ___ hair.
a curly
b spiky
c long
1 Emma is Steffies ___ .
a aunt
b cousin
c friend
2 Julias hair is ___ .
a fair
b red
c dark
3 David is not very ___, and hes got long hair.
a tall
b old
c short
4 Harry is Steffies ___ .
a dad
b brother
c uncle
5 Steffie is ___than Joe.
a older
b taller
c funnier
WRITING
Write about your best friend. Use the questions to HELP you.
My best friends name is
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