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.