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C) Complete the sentence with my, your, his, her, its, our, or their.
16. I'm Marta and ______sister's name is Amelia.
17. We're brothers. _______names are Ben and Roger.
18. A: What's your brother's name? B: My brother? ______name is Luis.
19. They're my children. _______names are Josie and Holly.
20. Our hotel is great. _______name is The Ambassador.
mother/siblings/husband/father/wife/son/children/daughter/sister/brother
Frank = Mary
Dan Anna Tom
H) Complete the paragraphs. Use the simple present of the verb in parentheses.
We __________ (live) in a big house downtown. My mother __________ (work) in an office
near here and my two sisters __________ (have) jobs in the city. They usually _________
(take) the subway to go to work. I _________ (not work) in the city. My mother __________
(not like) her job, but I __________ (like) my job very much. I'm a teacher! What __________
you __________ (do)? __________ your husband __________ (work)?
Mary _______ (work) in a bank downtown. She_____ (be) an assistant. She ________ (get) up
at seven o’clock. She ____________ (not drive) to work, she _________ (ride) her bike. She
_______ (begin) her job at nine o’clock. She ____________ (speak) to people and she
____________ (help) them with their banking problems. Mary is polite and friendly with
everyone. She _____________ (have) lunch in a park next to his office. She usually _______
(return) home at five o'clock in the evening but on Mondays and Wednesdays she ________
(go) to the gym so she ___________ (not get) home until eight o'clock. Mary _____________
(not like) watching TV but she ___________ (listen) to the radio and ___________ (read) a
book.
46. Miriam works in an office downtown. She writes e-mails and speaks on the phone. She's an
______.
47. Yolanda works in a store. Every day, she speaks to a lot of people. She's a _____________.
48. Tony works in the city. He has a car. "Where do you want to go?" he asks. He's a
_____________.
49. Tara doesn't have a job. She goes to college and studies Japanese. She's a
______________.
50. Jessica has a job in a hospital. She also has a private practice. She's a ______________.
51. Paula works in a school. She speaks a lot and she listens to students. She's a
_____________.
52. Stan has a job in a restaurant and works every evening. He's a _____________ .
53. Alan is 72. He doesn't work now. He's _____________.
54. Ken works in a big building with a lot of people. He makes car windows. He's a
_____________
55. Sarah cares for patients in a hospital. She is a ___________.
READINGS
My family
Hi! My name's Manuel Fonseca and I'm from Sao Paulo in Brazil. I have a big family. My father's
name is Fernando and he's 50. My mother is 45. Her name's Anna and she's very nice. My
mother's Brazilian but her mother and father are Japanese. They're from Kumamoto. I have
three sisters. Their names are Renata, Geny, and Isadora. Renata is 26. She's tall and
beautiful, and she's married. Her husband's name is Antonio and he's very tall. Geny and
Isadora are 24, but Geny is tall with short hair and Isadora is short with long hair. They're not
married. We have a nice, old house and an old car. It's slow and cheap, and very small! But
it's OK! My mother and father are very short! Me? Well, I'm 21, I'm not tall, and I'm slim with
short hair. I have a girlfriend, but I'm not married. Her name is Lucia and she's very beautiful.
She's tall with short, dark hair. She's not from Brazil. She's Italian!
Bob Wright and his wife Diane are from California but they live in Seattle with their 24-year-
old twin daughters Gina and Molly, and their 19-year-old son Jim. Bob has four coffee shops in
the cities of Seattle and Portland. People go to Bob's coffee shops to drink coffee, tea, and
hot chocolate. They eat sandwiches, and read newspapers and magazines. His big sandwiches
are very popular with students. Bob isn't the only person in his family in the restaurant
business. He has two business partners and they are his daughters!
"Gina is an accountant, and she's good at numbers," says Bob. "She doesn't work in the coffee
shops. She works in the office. Molly is good with people. She goes to our coffee shops and
speaks to our customers. My daughters work long hours. They start work at half past seven in
the morning and they finish late at night."
Bob's son Jim is a student and he doesn't work in the family business. He studies medicine at
the University of Washington and wants to be a doctor. His dad says, "My son isn't interested
in the restaurant business, but he works on weekends. He's a waiter in one of our coffee
shops."
70. __________ is Diane's husband.
71. __________ is Gina's sister.
72. __________ works in the office.
73. __________ is good with people.
74. __________ goes to college.