Read the text.

Mandy Taylor is twelve years old and she’s a

student at Stratford High School in New
5 Zealand. She loves her classes. Her favourite
subjects are science and physical education.
She is very good at sports. She plays ice
hockey at the school’s female team.
Mandy has a busy life. She always gets up at
10 6:00 am during the week and she has a
shower. She brushes her teeth, dresses up,
has breakfast and at 7:00 she goes to school
with her mother. Mandy’s mother is a
teacher at her school but they hardly ever
15 meet there. It’s a big school.
On Mondays, Mandy often has lunch at
school with her friends, on Tuesdays and Thursdays she practices ice hockey at
the school’s gym. On Fridays she goes to the cinema with her friends.
Wednesday is Mandy’s favourite day of the week because she has dance
20 classes and sometimes she has dinner with her father. Mandy’s parents are
divorced. She lives with her mother and at the weekends she always goes to
her father’s house.
On Saturdays Mandy wakes up at 7:15 am. After breakfast she goes for a walk
with her dog Nikita. She has lunch with her father at 12:30. At 3:20 pm she
25 goes to the city’s library and reads some books. She usually meets some friends
at the library. At 4:40 pm Mandy goes home and listens to music in her
bedroom. She loves music. At 9:45 she goes to bed. She never goes to bed
late.

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 1 – Write “True” or “False” according to the text.

True / False
a) Mandy Taylor is thirteen years.
b) She is not very good at sports.
c) She practices ice hockey at the school’s gym.
d) On Mondays, Mandy often has lunch with her mother.
e) Mandy never listens to music in her bedroom.

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2 – Answer the questions about the text.

a) Who is the text about?

b) What are Mandy’s favourite subjects?

c) Does Mandy go to school with her father?

d) What does Mandy do on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

e) What time does Mandy wake up on Saturdays?

f) What’s Mandy’s dog’s name?

g) How often does Mandy meet friends at the library?

h) Does Mandy love music?

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3– Complete the chart according to the text.
 Neve sometim Alway
Rarely often Usually
r es s

Get up at 6.00 am x
Meet her mother at school
Have lunch at school with her
friends

Have dinner with her father

Meet friends at the library

Go to bed late

4– Write sentences with the information from the chart. Follow the example.

a) “Mandy always gets up at six in the morning.”

b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

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5– Copy the hours from the text. Follow the example.

a) 6.00 am It’s six o’clock in the morning.

b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

a) It’s five to five b) c)

 d) e) f)

g) h) i)

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6–Write the time. Follow the example.

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60

7– Fill in the gaps with the most suitable preposition of time.

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a) The next big ice hockey match is ____________________ Saturday.
b) Mandy was born ______________ 1997.
c) Mandy and her father sometimes have dinner ____________
Wednesdays.

d) Mandy always goes to bed _______________ a quarter to ten.

 e) Mandy’s birthday is _____________ November.
f) There are no ice hockey matches _____________ the summer.
g) Mandy goes to the library ______________ twenty past three in the
afternoon.

8– Write about your Monday’s daily routine.

Note: Don’t forget to mention what time you: wake up, have breakfast, have lunch, have dinner, do
your homework, go to bed...
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On Mondays I